Battery K, 3d Battalion, 10th Marines has recently returned from being deployed with Battalion Landing Team 3/2 as part of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Mediterranean Sea.
MISSION: Provide all weather fire support to the Battalion Landing Team and the 26th MEU (SOC), on order provide Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) and Non-lethal Forces.
We could have not done it without each and everyone of our wives, friends and family. Our wives especially as they, has they have since the days of Molly Pitcher, have steadfastly stood by us asn supported us throughout the deployment.
To our Key Volunteers: Nancy, Karen and Laura. Thank You! I know you have put up with alot and persevered to save the day more than once.
A special thanks to Karen Brown, who took my emailed attachments and was able to post it together on the web for us. This was no easy task, when she was already trying to maintain the BLT's webpage.
As this page is about to go away, I have added some of my favorite links, Marine and Artillery throughout the page and to the end.
25 July: HOME!!!!! Return to Camp Lejeune, NC.
15 July: Return Home across the Atlantic.
9 - 14 July: Washdown, maintenance and corrosion control in Rota, Spain. Hand the ball to Captain Bob White and Battery C 1/10 of the 22d MEU(SOC).
2 - 5 July: Liberty in the port of Cantania, Italy on the island of Sicily.
26 - 30 June: Liberty on the beautiful island of Corfu, Greece.
12 - 15 June: EXERCISE "DETERMINED FALCON" in support of NATO.
8 - 12 June: Liberty in the beautiful port of Antalya, Turkey.
1 - 5 June: EXERCISE "ALEXANDER THE GREAT" with the Greek Marine Corps.
28 - 30 May: Liberty on the beautiful island of Rhodes, Greece.
4 - 24 May: EXERCISE "DESTINED GLORY" with the Spanish Marine Corps. We will land and shoot as part of a Multinational Artillery Group.
27 Apr - 2 May: Liberty in Malta. We were there for the commemoration of the
19 - 25 Apr: Conducting Maintenance off of the Coast of Tunisia.
14 - 17 Apr: Liberty in Izmir, Turkey.
14 Apr: Enroute to Izmir, Turkey for liberty and shopping.
07 Apr: Successfully completed EXERCISE "DYNAMIC RESPONSE 98" in Bosnia Hertzogovina, enroute to some well deserved liberty in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Mar - 2 Apr: Operated on the deck in Bosnia-Hertzogovina as part of the Strategic Reserve Force(SRF). While there we provided support to Task Force Mariner, Royal Netherlands Marine Corps. Shot with 159 Btry, 26th Regt Royal Artillery (UK) and Btry C, 2-3 FA (USA) at the Glamoc Range
14 Apr: In-chop Commander, 6th Fleet as Landing Force, 6th Fleet as Landing Force 6th Fleet (LF6F).
28 Feb: Embarked aboared USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and crossed the Atlantic.
Commanding Officer's Message.
20 Jul 98
Home at Last! As I write this we are on our way across the Atlantic on our way home, as you read this however we will already be home. In our last port of call, Rota, Spain, your Marines did some seriously hard and tedious work preparing vehicles for our chop back inspection in August. We were washed down in record time, then the Marines turned to busting rust, and conducting maintenance on all of our gear. Special Kudos to GySgt Richardson, his Motor Transport Marines and all the drivers of the vehicles. They put in lots of extra hours so all of the Marines would have more time to spend with their families when we got home. I would like to publicly thank Nancy Wike, Karen Hollingsworth, and my wife Laura for being KVs during this deployment. The Key Volunteer Program is far from perfect, but it is the best way we have for solving a myriad of problems that arise from being deployed. With a lot of hard work and patience these three women have helped identify pay problems, pass word both ways and put up with a lot. When you see them or talk to them you need to thank them too. They have done a simply OUTSTANDING job, making this deployment go a lot smoother than it could have gone. Thanks also to Tanya Washington, although detached from the battery she did a lot of hard work in preparation for our return.
PROMOTIONS and AWARDS. We have been very busy and Your Marines have been doing OUTSTANDING. The following Marines have been promoted or received awards during July.
Sergeant Whitman Wallace
Sergeant Robert Taylor
Sergeant Tyler Trumble
Corporal Randall Cox
Corporal Christopher Wallace
The following awards are from the Commander, 6th Fleet, Admiral Abbot. More awards will follow as we return:
Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal
Sergeant Gregory Goodman
Sergeant Shaun Coletta
Letters of Commendation
Corporal Patrick Gutwein
Sergeant Jonathon Clark
Corporal Adam Branch
Sergeant James Blaylock
Corporal Thomas Bestwetherick
Sergeant Dominic Martin
Corporal Cameron Wainwright
Sergeant Michael Hackney
Seven for One,
B.T. Alexander
Major, USMC
COMMUNICATION
Mail. We have returned to our barracks at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
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Battery K 3/10 |
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Unit 20108 |
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Camp Lejeune, NC 28542-0108 |
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EMAIL.
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Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base
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The United States Marine Corps
Cpl Richardson, LCpl Orme, and LCpl Irwin
Review their MOS knowledge in the Upper Vehicle (Upper-Vee) Starage
Pictures by Cpl Clark and Cpl Wilke, 26 MEU(SOC)
Combat Camera
In Memory of Corporal John David Schwartz
April 23, 1976 to November 20, 1997
PLEASE DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE!
