thedrifter
07-12-07, 08:01 AM
More units listed for II MEF Iraq rotation
By Trista Talton - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jul 11, 2007 18:33:30 EDT
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — There are more units tasked for the second half of Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based II Marine Expeditionary Unit’s rotation in Iraq this fall.
The list, released July 2, is made up primarily of II MEF’s forward element and squadrons from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and MCAS New River, N.C.
But part of the list was not available last week. Here are the rest of the units:
**1st Battalion, 1st Marines.
**3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines.
**3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.
**The Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.
The units comprise the second half of the MEF’s year long oversight of Marines in Iraq’s western Anbar province. Rotations under a MEF, whether it’s II MEF or Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based I MEF, typically run March through September, with a second wave deploying for September through the following March.
The newly listed units will deploy roughly from September through March 2008.
Ellie
By Trista Talton - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jul 11, 2007 18:33:30 EDT
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — There are more units tasked for the second half of Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based II Marine Expeditionary Unit’s rotation in Iraq this fall.
The list, released July 2, is made up primarily of II MEF’s forward element and squadrons from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and MCAS New River, N.C.
But part of the list was not available last week. Here are the rest of the units:
**1st Battalion, 1st Marines.
**3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines.
**3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.
**The Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.
The units comprise the second half of the MEF’s year long oversight of Marines in Iraq’s western Anbar province. Rotations under a MEF, whether it’s II MEF or Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based I MEF, typically run March through September, with a second wave deploying for September through the following March.
The newly listed units will deploy roughly from September through March 2008.
Ellie