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MCAS New River
PSC Box
21001
Jacksonville, NC 28545-1001
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02/04/2010
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Air Station Marines bound for
Haiti relief
By II Marine
Expeditionary Force
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Marines supporting
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461
board a CH-53E on Marine Corps Air
Station New River Jan 16 on their way to
join the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit
aboard USS Bataan bound for Haiti to
conduct disaster relief operations
following the devastating January 12
earthquakes. (USMC photo by Lcpl Joshua
R. Whitehead) (RELEASED) Photo released
by Master Sergeant Mark E. Bradley ( New
River Public Affairs Staff
Non-Commissioned in Charge )
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Marine Heavy
Helicopter Squadron 461 departed
the Air Station Saturday as the
aviation element for the Camp
Lejeune, N.C.-based 22nd Marine
Expeditionary Unit bound for
Haiti to assist in disaster
relief efforts in the wake of an
earthquake that struck the
Caribbean nation Jan. 12.
The relief
effort also includes elements of
Air Station Marine Aviation
Logistics Squadron 29 and Marine
Wing Support Squadron 272.
The 22nd
Marine Expeditionary Unit is
embarked aboard the amphibious
ships USS Bataan, Fort McHenry
and Carter Hall, and consists of
its Battalion Landing Team 3rd
Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment;
Combat Logistics Battalion 22;
HMH-461; and its Command
Element.
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USS Bataan to
provide Haiti humanitarian assistance
By Navy Petty
Officer 2nd Class Kristopher Wilson
Marines assigned to the
22nd Marine
Expeditionary Unit
embark aboard the
multi-purpose amphibious
assault ship USS Bataan
during preparations by
the Bataan Amphibious
Relief Mission for a
disaster response effort
for the nation of Haiti.
Bataan departed Naval
Station Norfolk to
provide humanitarian
assistance and disaster
response in the
aftermath of Haiti’s
devastating earthquake
on Jan. 12. Marine Heavy
Helicopter Squadron 461
is providing the air
support for the mission.
Photo by Navy Petty
Officer 2nd Class
Kristopher Wilson
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 Afghan children celebrate the end of the school day
Afghan children celebrate the end of the school day outside the schoolhouse in the district center of Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2009. Afghan children from the Now Zad region have returned to school in the wake of an offensive, led by Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to rid the area of Taliban influence. Photo by Cpl. Zachary J. Nola
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 U.S.
Air Force pararescuemen
conduct a combat
insertion and extraction
exercise
U.S. Air Force pararescuemen conduct a
combat insertion and extraction exercise
with a Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion
helicopter attached to Heavy Marine
Helicopter Squadron 464 in Djibouti,
Africa Jan. 5. Photo by Air Force Master
Sgt. Jeremiah Erickson
 Village
of Laki, in Garmsir
District, Helmand
province, Afghanistan
A local member of the Afghan National
Army walks through a gap in a farmer’s
wall during a patrol through the village
of Laki, in Garmsir District, Helmand
province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5. Marines
and sailors from Weapons Company and
Jump Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine
Regiment, and local members of the
Afghan National Army patrolled through
Laki Jan. 4-7, to familiarize themselves
with the local populace and begin
providing security in the area. Photo by
Lance Cpl. Dwight A. Henderson
 Marine
Corps Air Station
Miramar, Calif.
Expeditionary airfield systems
technicians at Marine Corps Air Station
Miramar, Calif., perform maintenance on
the E-28 arresting gear used to stop
F/A-18 Hornets during emergency
landings. The gear passed its annual
inspection and certification, Dec. 2-4,
2009. Photo by Cpl. Aubry L. Buzek
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