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Patriot Guard Riders escort 5th Marine Regiment's Operation Enduring Freedom Memorial to the Camp San Mateo memorial garden here, May 20, 2013. The riders escorted the 7-ton Barre granite memorial from Barre, Vt., to Camp Pendleton during the course of 10 days.
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A Marine serving with 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, salutes as the regiment's Operation Enduring Freedom memorial arrives at Camp San Mateo here, May 20, 2013. Approximately 300 Marines lined San Mateo Road, saluting as the memorial plaque passed by to its final location. The riders escorted the 7-ton Barre granite memorial from Barre, Vt., to Camp Pendleton over the course of 10 days.
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Patriot Guard Riders escort 5th Marine Regiment's Operation Enduring Freedom Memorial to the Camp San Mateo memorial garden here, May 20, 2013. The riders escorted the 7-ton Barre granite memorial from Barre, Vt., to Camp Pendleton during the course of 10 days.
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Patriot Guard Riders escort 5th Marine Regiment's Operation Enduring Freedom Memorial to the Camp San Mateo memorial garden here, May 20, 2013. The riders escorted the 7-ton Barre granite memorial from Barre, Vt., to Camp Pendleton during the course of 10 days.
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Sergeant Philip Noble, the assistant gunner and training non-commissioned officer for Regimental Combat Team 7, is responsible for coordinating Reset, Staging, Onward movement and Integration for all coalition forces that arrive in Helmand province. Noble, a 32-year-old native of Corsicana, Texas, recently received an award from International Security Assistance Forces Joint Command, the second highest command in Afghanistan, for being "the foremost authority on training and RSO&I in Afghanistan." He has deployed 4 times to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan. Editors Note: Reset, Staging, Onward movement, and Integration is the initial process each coalition force unit must go through upon arrival in Afghanistan. It includes refresher-training courses, live-fire ranges, counter improvised explosive device training and movement to the unit's area of operation.
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Captain Ryan D. Schramel, the former commanding officer of Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, stands in front of a formation of Marines as Sgt. Maj. Gary T. Bow, the battalion sergeant major, reads Schramel's award citation for the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for valor during a ceremony at the 5th Marines Memorial Garden here, May 16, 2013. Schramel, a native of Taylorsville, Calif., was awarded the Bronze Star for leading his company of Marines through multiple combat operations and engagements with insurgents in the Now Zad district of Helmand province, Afghanistan. During an operation dubbed Western Gambit, Schramel was directly responsible for the tactical employment of more than 350 Marines and Afghan soldiers and police through an insurgent infested area of the Now Zad district, resulting in the control of the area. The operation was planned as a helicopter-borne assault, but foul weather cancelled all air support and the Marines resorted to ground movements exposing themselves to the unfamiliar terrain in the insurgent infested area. As the weather worsened with rain and the terrain accumulated mud and flooding, Schramel and his Marines pushed on. They reached the village of Khurghay where they were met with heavy resistance from the enemy. Insurgents manned multiple heavy machine gun positions that briefly suppressed the Marines' mission. Undeterred from the weather elements and the enemy, Schramel rallied his Marines and maneuvered two of his platoons south of the village, encircling the enemy. He then directed a counterattack that crushed the entire enemy resistance in the area and controlled the village. The actions of the Marines and Afghan security forces resulted in the eventual establishment of an Afghan Uniformed Police post in Khurghay.
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Capt. Benjamin M. Middendorf, the former commanding officer of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for valor during a ceremony at the 5th Marines Memorial Garden here, May 16, 2013. According to the award citation, Middendorf, a native of Rochester, Minn., led Golf Company into an operation that thwarted an insurgent infiltration attempt in the Musa Qal'ah District Center in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in April 2012. A Marine forward observer was severely wounded during the four-hour firefight that developed during the operation. Despite being directly engaged by heavy machine gun fire, Middendorf continued to direct his Marines to neutralize the enemy and safely executed the medical evacuation of the wounded Marine. A month later, Middendorf led his company on a relentless 14-day operation that pushed out enemy forces from Musa Qal'ah district through constant firefights. Through his leadership, his Marines were directly responsible for neutralizing 160 enemy fighters, destroying 40 enemy bunkers, seizing multiple weapons caches and helping Afghan security forces seize and destroy more than $143,000 worth of narcotics during the 14-day operation.
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Colonel Roger B. Turner, the commanding officer of 5th Marine Regiment, congratulates Capt. Benjamin M. Middendorf, the former commanding officer of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, after awarding him the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for valor during a ceremony at the 5th Marines Memorial Garden here, May 16, 2013. According to the award citation, Middendorf, a native of Rochester, Minn., led Golf Company into an operation that thwarted an insurgent infiltration attempt in the Musa Qal'ah District Center in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in April 2012. A Marine forward observer was severely wounded during the four-hour firefight that developed during the operation. Despite being directly engaged by heavy machine gun fire, Middendorf continued to direct his Marines to neutralize the enemy and safely executed the medical evacuation of the wounded Marine. A month later, Middendorf led his company on a relentless 14-day operation that pushed out enemy forces from Musa Qal'ah district through constant firefights. Through his leadership, his Marines were directly responsible for neutralizing 160 enemy fighters, destroying 40 enemy bunkers, seizing multiple weapons caches and helping Afghan security forces seize and destroy more than $143,000 worth of narcotics during the 14-day operation.
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Private First Class Jordan Kemp, a rifleman serving with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, provides suppressive fire during an assault training exercise here, May 15, 2013. The training was designed to give team leaders, and squad leaders practice leading their Marines in combat.
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Lance Cpl. Paul Souza, a fire team leader serving with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, treats a simulated casualty during an assault training here, May 15, 2013. The exercise gave the Marines the chance to practice their combat life saving skills. This type of training is essential for preparing Marines for upcoming deployments and combat situations.
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Marines serving with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, charge an enemy position during an assault training excercise here, May 15, 2013. The training was designed to give fire team leaders and squad leaders practice leading their Marines in combat. The Marines rushed more than 200 yards up a hill, while suppressing the enemy position.
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Lance Cpl. Brian Nelson, a rifleman serving with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, suppresses the enemy's position during a assault training exercise here, May 15, 2013. The exercise helped to develop unit cohesion and communication between members of the squads.
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Lance Cpl. Andrew Smrecek, a rifleman serving with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, loads and makes ready, before assault training exercise here, May 15, 2013. The training was designed to give fire team leaders and squad leaders practice leading their Marines in combat. The exercise helped to develop unit cohesion, and communication between members of the squads.
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Marines serving with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, prepare to start their assault on an enemy position during a training exercise here, May 15, 2013. The training was designed to give fire team leaders and squad leaders practice leading their infantrymen in combat situation.
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Marines serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and 7th Engineer Support Battalion demonstrate bridging capabilities at the Camp Del Mar basin here, May 16, 2013. The Improved Ribbon Bridge is designed to carry heavy vehicles including the M1A1 Abrams Tank. During the demonstration, the bridge supported an Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge traveling into the basin.
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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jared Bailey, from Higden, Ark., assigned to Afghan National Civil Order Police Kandak 1 Advisor Team, Regimental Combat Team 7, conducts small arms live fire training on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 25, 2013.
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