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Battalion commander keeps promise, delivers soccer gear to Iraqi kids
“Betio Bastards’” top officer stuck to his word. Lt. Col. Todd S. Desgrosseilliers, battalion commander for 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, and his Jump Platoon Marines brought two soccer goals and armfuls of soccer balls to the kids of Mudiq Aug. 22. “We promised to bring them, so we’re going to bring them out,” said Desgrosseilliers, from
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Marines, Iraqi soldiers and police join forces for Operation Industrial Revolution
Marines, working in tandem with Iraqi Army soldiers and Iraqi Police, recently swept through Fallujah’s industrial section, or “Sina’s District,” of the city in order to confirm or deny anti-Iraqi Forces operating there. Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 worked with the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police to search
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Random checks give insurgents another thing to fear
Marines here are making it difficult for insurgents to avoid vehicle inspections. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment’s G Company conducted random vehicle inspections in the streets of Saqlawiyah to catch insurgents trying to transport weapons Aug. 20. “When we do vehicle checkpoints some vehicles tend to turn around instead of going
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Successful Iraqi police recruiting means more security, stability in small Al Anbar city
Editor’s Note: Names of the Iraqis featured in this article have been changed for their protection. A weeklong recruiting effort this month netted 77 qualified Iraqi police candidates – an improvement over the 45 who volunteered to “protect and serve” last month in this small, Al Anbar Province city The candidates, all local men between the ages of
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Southern Calif.-based Marines memorialize Sun Valley, Nev., native, killed in Iraq
Marines and sailors stationed at a small, dusty outpost along one of Iraq’s main highways in Al Anbar Province gathered to pay their final respects to one of their own Aug. 19, 2006. Lance Cpl. Jeremy Z. Long, a rifleman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment lost his life Aug. 10, 2006, while conducting combat operations through a
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3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment brings clean water to Iraqis
Soon, the taps will be back on here, with a little help from Marines. The “Betio Bastards” of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, along with Marines from 3rd Civil Affairs Group and Army soldiers here, worked together to finalize plans to fix a water treatment facility in Sadiquiyah Aug. 18. “This area’s water purification infrastructure is in
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Body armor keeps Marine in fight
Cpl. Brandon L. Blair is a man who is thankful for his body armor. Blair, from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment’s Weapons Company, was hit in the chest by a sniper’s bullet. Any doubts he ever had about his enhanced small-arms protective insert not working disappeared in one quick moment. The plate did its’ job, and he’s alive to tell the story.
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Marines place marker to honor ‘Son of Fallujah’
Marines ensured Fallujah’s former deputy chief of police will have a permanent place of honor in the city here. A mural painted on a concrete barrier of the late Iraqi Police Brig. Gen. Khodeiri Obeid Abbas Al Janadi was placed in the heart of Fallujah for all its’ citizens to see Aug. 17. The mural, painted by Maj. Alex J. Durr, was put into
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Influx of Iraqi police in small Euphrates River town means more security, less insurgent activity
After 30 recent graduates from the Iraqi police academy came to Baghdadi, Iraq, residents in this Saddam-era military housing complex are expressing interest in joining the police force because they are noticing a decrease in insurgent activity. Marines with the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, or “America’s Battalion”, are
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Tank mechanics work around clock to keep tanks running, Marines safe
Tank mechanics with the Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based C Company, 1st Tank Battalion log in 12-plus hour days, usually six or more days a week, turning wrenches and repairing parts to keep a fleet of 68-ton M1A1 Main Battle Tanks operational. C Company is currently attached to Regimental Combat Team 7, the U.S. military unit responsible for
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