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Archive: 2006

Marines offer a peep under the hatch to life in a tank

There are no secrets for Marines working and living inside the Corps’ biggest chunk of armor on the battlefield. Marine tankers from Company D, 2nd Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5 offered a glimpse into the life inside the M-1A1 Main Battle Tank. Beyond the super-power scope, thermal imaging systems, 120 mm main gun and whining engine of

Iraqi soldiers go solo in western Iraq

Iraqi soldiers have taken their first steps toward functioning entirely on their own In this remote region of northwestern Iraq. More than 100 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division conducted their first self-sustaining operation to quell insurgents in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province March 23. The uniformed Iraqi men

Tank-infantry team denies insurgency near Fallujah

Insurgents no longer have free reign in the rural farmlands north of Fallujah. A platoon of Marines from Company D, 2nd Tank Battalion, joined with a reinforced squad from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment to scour the area north of Fallujah for insurgent activity in Operation Mesopotamia II. The several-day operation took place in the

At long last, Marines wrap up final mission

Cpl. Jeffrey M. Roberts scratched his stubbly chin with a dirty, crusted dry hand. He couldn’t help but smile. He just finished his last operation before he heads home to Camp Lejeune. “It’s glorious,” Roberts said. “I can’t wait to get home and see my wife.” Roberts was basking in the afternoon sun in the wide expanses of desert north of

Marines patrol Army territory near Abu Ghraib

Marines expanded their area of operations to assist U.S. Army forces recently. Marines from C Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment working with Regimental Combat Team 5, conducted patrols in the area surrounding the Abu Ghraib prison. The area was until recently, part of an Army division’s area of operations. Their forces were realigned to

Combat engineers unearth 500-plus weapons caches, save lives in Iraq

Iraq’s roadways are a bit safer, thanks to a platoon of Marine combat engineers here. Marine combat engineers from C Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, have discovered more than 500 weapons caches in the area, the most discovered by a single unit in the massive western-part of Al Anbar Province. The unearthed caches, found over the past six

California-based Marine battalion starts second tour in Iraq’s Qa’im region

Marines from 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment never thought they’d see the Al Qa’im region of Iraq again when they departed their military camp here in March last year.One year later, the Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based unit has returned to this remote forward operating base here, located just east of the Syrian border in western Al Anbar

Hundreds line up to join Iraqi Army

They came from far and near and waited hours in long lines under a hot Iraqi sun in hopes of joining the Army. Nearly 400 Iraqi males – some as young as 15 – showed up for an Iraqi Army recruiting drive held at the Marines’ battle position in this region along the Euphrates River in western Al Anbar Province. Of the 400 men who showed up to

Training Iraq’s army: Inside Darkhorse's MTT

They eat together, live together and fight together every day through the backyards, farmlands and palm groves of the town of Al Jazeera near Al Habaniya, Iraq. The Darkhorse Marines of Military Transition Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment advise their Iraqi counterparts from 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, in the areas

After seven months of battling insurgents, restoring security, North Carolina Marines near end of tour in Iraq

After spending seven months of routing out insurgents and stabilizing the Al Qa’im region in western Al Anbar Province, Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment say they’re leaving the region in better shape then when they arrived last year. The Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment will replace the Camp Lejeune,

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