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Archive: 2006

3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment rounds up insurgents, nets weapons cache

A routine patrol for Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment turned into a significant catch. Marines captured four suspected insurgents and seized several weapons and bomb-making materials. Marines assigned to K Company wrapped up the insurgents Aug. 6. They took the four and the weapons without a shot fired. The battalion is serving in

Marine hits paydirt with care package from Operation Gratitude

Lance Cpl. William C. James got the care package of the deployment. He opened it to find he received a portable DVD player, DVDs, a flash memory stick and candies and treats to snack on. The real prize was at the bottom of the box – a free pass for a night’s stay in a Las Vegas hotel. “It was a pretty good surprise when I opened the box,” said

1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment honors fallen warrior

Marines from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment paused operations to honor a fallen Marine. Lance Cpl. James W. Higgins was killed in action July 27 and memorialized by his fellow Marines at Camp Fallujah’s Chapel of Hope Aug. 4. Lt. Col. David J. Furness said Higgins was the type of Marine whose dedication shone in every part of

Marines cast stresses away at Camp Baharia

Pfc. Carlos J. Nayola doesn’t have combat stress. That’s because he’s got a fishing rod. “Fishing relaxes the soul and helps me get away,” said the 19-year-old warehouse clerk from Lynn, Mass. Nayola, along with a few of “New England’s Own” Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, sit at the shore of Lake Baharia a couple nights every

‘America’s Battalion’ scopes out new area of operations

Regimental Combat Team 5’s newest battalion got a good look at the new neighborhood, thanks to the veteran battalion they’re replacing. Marines from G Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, went on a mounted patrol through part of their new battle space with Marines from C Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment Aug. 2. Grunts from both

Police brotherhood bonds cops from a world away

The thin blue line, it seems, extends from the United States to right here in Fallujah, Iraq. A California man who spent a career serving and protecting the citizens of his country breached an ocean and a culture to extend a helping hand to a fellow police officer wounded in the line of duty. When Mike Bullian learned about the story of H. Iad

By the book: Marine deployed to Iraq teaches himself Arabic

When Pfc. Kenneth Dickerson goes to sleep at night, he keeps a bible by his side, pictures of his family and a notebook filled with hand-written Arabic words and phrases he has learned since he arrived in Iraq. The 19-year-old U.S. Marine has used many of those words and phrases daily while patrolling the dusty streets of Barwanah with his fellow

Security in Haditha Triad city comes one step at a time for Marines, Iraqi soldiers

Despite a recent rash of insurgent attacks, Marines in Barwanah say they are making notable progress equipping the Iraqi Army with the skills to take over security operations in this city of 30,000 nestled along the Euphrates River northwest of Baghdad. Less than a month ago the soldiers and Marines formed a mounted mobile assault platoon – or

Supply convoys answer mail for Marines at outposts

Forget rain, sleet and snow. Try roadside bombs, searing heat and the occasional small-arms attack. Even that can’t stop Marine deliveries to outlying posts. The “Betio Bastards” of L Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, resupply their Marines daily despite the constant enemy activity in the area. It’s a vital part of the mission to keep

Lucky “Bastard” escapes death

Cpl. Jamie L. Emerson is one lucky “Bastard.” The 22-year-old assigned to the “Betio Bastards” of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment escaped death when an enemy bullet ripped through his Kevlar helmet in Husayba, Aug.1. “Everybody’s been calling me ‘lucky,’” said Emerson, a mortarman from Weapons Company, who operates out of Camp Habbaniyah,

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