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24th MEU rehearses airfield occupation, humanitarian aid procedures

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina – Marines successfully completed an airfield occupation rehearsal and subsequent humanitarian assistance exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 19 - 21, 2019. The exercise was conducted to certify the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit could execute the missions in the event of a real world scenario.

24th MEU enhances communication capabilities

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, North Carolina - Marines conducted Hatch Mounted Satellite Communication Antenna System with an MV-22B on Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Feb. 12. HMSAS enhances communication abilities on aircraft while on the go and is essential for deployment readiness. Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit rehearsed installing the kits on the aircraft and refined their troubleshooting techniques while mid-flight.

Marines with 1/8 participate in TRAP training

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina – The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel training exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. TRAP training provides protection and integration of personnel, allowing Marines to become a capable force to react in a quick response time and provide support to isolated personnel in potential search and rescue situations during deployment.

24th MEU maintains medical readiness

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina – Marines and Sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit underwent a Tactical Combat Casualty Care course on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 5, 2019. The TCCC course was a three-day course covering the basics of battlefield care, under fire and in the field, and proper ways to transport casualties to higher levels of care.

24th MEU conducts TRAP training

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina - 24th MEU personnel conducted a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel training exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019. TRAP training prepares Marines to confidently enter potentially combative areas, collect equipment, retrieve or destroy sensitive material and recover personnel.

Get to know your 24th MEU DRC and MFLC

CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA – As a Marine Expeditionary Unit, personal and family readiness is important. The 24th MEU’s Deployment Readiness Coordinator, Lisa Castleberry, and Marine Family Life Counselor, Anne Baldwin, are part of the 24th MEU team and offer communication and counseling services to Marines, Sailors, and family members of the MEU.

Relief and appointment

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)

From bolts to bombs

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

Marines, Sailors conduct DATF

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

24th MEU Marines wrap up RUT

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