Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Scott M. Brooks, son of Anne M. and
Robert M. Brooks of Hollister, recently returned from an
eight-month deployment embarked onboard the USS Iwo Jima while
assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), based in Camp
Lejeune, N.C.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Scott M. Brooks, son of Anne M. and Robert M. Brooks of Hollister, recently returned from an eight-month deployment embarked onboard the USS Iwo Jima while assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Brooks was one of more than 4,000 Atlantic Fleet Sailors and Marines who were deployed aboard the ships of the USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. The deployment included training and real-world operations in Iraq and Liberia.
Brooks’ unit is an expeditionary intervention force with the ability to rapidly organize for combat operations in virtually any environment. MEUs are composed of more than 2,000 personnel and are divided into an infantry battalion, aircraft squadron, support group and command element. With this combination, Brooks’ unit supplies and sustains itself for either quick mission accomplishment or clearing the way for follow-on forces.
Brooks is a 2001 graduate of San Benito High School and joined the Marine Corps in July 2001.
