"U.S. military officials have told NBC News that as many as 1,500 Marines could be sent to southern Afghanistan as soon as this week to help track down bin Laden. Two Marine units are waiting aboard ships in the nearby north Arabian Sea.
The new troops would be a Marine Expeditionary Unit, infantry who are supported by attack and transport helicopters, fighter jets and armored vehicles. They are trained to be the first large units to respond to a military crisis.Two units are on ships in the Arabian Sea. One is the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Pendleton, Calif., which is based on the USS Peleliu and its support ships. The other unit is the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Lejeune, N.C., based on the USS Bataan."

My son is a member of the 26th MEU on board the Uss Bataan. Help me in praying for all these young men, my friends.

POST EDIT: I'm sorry, in my state of shock I forgot to attribute this to a news article on MSNBC. I edited the article for brevity.