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Lejeune Marines prepare to deploy off Libyan coast
Updated at 09:59 AM today
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CAMP LEJEUNE (WTVD) -- Twenty-two hundred Marines and sailors from Camp Lejeune are preparing to deploy off the coast of Libya in northern Africa. They said goodbye to their families Monday afternoon, and they'll be leaving in the days ahead.
"There's always in the back of your mind what if, what could happen," Marine wife Carrie Cochran said.
Cochran, like the other wives, is confident her Marine is prepared for the mission.
"As long as he knows how to do his job and he keeps his concentration going, he can take care of his Marines then he can bring everybody home," Cochran said.
The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit was set to deploy to the Mediterranean later this year but that got bumped up once NATO forces launched an air assault on Libya.
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The unit is relieving the 26th MEU, which took part in some of the initial assaults. The 22nd is a Marine, air and ground task force. Some are trained for aviation combat, others for ground combat. They can handle evacuations and humanitarian missions too.
Whatever the president decides, Cochran's husband, Sergeant Lewis Cochran, says he told his little boy, Dylan, he's ready.
"My Marines, all the Marines the whole PLT is ready to go," Sgt. Cochran said.
"And I'm not gonna like it," 3-year-old Dylan said. "I'm not gonna like it when daddy gets on a big boat."
Sgt. Cochran may not be here for Dylan's 4th birthday next week but like other Camp Lejeune Marines, he'll never be far from his heart.
The Marines and sailors are being bused to the Morehead City Port Monday evening. They'll board the USS Bataan and set sail for Libya in a few days.
They're expected to be gone for 10 months.
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1 megan.lou22 3/29/11 2:33 AM EDT
Praying for the safe return of my Marine (:50 in the video in the distance) and all others. God Bless. Mark As Violation
2 schneider.mike77 3/29/11 9:36 AM EDT
Since Obozo has stated definitely that there will be no boots on the ground in Libya I imagine that these Marines were issued slippers. Mark As Violation
3 bobb_p 3/29/11 9:47 AM EDT
Hmm. Obama is on the verge of arming the rebels who have admitted that al-Qaeda is fronting this operation, who will in turn take the weaponry to their strongholds to inevitably use against our soldiers, and now we will be sending our boys into the midst of a chaotic civil war. Sounds like a plan. Mark As Violation
4 dpryor6317 3/29/11 10:05 AM EDT
....we are all suckers.....and the band plays on. Mark As Violation
5 ftro 3/29/11 10:14 AM EDT
Lots of money to be made off of prolonged wars. To take Tripoli, we need professional soliders to conduct urban warfare. It will be interesting to see the US military fighting side by side with al Queda. I don't know what our leaders are thinking -- if they're thinking at all. Mark As Violation
Via Terry
Lejeune Marines prepare to deploy off Libyan coast
Updated at 09:59 AM today
Related Video
Shae Crisson
More: Bio, News Team
CAMP LEJEUNE (WTVD) -- Twenty-two hundred Marines and sailors from Camp Lejeune are preparing to deploy off the coast of Libya in northern Africa. They said goodbye to their families Monday afternoon, and they'll be leaving in the days ahead.
"There's always in the back of your mind what if, what could happen," Marine wife Carrie Cochran said.
Cochran, like the other wives, is confident her Marine is prepared for the mission.
"As long as he knows how to do his job and he keeps his concentration going, he can take care of his Marines then he can bring everybody home," Cochran said.
The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit was set to deploy to the Mediterranean later this year but that got bumped up once NATO forces launched an air assault on Libya.
Related Content
Story: Obama strongly defends US military action in Libya
Story: Ron Paul criticizes Obama during Raleigh speech
The unit is relieving the 26th MEU, which took part in some of the initial assaults. The 22nd is a Marine, air and ground task force. Some are trained for aviation combat, others for ground combat. They can handle evacuations and humanitarian missions too.
Whatever the president decides, Cochran's husband, Sergeant Lewis Cochran, says he told his little boy, Dylan, he's ready.
"My Marines, all the Marines the whole PLT is ready to go," Sgt. Cochran said.
"And I'm not gonna like it," 3-year-old Dylan said. "I'm not gonna like it when daddy gets on a big boat."
Sgt. Cochran may not be here for Dylan's 4th birthday next week but like other Camp Lejeune Marines, he'll never be far from his heart.
The Marines and sailors are being bused to the Morehead City Port Monday evening. They'll board the USS Bataan and set sail for Libya in a few days.
They're expected to be gone for 10 months.
Source and comments at:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=8039326
5 comments
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1 megan.lou22 3/29/11 2:33 AM EDT
Praying for the safe return of my Marine (:50 in the video in the distance) and all others. God Bless. Mark As Violation
2 schneider.mike77 3/29/11 9:36 AM EDT
Since Obozo has stated definitely that there will be no boots on the ground in Libya I imagine that these Marines were issued slippers. Mark As Violation
3 bobb_p 3/29/11 9:47 AM EDT
Hmm. Obama is on the verge of arming the rebels who have admitted that al-Qaeda is fronting this operation, who will in turn take the weaponry to their strongholds to inevitably use against our soldiers, and now we will be sending our boys into the midst of a chaotic civil war. Sounds like a plan. Mark As Violation
4 dpryor6317 3/29/11 10:05 AM EDT
....we are all suckers.....and the band plays on. Mark As Violation
5 ftro 3/29/11 10:14 AM EDT
Lots of money to be made off of prolonged wars. To take Tripoli, we need professional soliders to conduct urban warfare. It will be interesting to see the US military fighting side by side with al Queda. I don't know what our leaders are thinking -- if they're thinking at all. Mark As Violation
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