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Making the switch

Field wiremen with Communications Technical Control Facility Detachment, a joint unit made up of Marines from Regimental Combat Team 1 and 9th Communications Battalion, set up a new multifaceted digital switch on Camp Baharia, recently. The new switch was part of a larger scale commercialization project to enable personnel aboard the camp with

Marines continue drawing down in al Anbar

Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, handed over control of several forward operating bases and combat outposts in the city of Fallujah, Iraq, to Iraqi Security Forces Jan. 1. The turnover is concurrent with U.S. plans to begin drawing down forces in Iraq throughout the next three years. During a media round

Iraqi police respond to Fallujah attack

Iraqi Police in Karmah demonstrated their ability to take charge of a crime scene after a suicide bomber attacked citizens and policemen on a local highway in Fallujah, Iraq, Dec. 28.Maj. Yessien, assistant police commander for the Karmah police station, said policemen were quick to provide casualty evacuation and security at the scene. The

MNC-I commander makes holiday visit

Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, the commanding general of Multi-National Corps Iraq, visited Marines and Sailors with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, at Camp Baharia in Fallujah, Iraq, Dec. 25. The commander arrived to the camp in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for the first of several stops at camps throughout Iraq to

IPs learn life-saving medical skills

“He’s bleeding out of a major artery! He’s going into shock! Get his pulse and apply a tourniquet, now!” These words boomed from the mouths of Navy corpsmen with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, as they gave a four-day Combat Life Saver course to Iraqi Police at the Joint Command Center in

Marines support Iraqi police with aid operation

Marines with Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1 assisted Iraqi Police during a humanitarian-aid operation in the Muallimeen area of Fallujah, Iraq, Dec. 3. The Marines provided security while IPs from the local police station distributed food to 125 under-privileged families living in the area. “We are working

Taking care of your own, one package at a time

The holiday season can pose a particularly hard time for some service members deployed overseas and away from their families. Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Z. Udovich, a 21-year-old mail clerk from Trenton, Mo., with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, is focused on a mission to brighten others’ spirits.

Anywhere, anytime

Scout snipers with Teams 2 and 4 of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, have taken on a new role during their deployment to Iraq. The group of Marines, trained to conduct hidden movements and long-range target strikes, are now tasked as their battalion’s quick reaction force to serve as the first

New schools may set example

Marines with Team 2, Civil Affairs Group, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, visited one of four new schools being constructed in Fallujah, Iraq, recently. The construction projects were launched by the government of Iraq in 2005, but insurgent activity in the city halted progress. Now, the CAG team and Iraqi provincial

Marines uphold time-honored tradition

Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, took a brief moment away from daily combat operations to celebrate the 233rd Marine Corps birthday at Camp Baharia in Fallujah, Iraq, Nov. 10. Excitement ran unusually high for a combat zone, while Marines took part in the time-honored tradition of the cake-cutting ceremony

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