22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit - Stories

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22nd MEU (SOC) ACE operates in a smaller world

A detachment of Marines and sailors from the USS Kearsarge have been conducting flight operations aboard USS Ponce recently to cover a wider range of contingencies as the theater reserve force for United States Central Command. A detachment of four CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters and support personnel from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261

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Cpl. Hannah J. Lisowsky, of San Diego, Calif., a 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) Command Element administrative clerk, takes notes during a period of instruction of the Corporals? Course class held aboard USS Kearsarge recently. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU (SOC) are on a scheduled six-month deployment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe) - Cpl. Hannah J. Lisowsky, of San Diego, Calif., a 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) Command Element administrative clerk, takes notes during a period of instruction of the Corporals? Course class held aboard USS Kearsarge recently. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU (SOC) are on a scheduled six-month deployment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe)

MEU Marines complete Corporals’ Course

From boot camp, every Marine is expected and trained to be a leader. Recently, 47 Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) successfully completed 13 demanding academic days to graduate Corporals’ Course, taking the next step since boot camp in their journey toward becoming stronger leaders. The graduation

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Maj. Ginger Beals, the operations officer for Combat Logistics Battalion 22, celebrates as she nears the end of a three hour, 52 minute run on a treadmill aboard USS Gunston Hall Oct. 28, 2007. Beals ran 26.2 miles as she could not participate in the actual Marine Corps Marathon held on the same day in Washington. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo.) - Maj. Ginger Beals, the operations officer for Combat Logistics Battalion 22, celebrates as she nears the end of a three hour, 52 minute run on a treadmill aboard USS Gunston Hall Oct. 28, 2007. Beals ran 26.2 miles as she could not participate in the actual Marine Corps Marathon held on the same day in Washington. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo.)

Logistics Leatherneck runs Marine Corps Marathon at sea

On Oct. 28, 2007, more than 20,000 people ran the Marine Corps Marathon, a grueling 26.2 mile course that winds through the nation’s capitol. Far away on a Navy ship in the Middle East, one Marine wanted nothing more than to be there to do the same – to run with her fellow athletes, to compete and to participate in the moment. Since being at the

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22nd MEU (SOC) Marines refurbish women's shelter

Marines and sailors from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) used their liberty time to refurbish a Middle Eastern women's shelter recently.Though the community relations opportunity came up on short notice, the Marines readily volunteered for two days to clean and paint the house."It allows them to feel good about what

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An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (reinforced) stands by as a landing supervisor maneuvers a second Harrier into position behind the first and a third Harrier hovers over the flight deck of the U.S.S. Kearsarge during carrier qualifications March 30, 2007. HMM-261 (rein) is scheduled to deploy as the Aviation Combat Element for the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit later this year. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matt Epright) - An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (reinforced) stands by as a landing supervisor maneuvers a second Harrier into position behind the first and a third Harrier hovers over the flight deck of the U.S.S. Kearsarge during carrier qualifications March 30, 2007. HMM-261 (rein) is scheduled to deploy as the Aviation Combat Element for the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit later this year. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matt Epright)