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Relief and appointment February 21, 2018 — U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Christopher Garza, sergeant major with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) receives the noncommissioned sword from Col. Eric Cloutier, commanding officer, 24th MEU during a relief and appointment ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 21, 2018. Sgt. Maj. Douglas Cutsail was relieved as the24th MEU sergeant major by Garza. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hernan Vidaña) MORE

From bolts to bombs January 23, 2017 — The EOD-9 suit smelled as if a thousand people had worn it before. Sgt. Phuc Tran, a helicopter mechanic, grunts as the sweat runs into his eyes. Struggling to complete his last push up Tran thinks to himself, “What have I got myself into?” Moving to America at the age of 6, Tran never thought he’d be getting a taste of what it’s like to be in such MORE

Marines, Sailors conduct DATF December 13, 2016 — Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Sailors aboard the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) conducted a defense of the amphibious task force drill during a strait transit as part of the Amphibious Ready Group Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise Dec. 13, 2016.The ship conducts strait transits when it passes through a narrow body of water such as MORE

24th MEU Marines wrap up RUT November 4, 2016 — Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit wrapped up realistic urban training or RUT Nov. 4, 2016, conducting a direct action raid to close out the training period for the MEU’s second major pre-deployment exercise.Training like this enhances the MEU’s capability to execute special skills operations by training each of its capabilities to MORE

24th MEU “FiST” shapes battlefield during Eager Lion June 16, 2015 — Beneath the desert sun in Jordan, a notional enemy of armored vehicles prepares to make a stand against U.S. Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Jordanian armed forces and Italian Marines, who wait just beyond the horizon of the battlefield. On a hilltop that overlooks the battlefield, a group of American, Jordanian and Italian MORE

24th MEU: keeping grooming standards high January 20, 2015 — AT SEA — The Marine Corps preaches grooming standards throughout all ranks. Whether in garrison or forward deployed, the standard doesn’t change. Corporal Malik S. RolandPickens helps Marines keep that grooming standard high while deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.RolandPickens, a warehouse clerk with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, MORE

24th MEU fast-ropes toward deployment September 4, 2014 — Marines and Sailors with Limaand Weapons Companies, both from Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6thMarine Regiment, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Ground Combat Element, receivedfast-rope qualifications by fast-roping from a 60-foot tower and an MV-22B tilt-rotoraircraft, August 20-21, 2014, at Camp Lejeune, N.C.The Fast Rope MORE

24th MEU conducts PMINT August 15, 2014 — Marines and Sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit caught their firstglimpse of what their life will consist of while deployed aboard the USS IwoJima, USS New York, or the USS Fort McHenry, during Amphibious Squadron/ MarineExpeditionary Unit Integration, or PMINT, August 6—13. PMINT is theMEU’s second major pre-deployment exercise and is MORE

24th MEU completes first major 'work-up' August 4, 2014 — The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit wrapped up a weeks-long training event July30, 2014, with a long-range raid into Moyock, North Carolina, successfullyputting an end to Realistic Urban Training, the unit’s first majorpre-deployment training exercise.The purpose of RUT was to insert 24thMEU forces into unfamiliar places outside the normal training MORE

24th MEU begins first major “work-up” exercise July 21, 2014 — A contingent of Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 8 were busy from July 12-18, 2014, training for maritime interdiction operations at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The event was part of Realistic Urban Training, the first major exercise in the 24th MEU’s pre-deployment training package, MORE

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