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Combat train counterattacks, kills insurgents

Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment’s Combat Train One showed insurgents the Marines aren’t sitting ducks. Marines on the logistics train were attacked while waiting for an explosive ordnance disposal team to clear improvised explosive devices Aug. 29. Marines were in the middle of their mission to supply companies in the field. “We had

RCT-5 doctors examine deaf Fallujah girl

Regimental Combat Team 5’s medical team heard the call for a girl who could not. At the request of the Fallujah city council, members of the RCT-5 medical staff visited Fallujah Surgical this weekend and examined the hearing capacity of a 6-year-old Fallujan girl who was pronounced deaf and mute last year. The girl was evaluated by Navy doctors

Military doctors: Local girl who befriended deployed unit needs life saving surgery

After befriending Marines and sailors serving in this region of Iraq, a 12-year-old Iraqi girl who is in need of a kidney and liver transplant is now in a life-or-death struggle. Hadael Hamade, a young Iraqi girl from Karabilah, Iraq, a city of about 30,000 near the Iraq-Syria border, desperately needs life-saving surgery in order to live,

Marines pause combat patrol to show goodwill to Iraqis

Marines made their intentions clear to Iraqis during Operation Rubicon, a company-sized combat operation here. They’re here to help. It was a clear as the bottles of water they passed out to Iraqi citizens. Marines and a sailor assigned to K Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment handed out drinkable water to Iraqi women and children during

New batch of Iraqi medics graduate, ready for service with Iraqi military, police units

When Iraqi soldiers and policemen here are wounded in combat, they used to rely on U.S. service members to patch up their wounds. Not any more. Twenty Iraqi soldiers and police officers serving near the Iraqi-Syrian border graduated from a combat medical course Aug. 10, enabling them to provide their own emergency care. The five-week course, which

Care packages to Iraq put smiles on Marines’ faces

Nothing makes a deployed Marine happier than a letter from home or a big box of goodies to share with his friends. For the past five months, Marines and sailors assigned to the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, also known as “America’s Battalion,” serving in Iraq has received a never-ending supply of “care packages” from countless

Combat train hauls and protects Iraqi recruits

“America’s Battalion” Marines recently conducted a mission that had them transporting an unusual cargo in unfamiliar terrain. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment’s G Company provided security for an Iraqi Police station during an Iraqi Army recruiting drive. Marines from the battalion’s Combat Train Two also transported Iraqi Army

Marine battalion push insurgents out during Operation Rubicon

Marines here are hitting insurgents with an iron fist while offering an open hand of assistance to local villagers. Marines of K Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment began a main effort to drive out insurgents and protect Iraqis in this area west of Habbaniyah. It’s called Operation Rubicon. Marines pushed out into areas that have rarely

Amtrac commander redefines role of combat leader

Sgt. William D. Dycus didn’t write the book on what it takes to be an amphibious assault vehicle commander. He completely rewrote it. Dycus, a 21-year-old from Vidor, Texas, is redefining what it means to be a combat leader. His performance in combat was impressive enough to earn him a combat meritorious promotion to his present rank from

‘Gators’ prowl highways near Fallujah

Forget murky swamps or backyard swimming pools. Regimental Combat Team 5 has “Gators” stalking the six-lane highways surrounding Fallujah. Marines from D Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, RCT-5, are skulking the main roads surrounding Fallujah. They’re on the hunt, looking to clamp down on anyone trying to shut down the well-traveled

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