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Archive: October, 2006

Corporal Chris Bonney, a Marine with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrates entry control point techniques to a group of Iraqi Marines during a training session at the Umm Qasr Iraqi Naval Base on Oct. 12. Marines from the MEU are responsible for instilling confidence and internal-security skills in new units of Iraqi Marines whose responsibilities include port security at high-risk coastal oil terminals in the area. - Corporal Chris Bonney, a Marine with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrates entry control point techniques to a group of Iraqi Marines during a training session at the Umm Qasr Iraqi Naval Base on Oct. 12. Marines from the MEU are responsible for instilling confidence and internal-security skills in new units of Iraqi Marines whose responsibilities include port security at high-risk coastal oil terminals in the area.

24th MEU Bridges Gap with Iraqi Marines

When cultures collide, the first casualty is often basic understanding. People who are separated by miles and manners aren’t kept apart by customs or courtesies; they’re usually stuck behind a frustrating barrage of wild hand gestures and pidgin English. In colonial Africa, early British troops would -- after not being understood by natives the

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Commander Gary Carr, 51, a Lansing Michigan native and oldest sailor in attendance cuts the cake with help from Hospitalman Ceazar Jaramillo, 20, a Ridgecrest, Calif. native, during the cake cutting portion of the Navy's 231st birthday ceremony aboard Camp Virginia, Kuwait. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit is currently conducting training in and around Camp Virginia during their scheduled six-month deployment. - Commander Gary Carr, 51, a Lansing Michigan native and oldest sailor in attendance cuts the cake with help from Hospitalman Ceazar Jaramillo, 20, a Ridgecrest, Calif. native, during the cake cutting portion of the Navy's 231st birthday ceremony aboard Camp Virginia, Kuwait. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit is currently conducting training in and around Camp Virginia during their scheduled six-month deployment.

24th MEU sailors, Marines celebrate Navy’s 231st birthday

For the last 231 years, the U.S. Navy has patrolled the oceans of the world, maintaining a presence on every strategically important body of water, engaging and defeating the nation’s foes at sea, and assisting with logistics and transportation in almost every major offensive ever mounted by the Marine Corps. Recently aboard Camp Virginia, Kuwait,

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Aboard USS IWO JIMA LHD 7 (Aug. 29, 2006) -- As a part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) USS Cole (DDG 67) recently deployed from her homeport of Norfolk, Va., and began a regularly scheduled six-month deployment to the U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) areas of responsibility (AOR) to conduct Maritime Security Operations (MSO). ::n::::n::U.S. Navy Photo By Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Christopher L. Clark (released) - Aboard USS IWO JIMA LHD 7 (Aug. 29, 2006) -- As a part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) USS Cole (DDG 67) recently deployed from her homeport of Norfolk, Va., and began a regularly scheduled six-month deployment to the U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) areas of responsibility (AOR) to conduct Maritime Security Operations (MSO). ::n::::n::U.S. Navy Photo By Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Christopher L. Clark (released)

24th MEU survivors of Cole attack recall day of heartbreak, heroism

On Oct. 12, 2000, aboard the listing, grey metal hulk of the USS Cole, Navy Petty Officer Second Class Timothy Lamont Saunders, from Ringold, Va., clung to the tattered shreds of his young and promising life. Moments prior, Saunders and his shipmates were rocked by an act of terror when their ship – home to some 320 Sailors – was punctured by an

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