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Reserve Marines adapt, thrive in 24th MEU's Aviation Combat Element

Recently activated Marine reservists from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, serving as augments to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Aviation Combat Element, traveled to Willow Grove, Pa. this spring to train in a realistic MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) environment in order to develop tactics for close air support in an urban

24th MEU (SOC) prepares to go home; conducts wash down in Kuwait: Photo Essay

After more than eight months deployed, the Marines and Sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) are finally making preparations to head home. After finishing up their role in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the MEU conducted its end-of-deployment washdown at Camps Patriot and Doha in Kuwait. Leaving Camp

Blue-Green Integration

Marines and Sailors lined the beach at sunrise, waiting to board landing craft for transport to ships anchored offshore. For many, it was an introduction to shipboard life and the unique challenges involved in serving with an embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit. To the old hands, it was the first in a string of shipboard exercises designed to

Camp Fenway leaves lasting impression on 24th MEU Marines

The Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), while participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, established their base camp for operations in a patch of dirt in Central Iraq. The area was an unused oilfield which at one time served as farm land. The Marines named their camp after Fenway Park, a major league baseball

Combat Engineers make it and break it for 24th MEU

With the wind beginning to pick up and the hot sun beating down on the dusty desert floor, Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) began arriving at their new home for the next few weeks. The place looked like your typical desert scene with small mountains in the background and nothing but brown dirt as far as

Echo Co. honors past with Easy designation

One of the many things that makes the Marine Corps great is the pride Marines take in the Corps' strong tradition and heritage. The Corps has established a standard of excellence based on its history of achievement. A taste for success is continually renewed in individual Marines as their memory of the past drives them to achieve new success. The

OFF THE RAMP, ON TARGET

Members of 24th MEU's reconnaissance detachment pulled critical supplies from thin air during Albanian Phiblex this deployment. GySgt. Paul Moose, Force Recon detachment operations chief, arranged for an aerial resupply of water and MRE's for a platoon hunkered down in the rocky slopes of Albania. Such resupply efforts are common in much

24TH MEU (SOC) STUDIES ANCIENT ROMAN HISTORY WHILE DEPLOYED

During a recent port visit to Brindisi, Italy, Marines and Sailors of the 24th MEU (SOC) embarked on a tour of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in ash by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Following is a description of the trip by 1stLt Ryan Prince, of the Command Element's Radio Battalion Detachment. Our recent tour of Pompeii was

MSSG-24 TSD COMES TOGETHER, MAKES IT HAPPEN

MEU Service Support Group-24 is currently deployed with the 24th MEU (SOC) in the Mediterranean. Composed of seven detachments, the "G" provides invaluable logistics and combat service support to the overall MEU. Following is a description of the Transportation Support Detachment by its officer-in-charge, Capt Sean Zukowski, of Worcester, Mass.

24TH MEU (SOC) Marines cunduct urban warfare training in Albania

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) recently completed liberty port visits and moved on to urban warfare training in Exercise Albanian Bilat on the Island of Sazan. The following pictures, taken by LCpl. Michael I. Gonzalez, depict training conducted by Weapons Co. Marines of BLT 2/8.