The last of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Marines and Sailors are arriving and the unit is beginning operations after weeks of flowing personnel and equipment here.
The 2,300-strong unit is conducting operations in support of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. The MEU will be employed as a Theater Tactical Force, a position which allows the commander of ISAF to rapidly deploy the MEU wherever it’s needed to conduct full-spectrum operations from humanitarian assistance missions to combat operations.
Yesterday the ISAF-Marines conducted two successful missions in two different provinces.
First, Marine AV-8B Harrier jet fighters provided close air support to ISAF’s Task Force Zabul troops during an engagement with insurgents in the area.
Later in the day, infantry Marines joined other ISAF Forces in conducting patrols around Kandahar.
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