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Marines

News

Archive: 2001

24TH MEU VISITS SAVANNAH SCHOOLS DURING TRUEX-XXXIX

Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) carried the message of the Marine Corps to several Savannah area high schools Jan. 11 during a community relations visit organized by 24th MEU representatives and area recruiters. Visits were also made to Jasper County High School in Ridgeland, S.C., and The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.

CHOW HALL AFFORDS BETTER QUALITY AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR 24TH MEU MARINES DURING TRUEX XXXIX

When Marines and sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived at the Air National Guard Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) in Savannah, Ga. to begin Training in an Urban Environment Exercise, or TRUEX, their expectations of a meal may have been a Jimmy Dean sandwich or an MRE under a field tent. Instead, they found a fully

HMM-266 VISITS SCHOOLS IN SOUTH CAROLINA - PHOTO ESSAY

Marines and Sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit along with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 266 took time out of their TRUEX XXXIX operational schedule Jan. 11 to help with the local recruiting effort at schools in Savannah, Ga. and Ridgeland and Charleston, S.C. The following photos, taken by LCpl. Jeffrey Sisto, Combat Photographer

MSPF, HMM-266 SIMULATE REAL-WORLD MISSION - PHOTO ESSAY

The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's (24th MEU) Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF) - a small unit from the MEU's Battalion Landing Team 2/8, conduct real-world training in urban environments during TRUEX. The maneuvers they perform are very precise and require the terrain training that Savannah, Ga. affords the MEU. In addition to a small

24TH MEU AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MARINES ASSIST WITH CLEARING THE SKIES OF GEORGIA

Marines from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 266 (HMM-266) will be working out of Savannah International Airport while the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) conducts Training in an Urban Environment Exercise (TRUEX XXXIX). To help integrate the Marine helicopters, the Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team (MMT), part of Marine Air

24th MEU STORMS INTO SAVANNAH FOR TRUEX

A loud thump from rotors of a CH-46 helicopter cutting through the cold air, combined with the first daytime snowfall in ten years to hit the city of Savannah caught the attention of many local residents Jan. 9, as the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) kicked off its next phase of predeployment training - Training in an Urban Environment