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Archive: 2006

Marines tear into improved Camp Fallujah ranges

Regimental Combat Team 5’s gun nuts have a haven for letting loose with everything in the arsenal from 9 mm pistols to M-1A1 Main Battle Tanks. Welcome to Eagle Range, the latest in “train-as-you-fight” forward thinking in the forward-deployed combat zone. Marines here now have a range complex that rivals some of the best at stateside Marine

Marines deliver dentist chair to Iraqis

Iraqis here have something new to smile about. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment donated a dentist chair to a local Iraqi health facility Oct. 4. “This isn’t for us,” said Capt. Joseph Burke, 32, I Company commander from Harris, Texas. “This is to help Iraqis help themselves.” The battalion is serving in the Habbaniyah area under

Haitian-born Marine pays it forward in Iraq

Lance Cpl. Clifford Sajous clearly remembers the first Marines he saw. They were patrolling through the streets of his home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1994. He knew then that they were there to help. Twelve years later, he’s wearing that Marine uniform and doing the same thing for Iraqis here. “I saw the Marines and they looked hard,” Sajous

Marines find signs of insurgents during souk operations

Marines recently spent most of their day searching and clearing the Souk District in the city. The district has a reputation for attacks on Coalition Forces by anti-Iraqi Forces. Marines from C Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 helped clear the district during an operation in Fallujah’s Souk and uncovered a

Operations in Fallujah’s souk provides clear picture for Marines

Marines recently conducted search operations in Fallujah’s souk – the city’s marketplace – to confirm or deny anti-Iraqi forces were operating there. Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 and Iraqi Army soldiers searched and cleared the souk district and found several weapons caches belonging to enemy forces.

Iraqi Army uncovers hidden weapons inside Fallujah’s souk district

It was a good day for the good guys. Iraqi Army soldiers discovered five separate weapons caches, including materials to make improvised explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades, AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition. The discoveries were made during a search of Fallujah’s souk, or market district of the city. The operation was conducted by

Marines stand up to insurgent fire while patrolling streets

For the Marines of C Company, engagements with enemy forces in the city are more common than not. A simple patrol through the city’s souk district can quickly turn into something much more, and for the Marines on foot here recently, it did just that. Marines from C Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 recently

Just weeks into Iraq deployment, Hawaii-based Marine battalion honors fallen warrior

Just weeks into a seven-month deployment in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province, Hawaii-based Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment held a memorial service Oct. 1, 2006, at the Haditha Dam for a Marine killed in action recently. More than 150 Marines, sailors and soldiers gathered at the dam – where 2nd Battalion is based in this region of Al Anbar

Marines in combat zone reenlist under the hand of commandant

The Marine Corps’ top commander personally reenlisted more than 25 Marines from the Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based Regimental Combat Team 7 at Al Asad Air Base Oct. 1. Gen. Michael W. Hagee, commandant of the Marine Corps, personally reenlisted the Marines before he and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps John L. Estrada answered questions during a

Marines blow whistle on insurgent traffic

Marines here are blowing the whistle on insurgent traffic. Marines assigned to Jump Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment conduct vehicle checks to stop movement of anti-Iraqi forces traveling with weapons. “Our priority is to keep insurgents from transporting munitions in order to keep the streets safe,” said

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