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AL ASAD, Iraq (April 9, 2006) -- Brushing the grit from their faces and the sand from their eyes, the Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 774 completed their second deployment to Al Asad, Iraq, April 1, and are heading home to Norfolk, Va. The Marines with HMM-774, Marine Aircraft Group 16 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, have spent the last seven months transporting Marines and cargo, providing assault support and maintaining their aircraft in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. "Our mission is to augment with the active duty forces and provide full mission capable Marine helicopter assault support in...

Al ASAD, Iraq (Dec. 11, 2005) -- For two years, and two consecutive holiday seasons, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 774 has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Wild Geese, a reserve squadron headquartered in Naval Station Norfolk, Va., were visited by Lt. Gen. John W. Bergman, the commander of the Marine Forces Reserve, who congratulated the Marines for the outstanding job they are doing and the hardships they have dealt with while deployed at Al Asad, Iraq, Dec. 7. “As I look around here, I have no clue who’s reserve or active duty,” said Bergman as he...