Reserve Marines begin the long journey home
Story Date
3/13/2009
By
Byline
Capt. Paul L. Greenberg
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Unit
Regimental Combat Team 8
Dateline
CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq
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After serving for more than six months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq’s western Al Anbar province, a group of reserve Marines and sailors from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 8, began their movement back to the United States, March 10, 2009. They are the unit’s advance party and their mission will be to prepare the battalion’s demobilization site in Camp Pendleton, Calif. The remainder of the battalion is scheduled to arrive at Camp Pendleton in early April. After a short period of classes and warrior other transition training, the bulk of the reservists will return to their home training centers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Others will go back to Oklahoma, Ohio, Massachusetts and a host of other states throughout the nation. For more information on the ongoing mission in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, visit www.iimefpublic.usmc.mil/iimeffwd.
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CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq-Packed into the belly of a CH-53E helicopter at the Camp Korean Village Airfield March 10, 2009, Reserve Marines from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 8, begin their long journey home, with many stops along the way. This has been the battalion’s third mobilization and second overseas deployment in support of Global War on Terror. , Capt. Paul L. Greenberg, 3/10/2009 7:57 AM
CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq-Reserve Marines from Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 8, haul a crate of communications gear March 10, 2009 to load onto aircraft waiting to transport them from Camp Korean Village to Al Asad Air Base. As the advanced party, they will take care of necessary logistics for the arrival of the majority of the battalion’s reserve Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in early April. , Capt. Paul L. Greenberg, 3/10/2009 7:43 AM
CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq-Maj. Byron W. Duke, battalion executive officer, and Cdr. Dennis McKenna, battalion surgeon, from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 8, make their way along the flight line to the CH-53 aircraft which will take them to Al Asad Air Base March 10, 2009. , Capt. Paul L. Greenberg, 3/10/2009 7:43 AM
CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq-Reserve Marines from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 8, prepare to board an aircraft at the Camp Korean Village airfield March 10 for Al Asad Air Base several hundred miles to the east. Al Asad will be the first of many stops for the reservists on their way to Camp Pendleton, Calif., where they will begin their demobilization period in preparation for their return to civilian life. , Capt. Paul L. Greenberg, 3/10/2009 7:37 AM
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