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Archive: 2006

Father and son serve alongside each other at Camp Fallujah

Visiting Camp Fallujah’s headquarters area is more than a chance for a haircut and Post Exchange stop for one Darkhorse Marine. It’s a family reunion. Lance Cpl. Anthony Rivera, is assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment with Regimental Combat Team 5 here. His father, Sgt. Maj. Harry Rivera is also here with the I Marine Expeditionary

Girls Scouts give Marines a taste of home

Things that remind Marines of home are sometimes hard to come by out here. But with the help of a few hard working Girl Scouts and patriotic citizens, Marines are enjoying a familiar stateside treat. A group of Girl Scouts from Marietta, Ga., recently donated more than 1,600 boxes of their famous cookies to 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment,

Residents of Khandari receive medical help

More than 500 Iraqi men, women and children were given medical treatment in the heart of the Khandari Market here May 18. The Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police set up shop in a school house with the help of 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. Their goal – to provide the residents of the small town medical support they otherwise couldn’t get “Today is a

SAPIs save lives in 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment

All questions concerning the reliability of the ceramic protective plates were answered in a split second for two Marines serving with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. Cpl. Will D. Carter and Lance Cpl. Joel Salazar both learned first hand that the heavy protective plates they wear in and on their vests will stop a bullet. “I am living proof

Marine Recon adapts to growing mission in Iraq

Cpl. Jason L. Campbell pulled his Kevlar helmet off his head and struggled to get free of his body armor. Its tangle of ammunition pouches, ceramic plates, radios and grenades. It’s not an uncommon load for an infantryman here in Iraq. But Campbell’s not an ordinary infantryman. He’s a Reconnaissance Marine and he’s performing a mission that

Recon Marines hunt the Zaidon nights

Insurgents beware. That bump in the night might just be a Recon Marine aiming in. Marines of B Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5 own the night here. When the rest of the world quiets down with the setting sun, these Marines are gearing up. This is their witching hour. They thrive in the darkness and keep insurgents

Recon Marines find buried treasure in enemy sniper rifle

No one is ever going to tell Cpl. Patrick A. Diener not to kick rocks again. The 24-year-old from Knoxville, Tenn., was kicking at some loose soil when he turned up a buried insurgent sniper rifle. Diener, assigned to B Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, was on a “knock-and-talk” patrol in this rural area south of

Civil Affairs Marines provide aid to combat-torn Iraqi families

A 28-year-old Iraqi woman has told Marines and sailors in region of western Al Anbar Province that all she wants is to be able to walk again. The woman from Karabilah, Iraq, is missing both of her legs. But the Marines of the 3rd Civil Affairs Group – a U.S. military unit responsible for assisting Iraqi communities with rebuilding local government

Marines pause to remember fellow warrior

Maj. Steven J. Kotansky admired the great personality and Marine Corps traits that Sgt. Matthew J. Fenton carried out during his life. “Throughout our lives, there will be a handful of people that we will never forget,” said Kotansky, the commanding officer of Headquarters and Support Company. “Sergeant Fenton will surely be one of them.” Marines

From Cameroon to Camp Fallujah: One Darkhorse story

A second deployment to Iraq puts one Darkhorse Marine much closer to where he began his life.Lance Cpl. Dave-Stephan Mandeng, a small arms repair technician with Combat Transportation Platoon, Headquarters and Support Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment was born into to the Bassa tribe in the African country of Cameroon, located on the

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