Combat Logistics Battalion 24 Combat Logistics Battalion 24 ( CLB - 24 ) is a logistics battalion of the United States Marine Corps . They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 27 and the 2nd Marine Logistics Group . The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune , North Carolina and is in direct support of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit ( 24th MEU ) . Mission . The mission of CLB - 24 is to provide timely , reliable , and continuous support to 24th MEU in support of the MEU commander ' s tactical mission and concept of operations ; and to conduct , on order , Non - Combatant Evacuation Operations , Medical treatment and evacuation of casualties on a large scale , and Humanitarian Aid and Assistance operations . History . 1980s . Combat Logistics Battalion 24 has existed in one form or another since the early 1960s . It has participated in many of the important Marine Corps operations of the last half - century . During the 1960s , the Logistic Support Unit , 32d Marine Amphibious Unit ( MAU ) , Fleet Marine Force , Atlantic was temporarily activated to participate in exercises and operations in the Caribbean and Atlantic areas . In the early 1970s , the unit underwent several re - designations and name changes to become the MAU Service Support Group 32 of the 32d MAU — which is very similar to our current name . The MSSG - 32 and the 32d MAU participated in numerous exercises and operations in the Mediterranean Area in the 1970s . On 1 December 1982 , the numbering of MAUs and MSSGs was redesigned . MSSG - 32 became MSSG - 22 of the 22d MAU , Fleet Marine Forces Atlantic . During this time and for several six - month deployments in 1983 and 1984 , MSSG - 22 was a part of the Multinational Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon . When Cuban and Communist influence was threatening US citizens and US national interests in the Caribbean islands of Grenada and Caricao , President Reagan ordered the Marines , including MSSG - 22 , to land and take those islands in October and November 1983 . In the years after the Grenada invasion , the numbering of the MSSGs was shuffled , and MSSG - 22 became MSSG - 24 of the 24th MAU , Fleet Marine Force s Atlantic in 1984 and MSSG - 24 of the 24th MAU in 1986 . MAU Service Support Group - 24 became MEU Service Support Group - 24 in 1988 . 1990s . Following Operation Desert Storm in 1991 , the 24th MEU and MSSG - 24 were tasked with the humanitarian relief effort Operation Provide Comfort in support of the Kurdish people in Turkey and Northern Iraq . In 1993 and 1994 , the 24th MEU and MSSG - 24 helped keep warring factions in Somalia at bay during Operation Restore Hope and Operation Continue Hope . The MSSG left the shores of Somalia for the Adriatic Sea in 1994 , where it supported Operation Provide Promise and Operation Deny Flight during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina . Two weeks after returning from the Balkans in 1994 , the MSSG was off to the coast of Haiti as part of Operation Support Democracy . MSSG - 24 returned to the Balkans with the MEU during its next several deployments in 1995 and 1996 to support operations against Serbian aggression . During 1995 , the 24th MEU rescued Captain Scott O ' Grady , an Air Force pilot who had been shot down over Bosnia . In 1996 , MSSG - 24 assisted in restoring a bridge over the Drina River in Bosnia . In 1997 , the 24th MEU and the MSSG were diverted to the Persian Gulf to be the landing force for Fifth Fleet in support of Operation Desert Thunder . During its 1999 deployment , the 24th MEU assumed again a forward presence in the Balkans during the NATO operation against Serbian aggression in Kosovo . During this deployment , Harriers from the 24th MEU were the first such aircraft to be used in combat . Global War on Terror . CLB - 24 is currently supporting 24th MEU operations in Afghanistan with personnel located at Kandahar Airfield , Camp Bastion , Forward Operating Base Dwyer and FOB Delhi .