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Archive: August, 2004

Marines and ING soldiers walk the beat

Cpl. Timothy R. Perea geared up for another patrol in this city. Sentiments toward Multinational Forces here are mixed. This is, after all, a suburb of Fallujah. But Perea and his Marines are out to change all that. The patrol wasn't the average patrol for the Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment's Weapons Company. It was part

Marines maintain vigil for maturing Iraqi National Guard

Assistance in building Iraq's National Guard isn't coming just from Marines on the ground. It's also coming from Marines perched overhead, keeping terrorists at bay. Marines of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment's Weapons Company and Company K maintain a vigil for the Iraqi soldiers. They are the safeguard for Iraq's future security. "Our mission

Marine civil affairs teams count scores off successes in rebuilding effort

Regimental Combat Team 7's Civil Affairs Group Detachment and its four tactical teams have helped provide the Al Anbar region with the tools and funds to successfully begin the reconstruction of its cities and towns. The nearly 35 Marines have helped the region in building a security force strong enough to protect its other reconstruction efforts

Marines live with and train ING soldiers

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment are borrowing a Vietnam-era tactic to countering terrorism within the Iraqi population. It's called the Combined Action Program and it was largely touted as one of the ingenious tactical approaches to emerge during the Vietnam War. Marines here revived the idea and are putting it into practice.

Marines working to defeat the enemy one leaflet at a time

A group of artillery Marines took a different approach to targeting for their deployment to Iraq. They're more into handing out leaflets than delivering earth-shattering barrages of firepower. The small group of Marines formed up the Information Operations Cell, from Regimental Combat Team 7's former fire support control center. Their mission now

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