[Dubya]

Lejeune Marines will head to Iraq

CAMP LEJEUNE - About 14,000 Marines and sailors based in North Carolina will head to western Iraq beginning in January, Camp Lejeune announced Wednesday.

The troops of the II Marine Expeditionary Force should be in control of its assigned area by late March, according to a statement from the Marines.

The group will include air and ground troops and support units. It’s referred to as II MEF (Forward) because it is smaller than a full Marine Expeditionary Force and larger than a Marine Expeditionary Brigade.

Most of the personnel involved will be from units based in North Carolina, though other Navy and Marine troops – including aviation units from Beaufort, S.C., and reservists – will be involved.

[Dubya]

The point of training.

During World War 11, the camp newspaper at the Marine Corps training center at Parris Island, S. C. printed this statement on its masthead:"Lets Be Damed Sure That No Boys Ghost Will Ever Say, 'If Your Training Program Had Only Done Its Job'"