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Cpl. Paul C. O'Donnell, an anti-tank guided missleman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, teaches a class on Arabic language skills in the hangar bay of the USS Iwo Jima on May 3, 2006. Currently, the 24th MEU is working toward earning its Special Operations Capable or SOC designation during its Certification Exercise. - Cpl. Paul C. O'Donnell, an anti-tank guided missleman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, teaches a class on Arabic language skills in the hangar bay of the USS Iwo Jima on May 3, 2006. Currently, the 24th MEU is working toward earning its Special Operations Capable or SOC designation during its Certification Exercise.

24th MEU studies Arabic culture

If the ancient adage “knowledge is power” holds true, Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit are gaining strength by participating in Arabic language courses offered at the small unit level aboard the USS Iwo Jima during the MEU’s Certification Exercise, held April 27 through May 12. Taught by noncommissioned officers within parent units,

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HM3 Kevin Burchell, 32, Syracuse, N.Y. native and corpsman for Battalion Landing Team, 1st Btn 8th Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit studies for his Fleet Marine Force designator pin aboard the USS Iwo Jima during the 24 MEU's Special Operation Capable certification execise. Burchell is one of three 24th MEU corpsman who are nearly ready to go on the board for their pins. - HM3 Kevin Burchell, 32, Syracuse, N.Y. native and corpsman for Battalion Landing Team, 1st Btn 8th Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit studies for his Fleet Marine Force designator pin aboard the USS Iwo Jima during the 24 MEU's Special Operation Capable certification execise. Burchell is one of three 24th MEU corpsman who are nearly ready to go on the board for their pins.

24 MEU Corpsmen hone skills

Corpsmen have played an important role in the lives of Marines for decades. Before Marines deploy, train in the field, or run the obstacle course a ‘Doc’ needs to be there, watching out for them. These green-side corpsmen are called upon to be able to hang with the infantry units they serve to provide on the spot medical care. Since the beginning

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Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's (MEU) Service Support Group (MSSG) conduct an Evacuation Control Center (ECC) mission during the Certification Exercise (CertEx) the 24th MEU was undergoing. (US Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Andrew J. Carlson) - Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's (MEU) Service Support Group (MSSG) conduct an Evacuation Control Center (ECC) mission during the Certification Exercise (CertEx) the 24th MEU was undergoing. (US Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Andrew J. Carlson)

24th MEU trains for NEO mission

Marines with Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24, 24th MEU, taking part in the MEU’s Certification Exercise were tasked with an Evacuation Control Center mission on March 8. The mission, part of a complicated Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation, consisted of evacuating refugees and stranded Americans from an American embassy and

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A UH-1N Huey takes off from the deck of the USS Iwo Jima during the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit?s Certification Exercise May 1. CERTEX is the MEU?s final pre-deployment training exercise and the last step toward its ?Special Operations Capable,? or SOC, certification. - A UH-1N Huey takes off from the deck of the USS Iwo Jima during the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit?s Certification Exercise May 1. CERTEX is the MEU?s final pre-deployment training exercise and the last step toward its ?Special Operations Capable,? or SOC, certification.

Huey still flyin’ unfriendly skies

It starts as a faint whisper in the calm of the sea. Gaining speed, it rumbles low across the swells like the beating of an ogre’s heart before it materializes into one of the most distinct and recognizable sounds in modern warfare – the rotor beat of the UH-1N Huey, the Marine Corps’ all-purpose aircraft. Since the Huey’s genesis in the 1950s,

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