December 24, 2002 — Marines of Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) headed back to the USS Nassau (LHA-4) via Landing Craft Utility after a brief stint on the USS Tortuga (LSD-46) Dec. 21 Marines of Fox Co., who recently completed some guard duty ashore, were on the Tortuga for a few MORE
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December 22, 2002 — Recently Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and Sailors from USS Austin (LPD-4) enjoyed some time off during a port visit to Seychelles. After completing Exercise Edged Mallet in Kenya, USS Austin headed southeast to the tropical resort destination where the crew had three days to unwind. While MORE
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December 21, 2002 — Marines from Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conducted a live-fire shoot on the flightdeck of the USS Nassau (LHA-4) this month. During the shoot, the Marines conducted quick action drills where they worked on firing single shot, double taps on the targets. MORE
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December 21, 2002 — Marines from the Low-Altitude Air Defense Detachment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) lit up targets in the water with their M3P .50 caliber machine guns during an Avenger surface-to-air weapons system live-fire shoot from the flightdeck of the USS Nassau (LHA-4) Dec. 21. During the shoot, the Marines pushed floating MORE
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December 16, 2002 — Being forward deployed and separated from family members can seem difficult at times, even for the toughest Sailors and Marines. This is a time when people sometimes need emotional and spiritual guidance. When the tough times come, Sailors and Marines often turn to the Navy's religious program specialists and chaplains. Navy RP's are the backbone MORE
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December 16, 2002 — For an enemy soldier driving along a quiet country road, there can be no more nerve rattling sound in the world then hearing the "whump, whump" of the blades of the AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter. Looking up into the sky to get a fix, only to see it dart from your view and back into cover can take a toll on that soldier who is tasked with MORE
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December 16, 2002 — Elements of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) recently participated in Edged Mallet 2003, a split-Amphibious Ready Group exercise held in the jungles of Kenya. Although members of the unit were challenged on various levels during the experience, ultimately they demonstrated their versatility and penchant for working MORE
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December 16, 2002 — Marines of Weapons Platoon, "Easy" Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) participated in a live-fire reaction drill aboard the USS Tortuga (LSD-46) this month. The drill helped ensure the readiness and capability of the Marines to react to a waterborne threat to the ship. MORE
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December 16, 2002 — There are many different ratings in the Navy, but few work as closely with the Marines as the hospital corpsmen do. They are the lifesavers and healers of the Marines sent into combat. The Corpsmen assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) consider this duty a unique opportunity to hone their skills and integrate MORE
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December 16, 2002 — One of the many things that make the Marine Corps special is its amphibious capability. The only amphibious vehicular asset that is Marine Corps owned and operated is the Amphibious Assault Vehicle P7A1 Reliability, Availability and Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard (AAV P7A1 RAM/RS) The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) MORE
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