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Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit take a simulated casualty off of a CH-46E Sea Knight during a casualty evacuation mission March 4. The CASEVAC was part of the MEU?s Training in an Urban Environment exercise, being held in the Norfolk, Va., area through March 12. - Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit take a simulated casualty off of a CH-46E Sea Knight during a casualty evacuation mission March 4. The CASEVAC was part of the MEU?s Training in an Urban Environment exercise, being held in the Norfolk, Va., area through March 12.

24th MEU ACE trains to save

A Marine lies wounded on the jungle floor of a Vietnamese battlefield, an exasperated corpsman tending to his injuries. Surrounded by a green hell, they scan the horizon for the shape of a helicopter. They call again on the radio and are told to stand by. Together they wait and wait … According to Navy Chief Petty Officer Erick M. Vazquez, chief

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Marines from Bravo Co., Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion 8th Marines, convoy in their Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement and their High Mobility Multi Wheeled Vehicle to raid the Creeds Facility at Virginia Beach, Va. on March 6, 2006. The BLT is the ground element for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit which is currently conducting its Training in an Urban Environment Exercise in the Norfolk Va. area. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Lujan)::n::::n:: - Marines from Bravo Co., Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion 8th Marines, convoy in their Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement and their High Mobility Multi Wheeled Vehicle to raid the Creeds Facility at Virginia Beach, Va. on March 6, 2006. The BLT is the ground element for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit which is currently conducting its Training in an Urban Environment Exercise in the Norfolk Va. area. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Lujan)::n::::n::

24 MEU takes on Creeds facility

A couple of days after Alpha Company used helicopters to take down a police training facility in Creeds Va., Bravo Company got its shot and opted to conquer the site with seven-ton trucks and humvees. Marines from Bravo Co., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, rolled up to the objective on March 5 and

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Cpl Justin Muir, 21, from Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group-24 of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, cuts down a tree with a chainsaw at Redman Park Va. Beach for a civil affairs mission on March 3, 2006. MSSG-24 is the support element of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is currently conducting Training in Urban Environment Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Corporal Joshua Lujan)::n::::n:: ::n:: - Cpl Justin Muir, 21, from Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group-24 of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, cuts down a tree with a chainsaw at Redman Park Va. Beach for a civil affairs mission on March 3, 2006. MSSG-24 is the support element of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is currently conducting Training in Urban Environment Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Corporal Joshua Lujan)::n::::n:: ::n::

MSSG-24 makes time for local community

During a large-scale exercise like the Training in an Urban Environment Exercise the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit is executing in the Hampton Roads area, the missions come hard and heavy, one after another. That high operational tempo is good for giving Marines a realistic look at life in a combat zone, but on March 3, 2006, the Devil Dogs of

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Sgt. James Higgins Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 (Reinforced) crew chief keeps watch for enemy activity aboard a CH-46E Sea Knight during a raid exercise Mar. 1. As the Air Combat Element of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, HMM-365 (Rein.) performed the raid along with Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Alpha Company during their Training in an Urban Environment exercise held in Norfolk, Va. - Sgt. James Higgins Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 (Reinforced) crew chief keeps watch for enemy activity aboard a CH-46E Sea Knight during a raid exercise Mar. 1. As the Air Combat Element of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, HMM-365 (Rein.) performed the raid along with Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Alpha Company during their Training in an Urban Environment exercise held in Norfolk, Va.

ACE deploys Corps’ deadliest weapon

“One minute!” squawks across the internal communication system of a CH-46E Sea Knight as Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 (Reinforced) crew chief Sgt. Jared E. Daly, snaps a single finger in the air, indicating exactly how much longer terrorists have left to exist before a fleet of helicopters deploy its deadliest weapon – a Marine and his

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Marines from Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion 8th Marines, walk to their CH-46 Sea Knights as they wait on the landing zone for an upcoming Helicopter raid on Fort Eustis Va., on March 1, 2006. The BLT is the ground element of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, that is currently conducting Training in Urban Environment Exercise. - Marines from Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion 8th Marines, walk to their CH-46 Sea Knights as they wait on the landing zone for an upcoming Helicopter raid on Fort Eustis Va., on March 1, 2006. The BLT is the ground element of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, that is currently conducting Training in Urban Environment Exercise.

24 MEU sharpens helo raid skills

Marine Expeditionary Units are the Marine Corps’ quick-reaction force, capable of rapid insertion and extraction all while conducting specialized, precision missions. These missions are generally called raids. Marines of Alpha Co., Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 8th Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit executed a helicopter raid mission at the

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