31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Marines get their Christmas gift, a ride back to ship.  As the sun rose on Christmas morning, an airlift brought these Marines from Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/4, the MEU's ground combat element, back to the ships of the BELLEAU WOOD Amphibious Ready Group.  The Marines spent the last seven days here in support of Operation DESERT FOX.  DESERT FOX mission goals are to degrade Saddam Hussein's ability to make and to use weapons of mass destruction.
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