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Archive: July, 2000

TRENTON COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT

USS Trenton (LPD 14) pulls into its homeport of Norfolk, Va. on August 8, 2000, signifying the completion of their 173-day Mediterranean deployment. Since departing Norfolk on February 18 as part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group(Wasp ARG), Trenton has visited ten liberty ports and conducted five multinational amphibious exercises. It will be

CONVENIENCE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION OFFERED TO 24TH MEU (SOC) MARINE OFFICERS

The Marine Corps University is making it convenient for Marine officers on deployment to complete a portion of their Professional Military Education requirements. For the last seven East Coast MEU deployments, the Command and Staff College (CSC), located at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., has sent an instructor out to teach a shipboard resident

BROTHERS-IN-ARMS CROSS PATHS DURING MEU CHANGEOVER

As the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (24th MEU (SOC)) began its deployment, many readers were introduced to the Ellis brothers. They were both at that time expectant fathers. Now they are bonafide 24th MEU (SOC) dads. Just before the 24th MEU (SOC) started its transit back across the Atlantic Ocean to meet with

EXERCISE CONCLUDES, MAG-29 COMMANDER VISITS 24TH MEU (SOC)

Marines and Sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (24th MEU (SOC)) completed an exercise July 12 with Israeli Defense and Air Forces. The exercise is a bi-annual exercise conducted in designated locations throughout Israel. The aim of the exercise is to sustain the readiness of Marine Expeditionary Units. In