11.   Political favors are stored up by creating expensive and inefficient cul de sacs like the marine unit or the alarm box system.

12.   The Army provides much of the logistics for Marine units when they operate inland, as in the gulf conflict.

13.   The flag is now about to be sent to a Marine unit in Afghanistan.

14.   The leader of a Marine unit on an anti-drug surveillance mission fired on Hernandez.

15.   The Marine units sent to the Adriatic are normally stationed in Toulon, France, with landing ships and aircraft ready to move quickly onshore in a crisis.

16.   The state police marine unit at Monmouth Beach said waves had been building since Monday.

17.   The top commander of the Marine unit in Afghanistan is Brig. Gen. James N. Mattis.

18.   The trainees have ranged from an elite Marine unit and SWAT teams to volunteer firefighters.

19.   Today its new domestic port security team ends a two-week training exercise with an elite Marine anti-terrorism unit.

20.   A Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday that Marine units were on a heightened state of alert in Italy to protect the U.S. embassy in Macedonia if necessary.