Posted at 10:09 a.m., Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Some 100 Kane'ohe-based Marines leaving for Iraq today
Advertiser Staff
Some 100 Marines with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment are scheduled to leave Hawai'i today for a seven-month deployment to Iraq's Al Anbar province.The battalion returned from Operation Enduring Freedom in Jan. 2006.
Yesterday, the Marines announced that about 30 Kane'ohe-based Marines from the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24 will leave for Iraq this afternoon for a seven-month deployment.
MALS-24 will merge with MALS-16 to maintain and support the CH-53Ds from MAG-24 already operating in Iraq.
There is no scheduled return date for the unit.
