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Marines

News

Archive: 2002

ACE provides wings for 24th MEU during TRUEX

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (Reinforced) recently deployed to Robins Air Force Base, Ga. with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit to participate in a Training in an Urban Environment Exercise. The squadron participated in numerous missions in the Macon, Ga. area designed to simulate situations expected in the modern urban battlefield.

Joint Task Force Enabler obtains SOC qualification

One of the major requirements placed on Marine Expeditionary Units is to become Special Operations Capable (SOC) qualified before embarking on regularly scheduled six-month deployments. For most of the elements of the MEU this doesn't occur until late in training, specifically during the Special Operations Capable Exercise (SOCEX). But one element

MSSG-24 practices strikes, blows, throws at TRUEX: Photo Essay

In order to remain proficient in the new martial arts training, Marines from Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24 recently practiced strikes and blows at Base Camp Warrior, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.Marines attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit engaged in throws, kicks, strikes and blows to meet the requirements required to

Local Marine Corps poolees touch tip of spear

Not many people outside the Marine Corps really get a chance to experience what it is like to serve in a Marine Expeditionary Unit. But a few local teenagers got to feel what it is like on the tip of the spear, when they visited the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's (MEU) Base Camp Warrior aboard Warner Robbins Air Force Base. 24th MEU is here

Fox Battery, ACE perfect recovery techniques: Photo Essay

Marines from Battery F, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines, attached to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, recently completed the Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) course offered by the Special Operations Training Group.During the course, the Marines, with the aid of CH-53E Super Stallion

Golf, 2/2 Boat Raid Week: Photo Essay

Marines from Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, completed a five day small boat raid course here, with the help of Marines from Special Operations Training Group April 29-May 03. The course was designed to train the Marines, who are the small boat company of the BLT, to perform day and night

Reserve Marines adapt, thrive in 24th MEU's Aviation Combat Element

Recently activated Marine reservists from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, serving as augments to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Aviation Combat Element, traveled to Willow Grove, Pa. this spring to train in a realistic MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) environment in order to develop tactics for close air support in an urban

24th MEU (SOC) prepares to go home; conducts wash down in Kuwait: Photo Essay

After more than eight months deployed, the Marines and Sailors of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) are finally making preparations to head home. After finishing up their role in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the MEU conducted its end-of-deployment washdown at Camps Patriot and Doha in Kuwait. Leaving Camp

Blue-Green Integration

Marines and Sailors lined the beach at sunrise, waiting to board landing craft for transport to ships anchored offshore. For many, it was an introduction to shipboard life and the unique challenges involved in serving with an embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit. To the old hands, it was the first in a string of shipboard exercises designed to

Camp Fenway leaves lasting impression on 24th MEU Marines

The Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), while participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, established their base camp for operations in a patch of dirt in Central Iraq. The area was an unused oilfield which at one time served as farm land. The Marines named their camp after Fenway Park, a major league baseball