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Archive: August, 2000

MEU CO TO 8TH & I AS MILLS TAKES FLAG

After holding the reins for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) for two years, Col Richard T. Tryon has passed the privilege on to Col Richard P. Mills, the former officer-in-charge of Special Operations Training Group (SOTG). Recently picked to command the historic Marine Barracks 8th & I in Washington, DC the outgoing CO put his Johns

24TH MEU(SOC) RETURNS FROM SIX MONTHS AT TIP OF AMERICA'S SPEAR

After nearly half a year away from home, the Marines and Sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) will cross Onslow Beach and Morehead City and return to Camp Lejeune on Sunday. Since their deployment with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group on February 18, the 24th MEU(SOC)'s Marines and Sailors have set foot in nine

OAK HILL ARRIVES HOME AFTER SIX MONTH DEPLOYMENT

After one hundred and seventy one days at sea, Sailors aboard the dock landing ship Oak Hill (LSD 51), donned their dress whites and manned the rails to wave a glorious hello to friends and family gathered as they arrived home from their six-month Mediterranean deployment. Oak Hill departed Little Creek on February 18, as part of the Wasp