gcc responded to the request from bahrain's al-khalifa by sending its peninsula shield force. the units sent from saudi included 1,000 (1,200) troops along with 150 vehicles. the vehicles included "wheeled, light-armored vehicles with roof-mounted heavy machine guns". saudi soldiers were apparently from saudi arabian national guard, commanded by a son of king abdullah, prince miteb. also, 500 united arab emirates (uae) policemen were sent via the causeway between saudi arabia and bahrain. kuwait sent their navy to patrol the borders of bahrain. according to an al jazeera report, pakistani former servicemen were recruited into the bahraini national guard.