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Archive: 2006

Marines assist Iraqi Police recruiting drive netting 176

Scores of Iraqis volunteered to join the Iraqi Police during a recruiting drive held at several locations in and around Fallujah recently. In total, 176 Iraqis from the greater Fallujah area signed on to become police officers. Marines from Regimental Combat Team 5 assisted in the recruiting effort. “In spite of the fact that the police are being

Long-haul truckers pull double and triple duties for battalion

Motor transport Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment are proving they’re just as comfortable behind the wheel as they are behind the gun… and everything else in between. The truck drivers continuously learn new jobs to adjust to the ever-changing war in Iraq. Motor transport Marines must know how to supply, fix, protect and if need be,

Marine keeps convoys secure

Cpl. Daniel M. Dresch is a man with his head on a swivel. Dresch, a 21-year-old security force commander from Colombia, S.C., is the man making the call for his Marines when it comes to shoot or don’t shoot. It’s a role that demands complete awareness, quick decisions and nerves of steel. It’s also a job that he knows keeps his Marines safe on

Guard Force constantly watching to safeguard camp

Marines at this walled-in camp here rest easy knowing they’ve got another Marine standing strong and keeping all dangers at bay. Marines from the Guard Force section, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, man several posts around the camp’s outer wall. They maintain a safe environment inside and allow the battalion to work

Marines open ‘House of Pain’ at Camp Habbaniyah

Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment are calling, tough guy. Step into their “House of Pain.” Marines here opened a combat conditioning gymnasium for their unit in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 12. It’s a gym built in a refurbished British barracks. Make no mistake, though. There’s nothing refined about the place. It’s a gym of cold

Combat artist immortalizes slain Fallujan leader

Maj. Alex J. Durr’s latest piece of artwork won’t hang in a museum. It’s going to be on display for Fallujans to remember one of their martyred heroes. Durr, a 45-year-old combat artist from the Marine Corps’ Historical Division, recently put the finishing touches on a painted mural of Iraqi Brig. Gen. Khodeiri Obeid Abbas Al Janadi, Fallujah’s

Marines give insurgents no time for rest

Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, are demonstrating to insurgents there is no safe passage through their area of operations. Marines from the battalion’s Weapons Company performed mounted and dismounted patrols in Gharmah, Aug. 10, to interrupt insurgents moving in the area. The aim was to disrupt insurgent activity, interdict

‘Bastards’ encounter enemy fire during community assistance mission

A recent mission to hand out soccer balls turned into one of trading gunfire for Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. The “Betio Bastards” of the battalion’s Jump Platoon came under enemy fire on their way to greet local Iraqis here Aug. 11. It was a mission Marines hoped to build friendships and good will with the local community.

Iraqi police keep insurgents out of region’s first public sporting event in nearly three years

Iraqis living along the Euphrates River near the Syrian border have not hosted a soccer match or any other type of public sporting event in more than three years due to insurgents’ previous control of the area. Until now. Thanks to months of planning by U.S. Marines in this region and security provided by local Iraqi police from Karabilah and

Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based Marine unit memorializes four killed in action in Iraq

U.S. Marines serving near this Euphrates River city memorialized four Marines who were killed in action last month on a small U.S. and Iraqi military outpost here. Dozens of Marines from the Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion gathered Aug. 10, 2006, at a combat outpost here to remember: Sgt. Christian B.

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