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Archive: May, 2004

Regimental Combat Team 7 honors fallen on Memorial Day

They stood with heads bowed. More than 500 Marines from Regimental Combat Team 7 paused operations in western Iraq to honor their war dead in a simple, quiet and solemn ceremony May 31. The fallen were fathers, sons, friends and next-door neighbors. They were Marines who paid the ultimate price for freedom. The names of 23 Marines who died

Combat medics uphold proud tradition

Make no bones about it. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kawika Segundo knows he has one of the most important jobs in Iraq. "I think I have the most sacred honor of the battlefield," said Segundo, a hospital corpsman with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, on duty in Iraq with 1st Marine Division. "I'm responsible for keeping families together.

There's no such thing as a milk run in Iraq

CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq - Convoys are business as usual for many of the Marines and sailors with 1st Marine Division. That is, if business means repelling deadly attacks. "The day you start to get complacent," warned Sgt. George L. Vega, convoy commander, "is the day something very bad happens." Vega, of Staten Island, N.Y., is currently in charge

Marines, ICDC open new joint center

Marines from 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment took another step closer to turning over security responsibilities of this western Iraqi region to the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps. Marines and ICDC soldiers established a new Joint Coordination Center here. The center will allow Marines and ICDC soldiers to get more integrated and aquatinted with each

Lejeune medical team offers care to rural community

Sixteen year-old Siba Ahmed, an Iraqi girl, was gravely wounded. No one knows who fired the weapon, but this they do know: Navy Lt. Charles F. Youngblood was the last man her family thought they would see offer assistance. The battalion surgeon stood on her doorstep, offering his help for the girl wounded in the head. He wore no white lab coat,

Twins enlist, deploy to war together

Pfc. James C. Cardenas has the perfect battle buddy in Iraq. He walks just like him and talks just like him. They've got everything in common. He and his battle buddy are a mirror image of each other. That's because the one person Cardenas can always count on in battle is his twin brother, Pfc. Aaron Cardenas. The two are assigned to Company A,

Marines continue lookout for enemy with patrols

Cpl. Matthew W. Weikert walked through the small and winding streets if this town of about 30,000. It's a day-on and day-out duty for the infantry Marines who walk the beat here. They are out to be seen, a reminder Marines in Iraq won't let terrorism back into this town. Marines from Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, moved out in

Marine stands post armed with rifle and a smile

Cpl. Charles A. Brown, of Victorville, Calif., wants people to know that he was not named after the famous "Peanuts" cartoon character, but that doesn't mean he's not funny. The 22-year-old topographic analyst with 1st Marine Division spends two hours of his workday standing duty outside the main entrance of the command operations center here. From

Echo Co, 2/1: 'Wounded in body but never our spirit, will or resolve'

Saddam Hussein and his sons Uday and Qusay once lounged on the shores of Camp Baharia's palm-lined, man-made lake. It was once called Dreamland.For 28 Marines from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, the formation by the lake was a stark reminder of the reality of the fighting they endured. The 28 were awarded Purple Hearts for wounds

Marine making up for lost time with Iraq tour

Cpl. Norman J. Sutphin knows that when it comes to being a Marine, it's not years, but the miles that matter. The more than 10,000 miles he spanned from his home in North Carolina to here pale in comparison to the 12 years he spent outside of the Marine Corps The 37-year-old High Point, N.C. Marine from Company L, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine

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