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Archive: 2006

Darkhorse battalion memorializes fallen Marine

Marines of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment gathered at the Habbaniyah Chapel June 3 to memorialize a fallen brother. Lance Cpl. Benito Ramirez, a machine gunner with Jump Platoon, Headquarters and Support Company was killed in action May 21. He was 21 years old. “There’s nothing I can say to alleviate the pain and hurt that the Ramirez family

Darkhorse Marines move camps once again

No one can say the Darkhorse isn’t willing to relocate. Marines of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment traded their comfortable white trailers at Camp Fallujah for the early 20th century barracks at Camp Habbaniyah for the remainder of the deployment. This is the battalion’s second move in five months, now shifting its area of operation west to

Battalion honors three fallen warriors

Marines of 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment paused to honor three men who gave the full measure for freedom. A memorial service was held here June 2 to honor Pfc. Steven W. Freund, Lance Cpl. Robert G. Posivio III and an Iraqi linguist known to the Marines as David. All three were killed in action May 23. Freund, a 20-year-old, was from

Corps’ top leader discusses war fighting concept, Core Values with Iraq-deployed Marines, sailors

The Corps’ top officer recently stated that the Marine Corps is headed in the right direction in the future of war fighting, and will stand up its first, fully operational distributed operations-capable battalion by next year. Gen. Michael W. Hagee, commandant of the Marine Corps, said the Corps recently completed a year-long test of the new

Deployed Marine hears baby’s first cry

Lance Cpl. Charles Monroe Bates doesn’t have a wallet photo of his first child just yet. The tiny screen on his MP3 player will have to do for now. The Marine Corps Integrated Management System clerk with Headquarters and Support Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment heard his first child’s first breath at the battalion’s phone center at

Marines combine skills to fight in city

Rooting out insurgents in the rural farmlands west of Fallujah is quite a different task than the same thing in the densely packed city streets. It’s a change of pace two companies worth of Marines are learning in beefed up operations here. Marines from A Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, worked side by side

Country music star visits southern California-based Marine unit in Iraq

Marines and Sailors serving in Iraq’s western Al Anbar Province were treated to a musical performance by one of Coalition Forces’ greatest supporters – Toby Keith. The avid backer of America’s fighting forces paid a visit to the Marines of the Twenty-nine Palms, Calif.-based 1st battalion, 7th Marine Regiment at the Marine’s base of operations

New police force in Iraqi-Syrian border town ready for the streets

Despite two recent suicide bombings on a new police station here, one Iraqi police officer in this Iraq-Syria border town says his men are undeterred in their duties and are ready to work on their own. "Ahmed," a 45-year-old police captain, is one of several new police officers in this city of 50,000 who has endured two attacks on the city’s

Shared cigars bring Marines together in Fallujah

A thick billowy cloud of white smoke lingered in the air above the relaxed Marines. It was quitting time and Marines were enjoying a ritual of sorts Marines and sailors from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, take time at the end of their day to enjoy a good cigar at the chapel here. “It’s great,” said Sgt. Russel R.

Marines pause to honor Navy hospital corpsman killed in action

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Lee Hamilton Deal was more than just a platoon corpsman to his Marines. He was a team member. Marines of 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, paused to honor “Doc” Deal, a hospital corpsman assigned to the battalion’s B Company, 1st Platoon. He was memorialized at Camp Fallujah’s Chapel of Hope May

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