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Archive: September, 2004

Motor T bids farewell to their fallen

Marines from Motor Transportation Company, Regimental Combat Team 7, gathered in a memorial ceremony Sept. 29 to remember two of their fallen comrades and friends. The fallen were Lance Cpl. Ramone Mateo, 21, a mechanic, and Lance Cpl. Aaron Boyles, 25, a motor transportation operator. The two Marines were killed Sept. 24, while returning in a

Mortar men set aside mortars for heavy machine guns

Whether riding down the streets of Iraq positioned behind a 50-caliber machine gun turret or in the back of an armored vehicle, they look like any other rifleman in the Marine Corps. But these Marines aren't riflemen, they're mortar men with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. Normally, they are an independent group of Marines with

Marines, Iraqi SSF work to earn trust

Distinguishing between 'friend' and 'foe' in Iraq can be difficult, but now Marines here have some allies to help recognize and win the trust of those who are willing to be their 'friends,' With the help of Iraqi Specialized Special Forces, Marines with 4th platoon, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol through

Blast reveals weapons cache

A convoy of Marines from I Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, was struck by the blast from an improvised explosive device Sept. 27 on their way to conduct a presence patrol in the Al Kharma area. Several Marines quickly set up security as dust and debris began to settle. The Marines would end up lucky this day, first

Military Police train Iraqi officers

Marines recently looked beyond their gate to see more than 150 Iraqis waiting to enter. The instructors for the Al Asad Iraqi Police Academy see this type of gathering once a month. The Iraqis arrive to receive formal police training from eight members of Military Police Company C, Regimental Combat Team 7, 1st Marine Division, who conduct the

Memory of fallen Marine lives on

Though his life is over, his legacy and spirit live on. The Marines and Sailors of 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, gathered at Combat Outpost to pay their final respects to their fallen comrade, Pfc. Timothy Shane Folmar, a rifleman with Company F. During a patrol through downtown Ar Ramadi, Iraq, Sept. 24, Folmar was hit

Marines sharpen mind, body, spirit

Marines of 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion are effective combatants aboard their armored vehicles, now they are sharpening their skills in hand-to-hand combat. A handful of the Marines are working to better their knowledge in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. Cpl. Kyle J. Southwick, a crew chief with Company B, 3rd AAB, also serves as their

Marines of 2/5 search for the enemy

They were armed, armored and ready when they showed up at a local pool hall in downtown Ar Ramadi. The man at the door happily let them in to look around. He understood what the Marines were after.The Marines from 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, went into the heart of Ar Ramadi Sept. 24 to search door to door for Anti-Iraqi Forces, illegal

Tourniquet saves corpsman’s life

A corpsman knows the value of a tourniquet. To him it is more than a piece of cloth; it can mean the difference between life and death. Shrapnel from an improvised explosive device hit Seaman Joseph D. Worley, a corpsman with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, as he was giving aid to Marines wounded during a rocket

1st LAR rolls out of Iraq

The Marines of 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion have served their time in Iraq. After a grueling seven months in the deserts of the Al Anbar province they are waiting to return home to Camp Pendleton, Calif. The crews of these light armored vehicles endured improvised explosive devices, mines, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms

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