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Archive: 2006

1st Battalion, 1st Marines pauses to honor a fallen Marine

Capt. Alton A. Warthen said the greatest privilege for a Marine officer is to be in charge of a group of Marines, as he spoke of Lance Cpl. Marcus S. Glimpse. “I, for one, consider myself extremely lucky to have served with Lance Cpl. Marcus Glimpse,” said the 32-year-old company commanding officer from Newport News, Va. They were Warthen’s

Not for glory or fame, post gets fallen Marine’s name

Sgt. Matthew J. Fenton continues to watch over Marines in Fallujah, even after he died from wounds sustained in combat Apr. 26. That’s because his fellow Marines named an observation post that serves to protect Marines in his honor. Observation Post Fenton, located in the heart of Fallujah, was recently built and named by the Marines of 1st

Iraqi soldiers capture four insurgents, progress toward relieving Coalition Forces by year’s end

It was pitch dark when four insurgents were captured in this town of 3,000 nestled along the Euphrates River in Iraq’s Al Anbar province. With the prisoners secured and on their way to a detention facility; Iraqi soldiers celebrated the achievement with stoic professionalism. They’re proud of the fact more insurgents are off the streets of this

Eye protection saves Marine’s vision

Pfc. James Burnett Jr. didn’t enjoy wearing his protective eyewear underneath his night vision goggles, but he had two good reasons to follow orders – his eyes. The 20-year-old turret gunner with Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment discovered the importance of ballistic eyewear firsthand when an improvised

Marine honored for leading from the front until the end

Lance Cpl. George R. Hensley described his best friend Lance Cpl. Philip J. Martini as the life of any party. “Philip was the type of guy, who when he walked into a room, with that big cheesy smile on his face, he would light it up,” said Hensley, a 20-year-old machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. Hensley and other Marines and

Snipers draw a bead on insurgents

A sniper team from 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment’s B Company collected several confirmed kills and spoiled an insurgent ambush during one recent day’s fighting here. The team stepped up to even the odds and take out insurgents when B Company ran into a series of several firefights in this small city north of Fallujah. They are on duty in

Road to progress: California-based Marines train Iraqi soldiers in urban military tactics

fter four days of patrolling the vast deserts of southern Al Anbar Province, the revolving patrols of Marines return to their base here for a day or two of rest before going back “outside the wire.”That is, all except for two: Cpl. Jeremy D. Quackenbush and Cpl. Travis L. Cooter.The two Marines, both assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance

Marines make final boarding on 'Soul Train'

The Marines and sailors boarded the train and were ready for its final departure at 9 p.m. This train, however, was going nowhere. The Camp Al Qa’im Chapel, or “Soul Train,” a name adopted by the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, is an Iraqi passenger boxcar converted into a chapel. It was decommissioned as the camp chapel on April 10. A newly

Marines in Iraq thwart insurgency

Good intelligence proved fruitful for Marines from B Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. A platoon of the battalion’s Marines, accompanied by several Iraqi soldiers, captured two wanted insurgents April 20 after a raid in the battalion’s area of operation. The insurgents were netted as a result of hours of intelligence work and the quick

U.S. Marines celebrate Easter Sunday in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province

Half a world away from families and friends back in the United States, thousands of U.S. Marines, sailors and other servicemembers spent Easter Sunday in a combat zone here. At this airbase in Iraq’s western Al Anbar Province, church services on the holiday which celebrates Christ’s resurrection served as a small break from daily operations and

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