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Archive: January, 2008

India Battery fires rounds to help train IA

A target disappears in a cloud of smoke and debris. The Marines responsible for this awesome display of destruction are miles away. They do not stop to reflect on the decimation they have just caused. They load the next round. The ground thunders as the Marines of India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, fire

New school in Sagra nearing completion

Where a pile of rubble once was, a new school is close to completion here. “Marines with 1st Light Armored Vehicle battalion had planned to use one of two schools in Sagra as a base of operation,” said Sgt. Jeremy A. Miller, 23, from Thompson Station, Tenn., who is a civil affairs team chief for Civil Affairs Team 5, Detachment 1, Regimental Combat

1st Marine Division welcomes veterans for 67th anniversary

Marine Corps history books are teeming with the exploits of thousands of leathernecks of the 1st Marine Division who, throughout the years and numerous conflicts, have done the most to define the warrior ethos of the Corps. Some of those men, veterans of combat in places like Peleileu, the Chosin Reservoir and Hue City, sat flanking either side of

A sprint towards normalcy: Iraqi children take on field meet

Children flocked from every corner of the village when the Marines and sailors from Company I of Task Force 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, rolled into town. The kids are always curious as to what Coalition Forces are doing in their quaint village at the T-1 pumping station in Iraq, but this day was different. This

Hammurabi Training Center opens for Iraqi Police

The Hammurabi Training Center held a ribbon cutting ceremony here today to celebrate the opening of a permanent training center for Iraqi Police officers. For the past year, the Hammurabi Training Center had to move around to different sites and didn’t have a permanent home. Now, officers in the Iraqi Police have a place to come and train. While at

Bravery on the Battlefield

Heroism is defined by the actions of people in extreme situations. These people rarely see themselves as heroes, but they are the heart of the Marine Corps ethos. Cpl. Joseph T. Hand was a lance corporal during his first deployment to Iraq and served as an 81 millimeter mortar man. He now works in the S-3 shop with Headquarters and Service Company,

Reaching out to women of Rawah

One of the undertakings of the Civil Affairs Team is to make heard the voice of the once silenced masses. The feedback they get from the Iraqi people is invaluable towards them finding out what the greater needs of the people are. A challenge they have faced is the separation that is traditional in the Islamic culture. “Fifty percent of the

Operation Amina

Three-year-old Amina Al’a Thabit has one chance at life. On a routine meet-and-greet patrol through the city streets of Haditha, Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 noticed something wasn’t quite right with little Amina. “The first day we saw he,r we thought she was the cutest girl,” said Sgt. Bryan

Healing Iraq from within

Transitioning the security of Iraq back into the hands of the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police is proving to be a winning campaign. Even with the gradual establishment of stability within the region here, there are still transitions to which the Iraqi people must become accustomed to. Healthcare has been a major concern of the populace for some time.

Iraq strides to restore commerce

Loads of fresh goods appear to overwhelm the aged vehicles that carry them and can be seen more and more along the Iraqi-Syrian border. Fruits, vegetables, eggs, milk and endless other goods seem ready to outwardly burst from inside over-packed vans that seemingly could keel over from the highly-stacked roofs. It has been two months since the

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