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Archive: July, 2006

‘New England’s Own’ Marines cool crowd heated about cooking fuel

Marines here avoided a riot recently when local citizens grew upset because they couldn’t get cooking fuel. Swift reaction, endless patience and nerves of steel aided Marines in defusing the situation. Without their intervention, the crowd could have been as explosive as the propane they were seeking. Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine

Marine photographer says Kevlar helmet saved him from enemy bullet in Iraq

Though a religious man, Cpl. Brian M. Henner doesn’t attribute Divine Intervention, luck, fate or destiny to the fact that he’s still alive after taking an enemy bullet to the head. Instead, the 22-year-old U.S. Marine says it was his Kevlar helmet that saved his life in the middle of a gunfight between Marines and insurgents in Iraq’s Al Anbar

‘Bastards’ keep insurgents out, Iraqis safe

There are many things that go bump in the night in Iraq. So when the bad guys bump, the “Bastards” bump back. The “Betio Bastards” with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment are keeping insurgents out and Iraqis safe by patrolling the streets day or night. “It gives insurgents less freedom to terrorize innocent people,” said Sgt.

Deployed ‘docs’ keep skills sharp for ‘Betio Bastards’

There’s zero room for errors when there’s one "doc," 18 Marines and just 60 seconds to save lives. ‘Docs’ here are training to make every second in that one short minute a lifesaving moment. Hospital corpsmen attached to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment are keeping their medical skills sharp while multiplying their numbers by

‘America’s Battalion’ arrives in Iraq, ready for duty

The sound of tires driving over loose gravel woke Marines at here July 28, as Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment arrived. The Marines rolled in to the camp after nearly 20 hours of traveling. The unit is relieving 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. That battalion has been serving with Regimental Combat Team 5 for the past seven

Combat engineers valuable asset to U.S., Iraqi security operations in western Iraq

While sectarian violence appears to be on the rise in other areas of Iraq, U.S. Marines in western Al Anbar province are beefing up security at U.S. military camps here, which will eventually be turned over to Iraqi Forces. A team of Marine combat engineers attached to the Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion

'New England’s Own' security team, safe but deadly escorts

They are the go-anywhere, do-anything Marines of 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment. “New England’s Own,” Personnel Security Detachment, a team that provides escorts and a quick reaction force, is proving to be the reliable go-to force when the mission calls for a safe ride across the city or bringing to bear heavy guns. “In technical terms, we

NFL lends handy support to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment

Infantry Marines here just received the longest pass in National Football League history – about 6,000 miles. Riflemen with K Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment caught a care package packed with official NFL gloves and footballs July 27. The grunts elbowed their way into the huddle surrounding the cardboard box for their chance to hog the

Marines, Iraqis pause to honor fallen captain

Marines, Army soldiers and Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Division paused their operations to honor a fallen Marine. Capt. Christopher T. Pate, assigned to a Military Transition Team from 2nd Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, was memorialized in a service held on the grounds of the combat outpost where he trained,

Iraqi nurses, corpsmen learn to fight disease, parasites

Iraqi nurses and Iraqi Army corpsmen will soon be able to treat patients for diseases caused by lack of clean drinking water, thanks to U.S. military physicians serving in this region along the Iraqi-Syrian border. Navy doctors provided the Iraqis with two days of training which will enable them to treat patients for parasites – such as hook worms

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