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		<title>1/6&#8242;s Alpha battery thumps insurgents</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the early hours of the morning, before the first roosters crow, Marines from Alpha Battery place their remaining rounds inside trucks and rig the last of their M777 Howitzers for towing. They ride to a nearby operating base and in a stir of sweat and sand recalibrate their cannons for the new location and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=24thmeu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034364&amp;post=75&amp;subd=24thmeu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Azada Wosa: Recounting the 24th MEU&#8217;s progress in Garmsir</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[slideshowno-music-compressed-otos                    Seven to 10 Days               Soon after changing deployment plans in mid-January and arriving in Afghanistan mid-March, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit began planning for counterinsurgency operations in southern Afghanistan, specifically focusing on the Garmsir District of Helmand Province.       “The geography of Afghanistan is the geography of water.  People live, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=24thmeu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034364&amp;post=71&amp;subd=24thmeu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s my pizza</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where&#8217;s my pizza Originally uploaded by peterparkerpiper78 Marines can find the humor in even the most austere conditions.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=24thmeu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034364&amp;post=66&amp;subd=24thmeu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>24th MEU flips to COIN</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan) –At a forward outpost in Garmsir, a line of Afghans wait to talk with Marines at the newly opened Civil Military Operations Center; they have come to voice their claims and receive cash payments for losses incurred while Marines battled  insurgents.    Flown over a sparsely decorated tent, three flags representing the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=24thmeu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034364&amp;post=62&amp;subd=24thmeu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BLT 1/6 tightens grip on Taliban</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 06:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (May 24, 2008) – Since men first wielded weapons against one another, all fighting forces have shared one universal weakness, stop resupply lines and your enemy becomes defenseless.     Just days after engaging Taliban forces in an intense firefight and gaining valuable positions, the Marines of Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=24thmeu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034364&amp;post=59&amp;subd=24thmeu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>24th MEU exploits success in Garmsir</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 06:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (May 17, 2008) – Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the British forces of Task Force Helmand launched an operation to enhance security for the citizens of the Garmsir District in Southern Helmand Province April 28.         By engaging with the leaders of Garmsir to determine what is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=24thmeu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034364&amp;post=40&amp;subd=24thmeu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marines continue operations in Southern Helmand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 04:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (MAY 9) – At approximately 11:30 p.m. on 28 Apr, Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, NATO &#8211; International Security Assistance Force, launched operations in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.       Marines continue to clear areas in the Garmsir District.  Through the capture of a series of identified enemy strong points and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=24thmeu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034364&amp;post=37&amp;subd=24thmeu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>24th MEU learns to bridge the cultural divide</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[4/18/2008  By Cpl. Randall A. Clinton  , 24th MEU  KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan —  KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Gone are the simplistic battlefields of previous Marine generations where as the classic “Rifleman’s Creed” boldly states, “what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=24thmeu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034364&amp;post=33&amp;subd=24thmeu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>24th MEU sharpens sights in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by: Cpl. Alex C. Guerra KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (April 14, 2008)– The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit tested the new Target Location, Designation, Hand-off System (TLDHS), called the StrikeLink, outside friendly lines here, April 12.   This marks the first time a MEU, and only the second time ever a unit has used this device in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=24thmeu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034364&amp;post=31&amp;subd=24thmeu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outside the comfort zone: 24th MEU leaves the wire for the first time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “Condition one on first load.” It feels surreal as the command echoes over the radio. The Marines understand the words, but are obviously still coming to terms with its meaning as they force rounds into their weapons. There is a new sense of urgency in the way the driver grips the steering wheel, the passengers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=24thmeu.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3034364&amp;post=28&amp;subd=24thmeu&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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