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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.

A Marine with A Comapny, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shares some gum with kids his patrol encountered in the Garmsir city district of Helmand Province. Marines have been training and conducting joint patrols with Afghanistan National Border Patrolmen to help prepare them to take over security operations once the Marines redeploy. - A Marine with A Comapny, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shares some gum with kids his patrol encountered in the Garmsir city district of Helmand Province. Marines have been training and conducting joint patrols with Afghanistan National Border Patrolmen to help prepare them to take over security operations once the Marines redeploy.

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit help Garmsir citizens make bricks to rebuild their homes. The MEU has focused efforts on Garmsir's infrastructure since kinetic operations slowed in June. - Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit help Garmsir citizens make bricks to rebuild their homes. The MEU has focused efforts on Garmsir's infrastructure since kinetic operations slowed in June.

A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, pays a local resident for damages his property incurred while Marines battled insurgents in Garmsir. The MEU recently opened a Civivl Military Operations Center in the region to begin the reconstruction phase in Garmsir. The MEU enetered Garmsir in Late April and quickly dispatched insurgents from an area that had not been under NATO-ISAF control previously. The MEU remains in Garmsir conductiong classic COIN operations. - A Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, pays a local resident for damages his property incurred while Marines battled insurgents in Garmsir. The MEU recently opened a Civivl Military Operations Center in the region to begin the reconstruction phase in Garmsir. The MEU enetered Garmsir in Late April and quickly dispatched insurgents from an area that had not been under NATO-ISAF control previously. The MEU remains in Garmsir conductiong classic COIN operations.

A farmer's family waits in the shade as Marines with C Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th MEU, receive a tour of his coumpound. - A farmer's family waits in the shade as Marines with C Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th MEU, receive a tour of his coumpound.