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Archive: August, 2004

I MEF CG visits 24th MEU

Lt. Gen. James T. Conway, the commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force, visited here Aug. 18. The visit was scheduled to allow Conway to tour the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s area of responsibility and give him the opportunity to see the Marines from the MEU. His visit included touring FOB Kalsu and going to see Marines at a

Marines cope with calm between storms

Lance Cpl. Tom Haug didn’t really think he’d be handing out candy and school supplies to Iraqi kids. When the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit learned in late April that it would be leaving Camp Lejeune, N.C., early and spending the duration of its deployment in Iraq, news reports of intense fighting and fallen Marines were still fresh. Now, three

Alpha 1/2 conducts counter-mortar patrol: Photo Essay

In an effort to stop mortar attacks to the forward operating base here, Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted counter-mortar patrols. The Marines from Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 2nd Marines, patrolled the area around the base, looking for suspicious activity and talking to local Iraqis.

Alpha 1/2 recounts fire fight in Iskandariyah

It started out much like every security and counter-mortar patrol conducted from the forward operating base here. Marines gathered in the tent of the patrol leader to receive the patrol order. This time, the leader was Sgt. Robert Ballance, 24, a squad leader and Springfield, Ill., native with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 2nd

ACE prepares for next generation;of terrain flight;

A CH-46E Sea Knight with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit descends deep inside the Majarrah Canyon, cruising at an altitude far below the canyon’s ridge. This is one of many maneuvers essential to the terrain-flight certification pilots with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263, the MEU’s Aviation Combat Element, are undertaking in order to

24th MEU ACE lance corporals compete for meritorious promotion

Fourteen lance corporals from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 eagerly waited outside the sergeant major’s office for their shot to earn a meritorious promotion as the squadron held a meritorious corporal board here Aug. 16. During the competition, each eligible Marine was required to answer fifteen Marine Corps–related questions and properly

24th MEU, 3rd CAG Marines visit Jurf as Sakhr

Following the gentler half of the 1st Marine Division’s motto, “no better friend, no worse enemy,” Marines from the 3rd Civil Affairs Group and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit went to the town of Jurf as Sakhr, Iraq, Aug. 15 to check on a dormant civil affairs project and make contact with people in the community. The Army had begun building a

New FOB Kalsu dining facility open for business

Marines, sailors and soldiers here welcomed the opening of a new dining facility Aug. 15. The new dining facility replaces a temporary tent they had used since the Army’s field dining facility was closed here nearly three weeks ago. The new facility offers service members a refuge from the heat, dust and stress of working at a forward operating

1/2’s Charlie Co. captures IEDs, suspect

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit seized three improvised explosive devices and detained one suspect during a cordon-and-knock mission outside of the forward operating base here Aug. 14.The Marines from Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 2nd Marines, conducted the mission in hopes of finding IEDs and other weapons.“This

Trauma kits can help save lives

To quicken the response time to medical emergencies here, corpsmen from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit have strategically placed self-help medical supplies at key locations throughout the base. These medical supplies, known as trauma kits, allow Marines to apply “buddy aid” to their wounded brethren immediately after any endangering incident.