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Archive: 2003

TCAT Prepares CSSD-24 for Upcoming Deployment

More than 130 Marines and Sailors from Combat Service Support Detachment 24 completed Type Course Amphibious Training aboard the USS Trenton and the USS Bataan Dec. 8-12. The training allowed the Marines to familiarize themselves with the process of deploying to a ship and with life aboard a ship. The unit is scheduled to attach to the 24th Marine

CSSD-24 Conducts Helicopter Suspension Training

With a warm meal, a sparkling tree and the company of family and friends awaiting them in Hometown USA, the Marines of Combat Service Support Detachment 24 wrapped up their final training exercise of the year Dec. 12. The weeklong drill, known as TCAT for Type Course Amphibious Training, introduced the Marines to shipboard life and offered them

Motor-T grunt shines in new section

When a convoy of Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, was attacked recently in the town of Musayyib, there was one Marine who stood out during the firefight. That was Lance Cpl. Rattanaka Yun of the battalion’s motor transportation section, who was manning an M-240G machine gun mounted atop a humvee. With rounds flying

24th MEU regroups, looks to new members to excel

Many transitions have already occurred since Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned from their nine-month deployment in May. On June 27, a month after they returned to the states, the MEU relinquished its Special Operations Capable designation and ready Amphibious Ready Group status. Battalion Landing Team 2nd Bn, 2nd

24th MEU (SOC) bids farewell to Col. Mills, welcomes Col. Johnson

Col. Richard Mills, Commanding Officer, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), will pass the unit colors on to Col. Ron Johnson during a ceremony tomorrow in front of Building H-1 in the Hospital Point Area of Camp Lejeune, N.C. Mills, a native of Huntington, N.Y., recently returned from a nine-month deployment with the MEU,

24th MEU returns home after extended deployment

After being extended twice and participating in exercises and operations in places ranging from the snow-capped mountains of Kosovo, the jungles of Kenya and the deserts of East Africa and Iraq, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) finally returned home to North Carolina Memorial Day May 26, wrapping up a nine-month

24th MEU (SOC) reserve 53s prove valuable during OIF, OEF deployment

As the Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) make their journey home after completing an extended deployment in which they played key roles in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, one section of Marines will bring to a close an interesting chapter in Marine Corps history. They

The family that deploys together

"After the initial adrenaline rush of the first Scud alert, it was like, I hope it doesn't go off at night and wake me up.""You always know your own situation, but can only speculate about the others. That's the hardest part.""It was a relief to talk to him and know that he was all right."Their e-mails, sent from different parts of the Iraqi

From the Warlords

Less than a week after ground actions commenced in Operation Iraqi Freedom, members of Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines ("The Warlords"), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) received orders to go ashore in Kuwait and proceed north to Central Iraq for combat operations as part of the Marine Corps' Task Force

24th MEU's jets bomb Baghdad, Tikrit

Harrier pilots of the Aviation Combat Element, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) left a significant mark on Saddam Hussein's regime during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Armed with the Litening Pod and 500 lb. GBU-12 bombs, pilots flew multiple missions, engaged targets and sustained no battle damage, according to Capt. Andrew