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Archive: 2006

Regimental Combat Team 5 dealing in cold hard Iraqi dinar

Greenbacks are out. The currency of choice for doing business with local Iraqis here is now dinar. Regimental Combat Team 5 commanders recently made the switch to paying out local contractors in Iraqi dinar instead of American dollars. The switch is meant to boost the flow and confidence in the Iraqi economy. “We decided to pay out the

Marines find weapons during follow-on operation

Marines recently spent three days conducting operations in the area south of Fallujah where they discovered several weapons and gathered information about insurgents operating there. Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, along with Iraqi Army soldiers, swept through the predominately rural area during Operation

Darkhorse Marines find, capture Jill Carroll’s kidnappers

Editor’s note: Marines from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 captured three insurgents responsible for the kidnapping and detention of Jill Carroll, an American journalist for the Christian Science Monitor, May 19. Intelligence gleaned from that raid led to the capture of one more, by Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th

Darkhorse Marines find, capture Jill Carroll's kidnappers

Editor’s note: Marines from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 captured three insurgents responsible for the kidnapping and detention of Jill Carroll, an American journalist for the Christian Science Monitor, May 19. Only now can the story of those who captured her kidnappers be told. CAMP HABBANIYAH, Iraq - Jill Carroll’s

Tankers feel the heat in Iraq’s dog days of summer

There’s just no denying it. It’s hot here. But hot takes on a whole new meaning deep in the turret of an M-1A1 Main Battle Tank. Marines from A Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5 battle not just insurgents every time they climb into their tanks. They fight a scorching heat that just melts Marines inside. “At the end of the

Visits from family members help healing process

When Army Maj. John W. Penree decided to pay his nephew, Marine Sgt. Peter A. Penree Jr., a visit in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, the timing couldn’t have been better. The circumstances, however, probably could have. Both men are currently deployed to Iraq – Penree Jr., serves with the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment in western Al

Tankers roll out 68 tons of reassurance to entry control points

Tankers with Regimental Combat Team 5 know how to send a message. They simply show up. Marines from A Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, RCT-5, reinforced an entry control point on the outskirts of Fallujah, an operation they conduct on a regular but erratic schedule. The tankers roll a section of M-1A1 Main Battle Tanks to the ECPs surrounding Fallujah

Iraqi police unearth weapons caches; conduct ‘solo’ operations in Iraq

Coalition Forces are not the only ones taking bomb-making material and other weapons out of insurgents’ hands – Iraqi police in this city bordering Syria recently found two hidden stashes of munitions and weapons. The police discovered the two caches, which consisted of multiple rockets, mortars, and hundreds of machine gun rounds, while on a

Ohio native keeps Marines mobile in Iraq’s Al Anbar province

Regardless of how many insurgents they catch or hours they spend on patrolling Iraq’s roads in their massive, eight-wheeled light armored vehicles, U.S. and Iraqi forces in this region wouldn’t be nearly as mobile if it weren’t for Marines like Cpl. Brett M. Briscoe. The 22-year-old from Warren, Ohio, is one of the pieces to the puzzle that keeps

Marine paints the town for incoming battalion

Cpl. Justin J. Brendan’s skills with a brush and paint earned him a measure of praise from Marines just arriving. The 23-year-old Marine from Arlington, Wash., assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment painted a mural for 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. The painting was drawn as a welcome sign to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. It

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