24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Afghanistan.

[Danskeren]

Awesome.....

I remember that powder-dust!

[Yoram777]

Great pics!

Originally Posted by 1911-a1

Wow he was lucky..

[delio]

Great job! Please keep it up.

[1911-a1]

There's a couple of new pics uploaded yesterday (June 1) http://www.flickr.com/photos/24thmeu/

Edit:
Some news

http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/co...n-afghanistan/

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2...739081-cp.html

[1911-a1]

A US Marine drives a APC before leaving for a combat, at camp Dwyer in the south of Helmand Province, southwest of capital Kabul on May 4, 2008.

A US Marine prepares before leaving for a combat, at camp Dwyer in the south of Helmand Province, southwest of capital Kabul on May 4, 2008.

US Marines sit alert in a APC before going to combat, at camp Dwyer in the south of Helmand Province, southwest of capital Kabul on May 4, 2008.

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit play football at dusk inside a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Sunday, April 27, 2008. Some 3,500 U.S. Marines have arrived in Afghanistan to help NATO's increasingly bloody fight against the Taliban.

Members of the Afghan National Police sleep at their post as U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrive to bring resupplies near the town of Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan Wednesday, April 30, 2008.

U.S. Marine Joshua Graves, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, mans a gun turret in the market of the town of Garmser in Helmand province of Afghanistan Wednesday, April 30, 2008.

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrive to bring resupplies near the town of Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan Wednesday, April 30, 2008.

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit detain two men near the town Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan Wednesday, April 30, 2008.

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrive at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Saturday, April 26, 2008. Some 3,500 U.S. Marines arrived in Afghanistan to help NATO's increasingly bloody fight against the Taliban.

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit gather together outside a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Monday April 28, 2008.

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit listen to their commanding officer as they prepare to leave in convoy from a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Monday April 28, 2008.

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit wish one another well as they prepare to leave in convoy from a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan, Monday April 28, 2008

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit leave in convoy from a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Monday April 28, 2008.

Members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit gather before dawn for role call, read by a red flash light, as they prepare their convoy to leave a base for another forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Thursday, April 24, 2008. Some 3,500 U.S. Marines arrived in Afghanistan to help NATO's increasingly bloody fight against the Taliban. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, one with the names of fallen colleagues tattooed on his back, bathe at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Saturday, April 26, 2008. Some 3,500 U.S. Marines arrived in Afghanistan to help NATO's increasingly bloody fight against the Taliban. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit fight with water bottles as temperatures rose above 38 degrees Celsius, (100 degrees Fahrenheit) at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Saturday, April 26, 2008. Some 3,500 U.S. Marines arrived in Afghanistan to help NATO's increasingly bloody fight against the Taliban. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

[djiti]

WoW awesome pics

i like really much L-25's pics !!!
if you have more, please post them !!

[1911-a1]

Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan are fleeing to the Pakistani border after a recent rout by United States Marines, a NATO commander said Monday. Left, soldiers with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit have been clearing fighters from the district of Garmser, in southern Helmand Province.
Photo: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

[Danskeren]

Good effort mate(1911)..!!
Thanks.

[beatles101]

nice! threead ya got goin there

[Danskeren]

Is there also a LAR battalion in Helmand with 24 MEU?
Saw a LAV-25.

[1911-a1]

Originally Posted by Danskeren

Is there also a LAR battalion in Helmand with 24 MEU?
Saw a LAV-25.

I dont really know, but in the vid I posted in the first post, you can even see a Marine Huey, so they even have their own choppers in the area.

http://www.iimefpublic.usmc.mil/Public/InfolineMarines.nsf/0/D418CCEA8522CE5C85257454003EB0DD/$File/B-roll%20Released.wmv

[Ratamacue]

Originally Posted by Danskeren

Is there also a LAR battalion in Helmand with 24 MEU?
Saw a LAV-25.

As I understand it, a MEU usually includes an LAR platoon integrated with its Battalion Landing Team.

Originally Posted by 1911-a1

I dont really know, but in the vid I posted in the first post, you can even see a Marine Huey, so they even have their own choppers in the area.

http://www.iimefpublic.usmc.mil/Public/InfolineMarines.nsf/0/D418CCEA8522CE5C85257454003EB0DD/$File/B-roll%20Released.wmv

Yes, a MEU includes its own air assets as well. Here's a post I made a few days back explaining the organization of a MEU:
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...59&postcount=2

[1911-a1]

I found this info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Expeditionary_Unit

A typical MEU (SOC) structure has 2,100 Marines and sailors. It is equipped with:

• 7 to 16 light armored vehicles
• eight 81 mm mortars
• eight TOW missile systems
• eight Javelin missile launchers
• 15 amphibious assault vehicles
• six 155 mm howitzers
• four M1A1 main battle tanks
• 12 CH-46E medium lift assault helicopters
• six CH-53E heavy lift assault helicopters
• three UH-1N utility helicopters
• four AH-1W Cobra attack helicopters
• six AV-8B Harrier Jets
• two KC-130 re-fueler/transport aircraft (on call in the continental United States)
• two reverse osmosis water purification units
• one LMT 3000 water purification unit
• one sea tractor
• four TRAMs (10,000-pound capacity forklifts)
• two 4,000 pound capacity forklifts
• three D-7 bulldozers
• 30 5-ton or 7-ton/12-ton trucks
• one dump truck
• four Mk48 logistical vehicle systems
• seven 500 gallon water containers
• 63 HMMWVs.

[Movieman]

Awesome pics.

[Danskeren]

Okay, thank you...(just love LAR battalions, thats why i asked).