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Marines

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Blue-Green team jells at ESG Workshop

It's standing room only in the ward room of the USS Saipan, where some of Expeditionary Strike Group Four's key players are delivering to their commanders a carefully choreographed confirmation brief. The briefers, queued up along the wall, await their part in the roughly 120-slide Power Point presentation, which represents the culmination of a

24th MEU conducts Survival Language Training

After activating one week ago and kicking their Pre-deployment Training Program into high gear, Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit are preparing themselves for the many types of missions they may face on their upcoming deployment overseas. One way the Marines are readying themselves is by conducting language training at Camp Lejeune,

24th MEU activates, kicks off predeployment workups

The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit assumed operational control of its ground, air and logistics elements Feb. 20, inaugurating an intensive six-month training period designed to prepare the MEU for its scheduled deployment in August. At an activation formation at W.P.T. Hill Field, all 2,200 of the unit's Marines and sailors came together for the

MSSG-24 Activates, Prepares to Join 24th MEU

Drawing a major step closer to rejoining the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, MEU Service Support Group 24 formally activated here Feb. 6. In a brief ceremony along the banks of the New River, outside the headquarters of 2nd Force Service Support Group, Lt. Col. Vinny Coglianese assumed command of the unit five months after taking charge and just

TCAT Prepares CSSD-24 for Upcoming Deployment

More than 130 Marines and Sailors from Combat Service Support Detachment 24 completed Type Course Amphibious Training aboard the USS Trenton and the USS Bataan Dec. 8-12. The training allowed the Marines to familiarize themselves with the process of deploying to a ship and with life aboard a ship. The unit is scheduled to attach to the 24th Marine

CSSD-24 Conducts Helicopter Suspension Training

With a warm meal, a sparkling tree and the company of family and friends awaiting them in Hometown USA, the Marines of Combat Service Support Detachment 24 wrapped up their final training exercise of the year Dec. 12. The weeklong drill, known as TCAT for Type Course Amphibious Training, introduced the Marines to shipboard life and offered them

Motor-T grunt shines in new section

When a convoy of Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, was attacked recently in the town of Musayyib, there was one Marine who stood out during the firefight. That was Lance Cpl. Rattanaka Yun of the battalion’s motor transportation section, who was manning an M-240G machine gun mounted atop a humvee. With rounds flying

24th MEU regroups, looks to new members to excel

Many transitions have already occurred since Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned from their nine-month deployment in May. On June 27, a month after they returned to the states, the MEU relinquished its Special Operations Capable designation and ready Amphibious Ready Group status. Battalion Landing Team 2nd Bn, 2nd

24th MEU (SOC) bids farewell to Col. Mills, welcomes Col. Johnson

Col. Richard Mills, Commanding Officer, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), will pass the unit colors on to Col. Ron Johnson during a ceremony tomorrow in front of Building H-1 in the Hospital Point Area of Camp Lejeune, N.C. Mills, a native of Huntington, N.Y., recently returned from a nine-month deployment with the MEU,

24th MEU returns home after extended deployment

After being extended twice and participating in exercises and operations in places ranging from the snow-capped mountains of Kosovo, the jungles of Kenya and the deserts of East Africa and Iraq, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) finally returned home to North Carolina Memorial Day May 26, wrapping up a nine-month