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To: ig who wrote (38942)	4/11/2004 10:01:21 AM
From: ig	of 793895

Marines to raid Morgantown in the near future Soldiers will conduct practice drills in abandoned buildings. The Dominion Post About 1,800 Marines and sailors will flood the streets of Morgantown the first three weeks of May for urban combat drills. In groups of 150-200, members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., will raid abandoned buildings in downtown Morgantown, downtown Fairmont and other areas in the region to simulate real-life situations they may encounter while they are deployed. Capt. David Nevers, public affairs officer for the MEU, said the missions cover everything from full combat to peacekeeping. The MEU is a combination of air, sea and ground troops who perform highly-classified and often covert operations. The 24th MEU is one of only three in the world. The point of the drills is to make the situations as realistic as possible. But the challenge is to cause as little disturbance as possible in the city. "It's very likely that plenty of Morgantown citizens will notice when we are there," Nevers said. Helicopters will fly overhead to pick up and drop off the members of the MEU during the exercises. When they hit the streets, the Marines will be clad in combat gear and armed with semi-automatic weapons. Residents will hear gunshots. Nevers said the weapons will be loaded with blanks in most instances, but a select few of the Marines will have real bullets in their guns. The rest here: dominionpost.com

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