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Marines and Sailors of Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, off-load three Haitian patients from a MH-60, Feb. 5. The patients were transported from the USNS Comfort and recieved immediate medical care upon arrival at the interim aftercare facility in Port au Prince, Haiti. CLB-24 set up and currently maintain a medical facility for Haitians returning from USNS Comfort to their homes in Haiti. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David J. Beall) - Marines and Sailors of Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, off-load three Haitian patients from a MH-60, Feb. 5. The patients were transported from the USNS Comfort and recieved immediate medical care upon arrival at the interim aftercare facility in Port au Prince, Haiti. CLB-24 set up and currently maintain a medical facility for Haitians returning from USNS Comfort to their homes in Haiti. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David J. Beall)

Road to recovery; 24th MEU builds 400 patient medical facility in Port Au Prince

Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 24 arrived at an empty soccer field here Jan. 31 with a mission – transform this recreation area into an interim medical after-care facility capable of treating up to 250 patients. Within 48 hours the Marines and their Navy counterparts completed setting up a small tent city of large, green

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An MV-22 "Osprey" lands during the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Activation Ceremony at W.P.T. Hill Field Camp Lejeune, NC on July 22, 2009. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit will now begin training for their upcoming deployment. (US Marine Corps photo by Sgt Andrew J. Carlson) - An MV-22 "Osprey" lands during the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Activation Ceremony at W.P.T. Hill Field Camp Lejeune, NC on July 22, 2009. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit will now begin training for their upcoming deployment. (US Marine Corps photo by Sgt Andrew J. Carlson)

24th MEU Back in the Saddle

The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit officially assumed operational control over its air, ground, and logistical elements during an activation ceremony here today. This ceremony marked the beginning of a concentrated phase of preparation for the MEU’s support elements. The MEU faces a work-up phase that aims to bring four estranged elements together

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Navy Lt. Dana Cash, medical officer, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, hands out health care items to Afghan children at Camp Hero, Afghanistan. Humanitarian aid is an essential function of the CLB while deployed. - Navy Lt. Dana Cash, medical officer, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, hands out health care items to Afghan children at Camp Hero, Afghanistan. Humanitarian aid is an essential function of the CLB while deployed.

CLB-24 supports the MEU, more

While deployed with a Marine Expeditionary Unit, a Combat Logistics Battalion is responsible for providing all elements of the MEU with mission-essential combat service support to ensure readiness, sustainment and mission capability are achieved and maintained.Usually this means being prepared to perform dozens of missions ranging from mass

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24th MEU learns to bridge the cultural divide

Gone are the simplistic battlefields of previous Marine generations where as the classic “Rifleman’s Creed” boldly states, “what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count.”Penned more than a half century ago, Marines on the ground in Afghanistan know that the

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