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Archive: October, 2004

Border Police Academy graduates return to border forts ready to protect

Sixty-one newly trained Iraqi Border Police graduated from the Al Asad Border Police Academy here Oct. 3 and returned to their border forts to secure the borders of their homeland. The Marines of Company C, 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1st Marine Division, trained the graduates for 15 days to be a more effective border force. "The Marines

Marines here use age-old method to track modern threat

For service members operating in Iraq, incoming mortars and rockets are a regular occurrence. Marines here use an age-old method to help track this modern threat. They use simple techniques and geometry to trace the incoming rounds back to their origin. In fact, Staff Sgt. Jesse S. Esterly, the fire support chief for Regimental Combat Team 7,

Company B, 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, heads home

The Marines of Company B, 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, are heading back to the United States after their deployment to the western Al Anbar Province. The Marines completed their duty and now hand over the reigns to Company C, 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion. During a farewell ceremony Oct. 2, Colonel Craig A.

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