NC Marines going to Haiti to help relief effort

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — More than 2,000 Marines from Camp Lejeune will deploy to help Haiti as part of a massive international effort to provide humanitarian aid after this week’s
earthquake.

The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is to leave aboard the amphibious ships USS Bataan, Fort McHenry and Carter Hall in the coming days. The Marine Corps did not say when the unit would
depart.

President Obama has promised an all-out rescue and humanitarian effort including military and civilian emergency teams from across the U.S. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson was expected to arrive off the coast Thursday.

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