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Marines lend helping hand in Virginia Beach

Every night in the Command Logistics Operations Center, the Marines of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24 plan for the next day’s operations. Most involve moving Marines and gear around the city. But one mission request came in to help the local community. It is a relatively simple mission, so a reconnaissance team is sent to

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Corporal Jacob I. Parks, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 (Rein.) crew chief, scans the horizon during a night flight on Feb. 27. HMM-365 is the Air Combat Element of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and is taking part in the MEU?s Training in an Urban Environment exercise being conducted in the Norfolk, Va., area. - Corporal Jacob I. Parks, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 (Rein.) crew chief, scans the horizon during a night flight on Feb. 27. HMM-365 is the Air Combat Element of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and is taking part in the MEU?s Training in an Urban Environment exercise being conducted in the Norfolk, Va., area.

HMM-365 (Reinforced) perfects night vision capabilities

They exercise the ultimate advantage of being both invisible and seeing the unseen. Skimming across rooftops while scanning for danger, these superheroes are on call 24 hours day and ready to fight terrorism wherever it may lurk. But this crew is no Justice League, they aren’t Spiderman and they don’t need the Dark Knight’s bat symbol to know when

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Boy scouts from Troop 196 and 45 observe a CH-46 Sea Knight, which belongs to HMM-774 in Naval Station Norfolk Va. on February 26, 2006. HMM-774 is also providing their hanger to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit for their Training in Urban Environment Exercise. - Boy scouts from Troop 196 and 45 observe a CH-46 Sea Knight, which belongs to HMM-774 in Naval Station Norfolk Va. on February 26, 2006. HMM-774 is also providing their hanger to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit for their Training in Urban Environment Exercise.

Boy Scouts visit 24 MEU

With a deployment looming for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, the main focus is on their Training in an Urban Environment Exercise, currently underway in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Even so, the Marines found time to tend to America’s future first. The Marines hosted a group of Boy Scouts from local troops 196 and 45 on Feb. 28,

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24th MEU ACE arrives at TRUEX

Marines and Sailors assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 (Reinforced) arrived aboard Naval Air Station Oceana Feb. 24, assuming their role as the Aviation Combat Element of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in its integrated Training in an Urban Environment Exercise held in the Norfolk, Va. area. The TRUEX represents the first time

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24th MEU preps for TRUEX

The first wave of Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit began arriving in the Hampton Roads area Feb. 21, to begin the next phase of its pre-deployment training program. The 24th MEU will conduct its Training in an Urban Environment Exercise here over the next three weeks. TRUEX is meant to provide Marines a realistic training scenario

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Marines drive their Humvee through the surf at Onslow Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., during driver?s improvement training held during Expeditionary Strike Group/MEU Integration Training Feb. 9. The training was held to help drivers?s familiarize themselves with how the vehicle handles when driving through water. - Marines drive their Humvee through the surf at Onslow Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., during driver?s improvement training held during Expeditionary Strike Group/MEU Integration Training Feb. 9. The training was held to help drivers?s familiarize themselves with how the vehicle handles when driving through water.

24th MEU Marines ride in beach rodeo

To be considered one of the best rodeo riders in the world, you’ve got to stay in the saddle for at least eight seconds. To rope an assault vehicle to a Landing Craft Air Cushioned, or LCAC, the best drivers in the Corps need to be able to gripe and un-gripe their vehicles in less than eight minutes. Failure to do either results in the same

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Marines and Sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima during Expeditionary Strike Group/MEU Integration Training play basketball during their off time. Marines have found that killing time aboard ship can be done by playing cards, competing in sports or reading books. - Marines and Sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima during Expeditionary Strike Group/MEU Integration Training play basketball during their off time. Marines have found that killing time aboard ship can be done by playing cards, competing in sports or reading books.

24th MEU Marines make the most of scarce down-time

There’re people who believe that time is always on your side. But, inside the USS Iwo Jima, waiting for the next operation to begin, time feels like the enemy. Finding a way to stalk and kill this brand of enemy is the key to staying motivated at sea. Whether it’s physically training, watching movies or playing cards, 24th MEU Marines

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24th MEU underway for ESGINT

Marines and Sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit set sail from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Feb. 6, signaling the beginning of Expeditionary Strike Group/MEU Integration Training off the coast of North Carolina. The ESGINT marks the final evolution of individual and collective training in the 24th MEU work-up cycle before the MEU's

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24th MEU takes down ship on high seas during pre-deployment training

Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training in support of Maritime Interception Operations Jan. 30 through Feb. 3, as part of their Pre-deployment Training Program. The Marines from the MEU’s Force Reconnaissance Platoon and other members of the Maritime Special Purpose Force conducted

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