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Archive: June, 2012

US Marines, sailors finish training exercise in Jordan, continue on with deployment

The North Carolina-based 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Norfolk, Va.-based Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group have completed participation in Exercise Eager Lion 12 after spending a month conducting a variety of training events throughout Jordan and within the Red Sea as part of a larger effort to enhance partnerships of 19 participating

Marines, Jordanians strike back during Exercise Eager Lion 12

Marine pilots with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, flew a simulated live-fire counterattack with the Jordanian Air Force here, May 24, during Exercise Eager Lion 12.The counterattack was one of the final events in this year’s Eager Lion in a

24th MEU Air Traffic Controllers Run the Tower during Exercise Eager Lion 12

“Gas Hog, you’re clear to land.” Getting aircraft on and off the flight line here gave Marine air traffic controllers an opportunity to test their knowledge and take over the show during Exercise Eager Lion 12, which took place throughout the month of May.The ATC Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine

Khamsa, Arba’a, Thalatha, Ithnayn, Wahid, boom! Any way you count, it still ends with a bang

Khamsa, Arba’a, Thalatha, Ithnayn, Wahid, boom! An expression frequently heard on a desert training range here, May 14, as members of the Jordanian Armed Forces and Lebanese Army counted down from five to detonate explosives during a day of multilateral training led by Marines with the engineer platoon from Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team

Faces of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit part 11

Marines training during exercise Eager Lion 12 were seeing double in the desert.Cpl. Chandra House, a military policeman with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Cpl. Chayna Blackwood, an intelligence analyst with Marine Forces Central Command, ended up together in a desert in Jordan by happenstance after more than a