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Archive: 2005

Hawaii-based Marines learn urban combat, cultural skills in Calif., desert

Family support has helped Pfc. Telley D. Vestal get through a lot in life – job layoffs, family traumas and hopefully, a six-month tour of duty in Iraq next spring. “I know it’s going to be dangerous, but with this training we’re getting, I’ll get through it,” said the 28-year-old Marine rifleman. “My plan is to keep praying and keep ties with my

Marines hunt Camp Pendleton

It’s early Saturday. Zero dark thirty in Marine talk. The sun hasn’t come up yet, and a light breeze mixed with heavy dew and thick fog is making for a chilly, wet November morning on Camp Pendleton. The morning silence is broken by a group of Marines who’re gathered around the bed of a pickup truck talking while they check their gear one last time

Iraq’s elections over, Marines near Najaf ready for return home

Two days after Iraq’s national elections, and just a few weeks left until they return to the United States, Marines here say they are confident they are leaving the holy city of Najaf in better shape than when they arrived in July. After weeks of training Iraqi Security Forces, the Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations

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