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Archive: 2001

24th MEU (SOC) SAILORS AND MARINES HELP THEMSELVES AT USS KEARSARGE SPORTS GRILL

The days of a mess cook slinging hash onto a tray are over aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). In an effort to improve efficiency and crew satisfaction, crewmembers now serve themselves. Frowns from Sailors and Marines who received either too much or too little of a particular food have been replaced by smiling faces as every Sailor and Marine

24TH MEU (SOC), USS KEARSARGE MARINES AND SAILORS TAKE SELFLESS DEVOTION TO ANOTHER LEVEL

Marines and Sailors of the 24th MEU (SOC) and USS Kearsarge participated in three community outreach projects while on a port visit on the island of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, giving freely of themselves and their liberty time for the benefit of others. The first was called Project Hombre, and it took the MEU warriors to an adult drug

24th MEU (SOC) TOURS THE SPANISH ISLAND OF PALMA

As Marines and Sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (24th MEU (SOC)) close in on the one-month mark of their deployment, they made a stop at the Spanish Island of Palma de Mallorca for a few days of liberty. Several tours were made available to MEU personnel and the ships crew, including a visit to the

24TH MEU (SOC) BEGINS SPLIT-ARG, MSSG-24 LEADS THE WAY IN MOROCCO AND BEYOND

One of the primary functions of a deployed Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) is providing a forward U.S. presence in theater. The 24th MEU (SOC), which recently arrived in the Mediterranean for a six-month tour as Landing Force Sixth Fleet, greatly increased the area it is able to cover in this role by splitting into two

SISTERS REUNITE DURING 24TH MEU (SOC) DEPLOYMENT

As predeployment training progresses for most Marine Expeditionary Units, personnel develop a certain bond with coworkers, and they become somewhat of a close-knit family. Well, for two individuals on the 24th MEU (SOC) deployment, close-knit family runs a little deeper than a coworker or friend. The Forcellese family, of Baltimore, Md., has two

HMM 266 TURNS EIGHTEEN DURING 24TH MEU(SOC) TRANSLANT

Marines and Sailors of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 266 recently celebrated their 18th birthday aboard the USS Kearsarge as they transit across the Atlantic Ocean with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), on its way to relieve the 22nd MEU (SOC) as the Landing Force 6th Fleet, or America's "911 Force." The

24th MEU (SOC) MARINES' MOMS DISCOVER LIFELINE WHILE THEIR SONS, DAUGHTERS DEPLOY

While some deployment stories focus on the separation anxiety that families go through as a son or daughter leaves the comforts of home, very few focus on what some family members do to relieve that anxiety. Several mothers of Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (24th MEU (SOC)) have discovered a Marine moms

24TH MEU (SOC) MOVES TO THE 'TIP OF THE SPEAR'

On the morning of October 20, 2000, more than two thousand Marines and Sailors formed on the "PT" field just outside of the II Marine Expeditionary Force headquarters before they kicked off a motivational run, which signified the start of a rigorous predeployment training schedule for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU). The saying goes -

24th MEU COMPLETES CERTIFICATION EXERCISE

"Assemble the Crisis Action Team in the flagplot briefing room." - That was the phrase heard throughout the USS Kearsarge's public announcement system several times over a four-day period, beginning a barrage of missions testing the capabilities of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU). The 24th MEU completed its Special Operations Capable

Marines Showboat at VBSS Training

The early morning silence suddenly broke as CH-46 and AH-1W Super Cobra Helicopters appeared out of the orange, sun-streaked horizon and raced toward their objective, a defiant enemy vessel refusing to comply with the orders of a U.S.- enforced blockade and continuing on a threatening course through protected waters. That was the scenario which