December 18, 2012 — Marines and Sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit are currently offloading from the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and returning to homecomings in and around Camp Lejeune, N.C., after a nine-month deployment.The 24th MEU made the ship-to-shore transit from the USS Iwo Jima, USS New York and USS Gunston Hall using amphibious MORE
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December 14, 2012 — The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit will return home next week, nine months after departing the Carolina Coast near Camp Lejeune, N.C., last March. Surely, smiles and long-anticipated embraces from friends and family members await them, but the MEU’s Marines and Sailors remain focused — they understand the mission isn’t over. “The goal is to enjoy MORE
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December 14, 2012 — From a police officer in Kinston, Jamaica, to a barber in New York City, Petty Officer 3rd Class Steve A. Barnes, 35, has held many jobs throughout his life. But his time as a hospital corpsman with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit has tested him much differently than any of his previous life experiences. Barnes currently serves as a corpsman MORE
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December 14, 2012 — The Marine corporal exemplifies the foundation of the Marine Corps’ noncommissioned officer core. Their job, at its simplest, is to lead a small team of fighting men and women. It comes with the responsibility to set the standard and take care of their Marines. As leaders are made, the Corps trains their own for success. Marine corporals with the MORE
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December 03, 2012 — Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit have continued their daily grind of staying prepared and staying busy aboard the amphibious assault ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as they continue on an extended deployment that was originally planned to end the last week of November. The Marines have taken the challenge of being extended MORE
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November 23, 2012 — Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit celebrated Thanksgiving Day aboard the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, Nov. 22, 2012.All three ships, the USS Iwo Jima, New York, and Gunston Hall, served a traditional Thanksgiving meal including turkey, trimmings and desserts as they sailed throughout the 6th Fleet in MORE
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November 19, 2012 — Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS New York conducted final wash down operations in Rota, Spain Nov. 11-14, 2012, to prepare for their voyage home after an eight-month deployment in the U.S. European and Central Command theaters of operation. During a recent port visit in Rota the Marines embarked on USS New MORE
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November 14, 2012 — Marines and Sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group celebrated 237 years of Marine Corps history with a cake-cutting ceremony aboard the ships of the Iwo Jima ARG in honor of the Marine Corps birthday, Nov. 10-11, 2012.The USS Iwo Jima, New York and Gunston Hall hosted respective ceremonies, their Marines MORE
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November 10, 2012 — The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit has been busy aboard the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group the first weeks of November conducting “wash down” operations in preparation for their upcoming scheduled return stateside. Although maintaining the technical and tactical proficiency synonymous with a MEU, the Marines have recently been engaged MORE
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November 06, 2012 — Over the past couple of months approximately 150 Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit had the unique opportunity to participate in training events at the platoon level with members of the Jordanian Marine Corps in southern Jordan. The Marines conducted a variety of training events while ashore that included live-fire ranges, land MORE
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