January 11, 2013 — Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa deployed from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune after four months of training and preparation. MORE
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December 13, 2012 — Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa completed their four-day mission rehearsal exercise, the unit’s last major predeployment requirement, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 13, 2012.
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December 06, 2012 — Two members of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit took advantage of a unique opportunity to represent the Marine Air-Ground Task Force in Jacksonville, Fla., during the Navy-Marine Corps Classic basketball game Nov. 9, 2012. Maj. Zane Crawford, air officer, and Master Sgt. Patrick Buttry, headquarters commandant, both with the 22nd MEU, MORE
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November 19, 2012 — Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa conducted noncombatant evacuation operations training by setting up an evacuation control center aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 8, 2012. Instructors with Special Operations Training Group trained the Marines and sailors in setting up an ECC and a MORE
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November 05, 2012 — In the period after deployment but before predeployment training, a Marine Expeditionary Unit typically sends Marines to advanced schools, catches up on annual qualifications or rebuilds their offices with new personnel. The 22nd MEU is taking their dwell time a step further. With roughly a year before predeployment training begins, the MORE
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October 29, 2012 — Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa developed valuable skills for their upcoming deployment during a training cycle at the Tier 1 Group Training Facility in Crawfordsville, Ark., Oct. 4-25, 2012. The Marines and sailors learned advanced combat medical techniques, advanced driving techniques, methods MORE
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October 15, 2012 — Marines and sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit bid fair winds and following seas to Master Gunnery Sgt. Richard Herald during his retirement ceremony at the Paradise Point Officers’ Club aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 13, 2012. Herald served his final tour in the Marine Corps as operations chief for the 22nd MORE
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September 24, 2012 — Autumn is upon the Carolina coast-- football fans are tailgating, Marines and sailors are airing out their cold-weather gear and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is getting a little “chili” on a Friday afternoon. Marines, sailors and family readiness assistants and volunteers with the 22nd MEU donned their favorite football team jerseys MORE
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August 31, 2012 — In the early hours of Jan. 21, 1968, the North Vietnamese Army attacked the outpost of Khe Sanh with a shower of bullets and artillery that instantly killed 18 Marines and injured 40 more. Thus began the Battle of Khe Sanh, the longest and second deadliest battle of the Vietnam War. Marines, sailors and soldiers held the isolated airstrip in MORE
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August 29, 2012 — Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit recently took part in II Marine Expeditionary Force’s Exercise Atlantic Response aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 21-23, 2012. Exercise Atlantic Response is a simulation exercise designed to afford 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, a subordinate command to II MEF, the MORE
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