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Archive: 2006

Major scores big win in hometown election from Fallujah

Maj. Michael F. McNamara had better get good at juggling. He’s going to need it as Grand Forks’ newest councilman from Ward 2 – serving while deployed. McNamara, a senior watch officer for Regimental Combat Team 5 here, was elected this week as a city councilman for his hometown. Never mind that he was busy helping win the Global War on Terrorism

Engineers continue weapons searches

Hours in the hot desert sun didn’t turn up a load of weapons, but it did let combat engineers know they are doing their job. The combat engineers attached to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment continued weapons cache searches in the stretches of desert north of Fallujah, June 14. “Even though we didn’t find a ton of weapons out here we know that

Darkhorse Marines secure road to Ramadi

A stretch of highway once called “IED Alley” might be changing its name to “Darkhorse Drive.” The Darkhorse Marines of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, are making steps to secure the highway connecting Fallujah and Ramadi by building several new observation posts along Main Supply Route Michigan. “It’s to keep the major lines of communications

Insurgent attacks no match for Marines’ resolve

In the afternoon of June 3, outside the Marines forwarding operating base located in the violent city of Haqlaniyah, three insurgents armed with automatic rifles and wearing face masks opened fire on Marines working in front of the barrier-laden base. The Marines returned fire and two minutes later, another squad of Marines flooded the streets

LAR patrols the streets of Habbaniyah

Marines from 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion wouldn’t consider themselves good neighbors unless they lent a hand combating snipers, small-arms fire and roadside bombs in 120 degree heat. For two weeks, D Company, 3rd LAR, assisted 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment take over a new area of operations in the city, located between Ar

Ramadi veterans augment RCT-5’s security details

A few of Regimental Combat Team 5’s newest Marines are just months shy of leaving the Corps’ ranks and they’re putting in one last tour in Iraq. Sixteen Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment arrived here to bolster security forces from RCT-5’s security details. They are replacing Marines from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment whose tours

Marines refresh vital skills on the range

There’s something about gripping the twin vertical handles of an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun that just says, “This is going to be fun.” It’s the Ma-Deuce, the Big-Momma. When she shouts, everyone listens. Never mind the recoil harsh enough to shake fillings loose from teeth or the half-inch wide chunk of lead belched out of the belly of the

Fallen Marine memorialized by 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment

Cpl. Philip J. Krabbe remembered his friend Cpl. Ryan J. Cummings as the type of Marine that everyone should try to be like. He said Cummings was the example every Marine expected of a noncommissioned officer, a leader and the man he wanted fighting by his side. “Cpl. Cummings was a lot of things … a true warrior … a very good friend who took pride

Commandant pins Purple Hearts

Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment were seeing stars when they received their Purple Hearts recently. Five Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, were awarded their Purple Heart Medals from the Commandant of the Marine Corps during his recent visit here. “I found out a few days prior that I was

Steely-eyed sailors prove their mettle

Many months of preparation, including hours upon hours of diligent study and practical application rehearsals, and a grueling four-hour oral examination were finally rewarded here June 12. Four Navy corpsmen assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5’s Regimental Aid Station were awarded the Fleet Marine Force Warfare Specialist designation. Even

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