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Marines give door to door service during Operation Matador

Marines, Iraqi Army soldiers and Iraqi Police worked together recently to disrupt insurgent operations in the area during Operation Matador. Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, including 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion and soldiers with the Iraqi Security Forces swept through hundreds of buildings and homes in the Andaloos District. An

'New England’s Own' Marines rid area of insurgents

Little moonlight shined onto the Marines making their way toward the Andaloos District deep into the city. Only night vision goggles led the way to the first building to be searched. Marines from C Company and the Personnel Security Detachment, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, cleared and searched hundreds of houses

Southern California-based battalion wraps up seven-month deployment in Iraq-Syria border region

After more than seven months of training Iraqi Security Forces and providing security to the Al Qa’im Region, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment is returning home. More than 1,000 Marines from the Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based battalion arrived here in March, trained Iraqi soldiers and introduced the region’s first police force in more than three

9/11 more than just a day of remembrance for Marine 'Tankers' in Iraq

It’s a mission his Marines have made many times during six months in Iraq, but for 1st Lt. Anthony Bariletti, today’s resupply convoy to a nearby U.S. military outpost is a little special. After all, it’s Sept. 11. Five years ago today, the 26-year-old Bariletti, a native New Yorker, watched on television as terrorists crashed two passenger

Iraqi Police recruit 67 new men-in-blue

Despite threats from the insurgency, recruits continue to step up to serve. The Iraqi police departments of Fallujah and Habbaniyah enlisted 67 Iraqis Sept. 10 at a military facility outside of Fallujah to serve as police officers in their respective hometowns. “The most important point is that people want to protect their town,” said Iraqi Lt.

Marines swing away, with help from Seattle Mariners

Marines in Iraq are slugging for home runs, thanks to a little help from the Seattle Mariners. Seattle Mariners General Manager Bill Bavasi sent several sets of professional baseball gloves, bats, balls and even ball caps to Marines at Regimental Combat Team 5 here recently. The donation is giving Marines their own seventh-inning stretch from

‘America’s Battalion’ makes midnight run to aid seven-year-old Iraqi girl

“America’s Battalion” Marines made a midnight run to rush to the aid of a 7-year-old Iraqi girl after she fell from a three-story building Sept. 9. Marines from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, rushed the girl to Camp Fallujah’s surgical center for treatment after local police were unable to get her proper medical attention. The

Marines pause to honor seven fallen heroes

Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment honored seven of their own at the Habbaniyah Chapel here Sept. 8. “Every one of them made their sacrifice taking the fight to the enemy, the heartless and mindless insurgents who terrorize innocent Iraqi people and our way of life,” said Lt. Col. Todd S. Desgrosseilliers, the battalion’s commanding

‘America’s Battalion’ keeps pressure on insurgents

Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment are letting insurgents know that they aren’t going to let up anytime soon. Marines from the battalion’s Weapons Company and Iraqi soldiers performed a search through an Iraqi marketplace in Gharmah Sept.7. The goal was to interrupt insurgent activity in the area. “It was a counterinsurgency operation

Gharmah police, Marines offer community helping hand

Iraqi Police here are giving local citizens here more than a safe community. They’re clothing the neediest of the small city’s children. Gharmah’s Iraqi Police, along with Marine Police Transition Team members, pitched in to pass out clothes, school items and sports equipment to children in the city. It was an effort started by Marines working

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