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Jonathon T. Thornton*Marine Corps CpI. Jonathoti T. Thornton recently completed a two-week bilateral training exercise with Albanian military forces while assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.The unit is currently aboard the USS Iwo Jima.Thornton is one of more than, 4,000 Pacific Fleet Sailors and Marines who deployed aboard .. the ships of the USS Iwo Jima ! Amphibious Ready Group.Drawing upon lessons learned in recent operations in Mosul, Iraq, Thornton's unit sought to ) create a training exercise that :W- • t Pincluded every element of the . unit with specific emphasis on combat service support of secure^ convoy procedures.Thornton's unit is an expeditionary intervention force with the ability to rapidly organize fo£ combat operations* in virtually lf any environment. .!Thornton is the son of Thomas E. Thornton of Farm- ( ington. He is a 1999 graduate of . Farmington High School and ^ joined the Marine Corps in Auszust 1999. J
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Farmington Daily Times
Farmington, New Mexico, US
Sun, Jun 22, 2003
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