Semper Fi

December 4, 2009

Here’s an article on the first group of Marines that will be deployed to Afghanistan under President Obama’s planned surge.

Camp Lejeune’s 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, “will deploy in the near future,” said Col. David Fuquea, chief of staff for Lejeune’s 2nd Marine Division. He declined to say when the unit will arrive in theater, but Marine officials at the Pentagon said the first unit will deploy before Dec. 25.