MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | US_Navy_030425-N-1050K-016_More_than_2,200_Marines_assigned_to_the_24th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit,_Special_Operations_Capable_(24th_MEU_(SOC))_begin_their_journey_home.jpg (1704x2272) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: US Navy 030425-N-1050K-016 More than 2,200 Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (24th MEU (SOC)) begin their journey home.jpg en Camp Patriot Kuwait Apr 25 2003 -- More than 2 200 Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable 24th MEU SOC begin their journey home while boarding a Landing Craft Utility LCU - making them the first Marine force to depart Iraq after the commencement of Operation Iraqi Freedom The 24th MEU embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau LHA 4 deployed in August 2002 and received orders to support Operation Iraqi Freedom in March The 24th MEU is a special operations capable rapid response force that is typically forward deployed in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea The 24th MEU will now return to its home in Camp Lejeune N C while USS Nassau returns to her home port of Norfolk Va U S Navy Photo by Journalist 1st Class Joseph Krypel RELEASED 2003-04-25 030425-N-1050K-016 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 7065 U S Navy Photo by Journalist 1st Class Joseph Krypel PD-USGov-Military-Navy Camp Patriot Aboard USS Nassau LHA-4 Landing craft utility | ||||
)_begin_their_journey_home.jpg){kind=link}