First Coast Marines Facing Misconduct Probe

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First Coast Marines Facing Misconduct Probe

By First Coast News Staff

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Seventeen members of a Marine Corps Reserve unit from Jacksonville are under investigation for misconduct.

The Marines under investigation are assigned to Bravo Company, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion.

The unit spent spent eight months in the Al Anbar Province in Iraq.

The Marine Corps says the battalion provided counterinsurgency operations support and protected key infrastructures.

The unit returned to the First Coast Sunday, except for those members who are under investigation.

They were ordered to remain at Camp Lejeune for further questioning.

Updated: 11/7/2006 2:59:57 PM

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