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Maj. Cliff Carpenter, S-4 officer, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shares a laugh with his daughter during the 24th MEU homecoming. - Maj. Cliff Carpenter, S-4 officer, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shares a laugh with his daughter during the 24th MEU homecoming.

24th MEU returns from the forgotten battlefield; completes Afghanistan combat tour

It’s over for 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines. No more mid-day patrols in 150 degree heat or endless gusts of powder-like sand. No more sleeping on humvee hoods or in some Afghan villager’s bombed out compound. Marines began returning home following an eight-month deployment to southern Afghanistan today. Their deployment illustrated how

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