Local Marines' deployment delayed
FREDERICK-- Local Marines preparing to head to Iraq this fall are among the units delayed in getting there.
Originally scheduled to deploy in September and return in May, the Marines will probably deploy in October and come home in late May, the unit's spokesman, Capt. Christian Devine, said Friday
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Published on July 29, 2006
By Alison Walker-Baird
News-Post Staff
The Marine unit, previously Bravo Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, has been designated Dam Support Unit 3.
The unit will replace Dam Support Unit 2 in Iraq, taking over the mission of patrolling and securing Iraqi waterways, including the Haditha Dam on the Euphrates River.
Its current deployment schedule is due to a delayed rotation of units for the mission, and the deployment date is still subject to change, Capt. Devine said.
The reserve unit, stationed at the Pfc. Flair U.S. Army Reserve Center in Frederick, is training this summer at Camp Lejeune, N.C.