Story by Spc. Matthew Marcellus | Joint Multinational Readiness Center | 12.10.2018
Since April 2014, the regionally allocated forces in Europe, numbering approximately 6,000 Soldiers, have rotated on nine-month cycles in support of the Department of Defense's Atlantic Resolve. Atlantic Resolve is an effort to build readiness and lethality in RAF units as well as to foster cooperation and better synchronized working relationships between U.S. Army Europe and their partner......
Story by Cpl. Dallas Johnson | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 08.02.2017
During the summer of 2016, Mr. Nathan Wood graduated from Harvard Law School. Months later on March 1, 2017, Capt. Nathan Wood joined approximately 5,000 other Marines and Sailors attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and deployed to Europe and the Middle East....
Story by 2nd Lt. Samir Glenn-Roundtree | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 04.17.2017
Joshua Bautz, 34, is a medical physician and endurance runner. In both endeavors he has sacrificed large sums of time and effort, overcoming personal hardships and finding the will to persevere in the face of great challenges. If that isn't enough, he is also an officer in the United States Navy. Bautz, a lieutenant, is one of the medical officers assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24,......
Story by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.10.2016
The Marines Corps has always been known to be the first to fight and the last to leave. Marines boast about doing more with less and never backing down. With the ability to fight in any clime and place, the Marines must first train to that standard....
Story by Lance Cpl. Luke Hoogendam | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.11.2016
Marines with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, experienced policing in a hostile environment in preparation for an upcoming deployment with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune N.C., Feb. 9, 2016....
Story by Sgt. Devin Nichols | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.10.2015
The Marine Corps preaches grooming standards throughout all ranks. Whether in garrison or forward deployed, the standard doesn’t change. Corporal Malik S. RolandPickens helps Marines keep that grooming standard high while deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit....
Story by Sgt. Devin Nichols | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 12.21.2014
The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit began a fresh by embarking on its 2015 deployment Dec. 16. The MEU’s crisis response mission is scheduled to last around seven months and remains similar to those of the last several decades—to provide the President with a forward-deployed, flexible, sea-based force tasked and ready to respond to wherever it may be called. As the MEU and Iwo Jima......
Story by Staff Sgt. Kulani Lakanaria | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 11.19.2014
U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) has trained 31 medical officers from different branches to treat and prevent the spread of Ebola, Nov. 17-21, 2014. The training prepared military professionals to work alongside civilian counterparts to respond to Ebola in the U.S. if and when needed....