Marine Corps Pfc. Joshua C. Heath, a 2002 graduate of Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, and more than 2, 200 Marines and sailors assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit recently deployed to Iraq.

The unit will stop at March Air Reserve Base in southern California for specilaized training in patrolling, operating vehicle checkpoints and responding to threats.

Heath’s unit is an expeditionary intervention force with the ability to rapidly organize for combat operations in virtually any environment.