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The Washington D.C. Temple (originally known as the Washington Temple, until 1999), is the 16th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Located in Kensington, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C., and near the Capital Beltway, it was the church's first temple built east of the Mississippi River since the original Nauvoo Temple was completed in 1846.
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The cornerstone of Temple Sinai was laid in October 1957. [1] In 2014, Rabbi Adam Rosenwasser was hired as an associate rabbi. A gay man, Rabbi Rosenwasser was the first rabbi of a DC synagogue to have a spouse of the same sex. [2] In Fall 2023, Temple Sinai built an extension to accommodate the congregation's growing membership.
The MEU consists of a Command Element, a Ground Combat Element based on a reinforced infantry battalion, an Aviation Combat Element based on a reinforced tiltrotor squadron, and a Logistics Command Element based on a Combat Logistics Battalion. The 24th MEU is currently based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
At Camp Lejeune the 2nd Marines' primary mission was to act as a force in readiness. This entailed daily training, participation in annual training exercises, and overseas deployments. Among the continuing contingencies were making annual "Med Cruises" as the Sixth Fleet landing force and intermittent forays into the Caribbean .
The unit currently known as CLB-22 traces its history back to Combat Service Support Detachment 23 (CSSD-23), the unit that for years provided combat service support to the 32nd and then 22nd MAUs.
The battalion was reactivated October 19, 1949, at MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. On December 15, 1954, the battalion was assigned to the 2d Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic. Elements of the battalion participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. On April 15, 1976, the battalion was redesignated again as Headquarters ...
Elements participated in Haitian refugee operations, Cuba, November 1991 – April 1992, November 1992 – February 1993, and May–October 1994 Elements provided disaster relief support to Dade County, Florida, after Hurricane Andrew, September–October 1992 Elements participated in Operation Provide Promise, Bosnia, March–August 1994