Marines answer the call in East Timor.As the nation and the world focused on the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September, naval forces throughout the world continued with their appointed missions. From 15 to 17 September, the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit A Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) that is constructed around an infantry battalion reinforced, a helicopter squadron reinforced, and a task-organized combat service support element. It normally fulfills Marine Corps forward sea-based deployment requirements. (Special Operations Operations conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments to achieve military, diplomatic, informational, and/or economic objectives employing military capabilities for which there is no broad conventional force requirement. Capable) and Amphibious Squadron 1 conducted humanitarian assistance operations as part of the United States' ongoing efforts to provide assistance to the fledgling nation of East Timor. The amphibious ready group An Amphibious Ready Group of the United States Navy consists of a Navy element—a group of ships known as an amphibious task force (ATF)—and a landing force (LF) of United States Marines (and occasionally, United States Army troops), in total about 5,000 people. provided medical treatment, dental care, medical supplies, foodstuffs foodstuffs npl → comestibles mpl foodstuffs npl → denrées fpl alimentaires foodstuffs food npl → , clothing and construction materials. Marines also moved more than 110 tons of food, agricultural equipment and pipes to outlying areas across the island. |
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