Table of Contents Foreword................................................................iii Preface..................................................................V Call To Action...........................................................1 Joint Task Force Provide Comfort.........................................3 Express Care.............................................................5 The First Marines Arrive.................................................7 Combined Task Force Provide Comfort......................................7 Joint Task Force Alpha...................................................8 International Relief Efforts............................................12 A New Mission...........................................................13 The 24th MEU (SOC)......................................................14 The Command Element.....................................................16 BLT2/8..................................................................16 The Black Knights of HMM-264............................................17 MSSG-24.................................................................21 24th MEU Forward Command Element........................................24 24th MEU Forward........................................................26 Humanitarian Service Support Concept of Operations..................................................30 Incirlik Air Base.......................................................32 Combined Support Command................................................35 lISSB Silopi............................................................37 CMAGTF 1-91.............................................................40 The Mission of MSSG-24..................................................44 Planning Operation Encourage Hope Kurdistan.............................48 The Area of Operations..................................................49 Concept of Operations...................................................52 Additional Forces.......................................................52 Encourage Hope Begins...................................................54 Issues Facing the 24th MEU (SOC)........................................54 Zakho Into Iraq.........................................................59 Securing Zakho..........................................................62 Life in Zakho...........................................................66 viiFirst Page | Prev Page | Next Page | Src Image |