1st Marine Division
Camp Pendleton, CA
TCN's easing Marine retrograde back home
May 26, 2003
— Third World Country Nationalists, or TCN, transport gear within Kuwait, which eases the transition of 1st Marine Division from the Middle East back to Camp Pendleton.The TCNs come from various countries in Southeast Asia and are contracted to assist the Marines. The TCN's transport any gear needed by the units and is usually transported by 7-ton
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1st MarDiv Band plays a tune, protects Marines
May 23, 2003
— As the trumpets blared and the drums bellowed, the First Marine Division Band played a patriotic concert for First Battalion, Fourth Marines in the city of Al Hilla. In the backdrop, sporadic gunfire rang outside the compound. A crowd of high-spirited Marines cheered on The music continued until dusk. Observing Marines felt the band's gratitude
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Navajo Marine carries on tradition
May 23, 2003
— Every morning before sunrise, Cpl. Christabel Toledo, food services specialist with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, wakes up and gets dressed for her morning offering to Mother Earth. Stepping outside the tent with a pouch of corn pollen in one hand and a feather in the other, Toledo faces the sunrise to begin her offering. She takes a
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Karbala getting back on its feet
May 19, 2003
— Infantrymen from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines still patrol the central Iraqi city of Karbala, but it's a small group of Marine reservists who do the nuts and bolts work of getting the town working again. Marines form the 3rd Civil Affairs Group have been hard at work for the last month getting Karbala's police force, fire department and hospitals, as
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Navy Heroes
May 12, 2003
— On what they described as the worst day of the war, two Navy corpsmen took a pause from the death and destruction around them to save a new life. The corpsmen, HN Jahmar Baybayan, 21, of Phoenix, Ariz., and HM3 Michael C. Herrington, 23, of George West, Texas, saved an unconscious Iraqi infant from overheating as their unit, C Company, 1st
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Najaf police team with NYPD
May 12, 2003
— The U.S. Army has joined the Marine Corps in the south-central Iraqi city of Najaf to provide two things every city needs to run peacefully: law and order. First Battalion, 7th Marines and the Army's 442nd Military Police Company have formed the Najaf Police Academy to teach Iraqi police officers American methods of law enforcement. Their ultimate
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1st MarDiv Marines remove signs of Hussein's regime
May 3, 2003
— Villagers watched as the military convoy of more than 20 vehicles stormed through their sleepy town, kicking up billowy plumes of Iraqi dust. Then suddenly, near the center of the Al Qadisiyah governate's center, the parade of seven-ton trucks and humvees came to a halt. The cloud of dust had only begun to settle when the vehicles' drivers and
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Desert Diet
March 25, 2003
— Marines and Sailors here in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, are quite surprised by the drastic transformation their bodies have endured since arriving in country. Marines are shedding pounds and noticing they have more energy and their camouflage utilities are fitting looser. Chief Petty Officer (FMF/SW) Franklin J. Jensen, independent duty
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