25,000 Marines and Sailors to Deploy to Iraq
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Marines and sailors from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force headquartered here have begun deploying to Iraq, the fourth large-scale deployment to Iraq in two years, the Marine Corps announced Wednesday.
More than 25,000 Marines and sailors will relieve troops from Camp Lejeune, N.C., in west Iraq. Most of the troops are expected to be in Iraq by January.
The troops include units based at Camp Pendleton, Twentynine Palms and Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego.
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