Wednesday, December 8, 2004
 
 Marines, sailors head for Philippines on disaster-relief mission

By David Allen, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, December 9, 2004
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — About 600 Marines and sailors with the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade began leaving Tuesday to provide disaster relief to the Philippines, struggling to recover after two tropical storms and a typhoon displaced at least 168,000 people in the past week, leaving more than 1,400 dead or missing.