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Archive: February, 2006

U.S. soldiers unearth thousands of munitions in Al Anbar Province, Iraq

In this once insurgent-heavy region in northwestern Iraq, U.S. soldiers here have unearthed one of the largest weapons caches discovered to date by Coalition forces in Iraq. More than 3,000 pieces of various types of munitions, ranging from mortar, artillery and tank rounds to anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, was discovered Feb. 19 by U.S.

For Headquarters Company, training is continuous

Navy Seaman Apprentice Bradley L. Jones has one good reason for getting better at handling his rifle in Iraq. “I will protect my patients at all costs.” Jones, 22, a hospital corpsman assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5, was among a group of 36 Marines from Headquarters Company who took the field recently to conduct live-fire enhanced marksmanship

Marine combat videographer awarded for valor

A Marine from Maryville, Tenn., was recognized here today for his life-saving actions during combat operations in Husaybah, Iraq, last November. Cpl. Neill A. Sevelius, a 21-year-old combat videographer with Regimental Combat Team-2, received the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat “V” for valor for aiding a wounded Marine while

High and tights a hassle in country

The rattling buzz of the dirty hair clippers ripped through the cool mid-morning air at the police station here. The sound meant one thing to Marine grunts. Time for haircuts. It wasn’t a moment too soon. The Marines from 4th Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, serving with Regimental Combat Team 5, had gone long enough

Camp Pendleton-based Marines detain two insurgents, find 10 weapons caches in Al Anbar Province

Like a sledgehammer to a watermelon, Iraqi Army soldiers and Marines spent a week demolishing insurgent activity in the region during Operation Pit Bull here Feb. 10-17. Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment and Iraqi Army soldiers swept more than 15 square kilometers of Barwanah and found more than 10 weapons caches during

Snipers keep eye on Operation Industrial Revolution

Cpl. Justin V. Novi summed up the mission with a simple statement. “It’s a huge building to clear.” Novi’s small team of Marines was just one part of Operation Industrial Revolution, a sweep performed by Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. The battalion, under command of Regimental Combat Team 8, finished up the operation in

Marines patrol with Iraqi Army

The sight of Marines and Iraqi soldiers patrolling the streets together is becoming more common throughout villages on the outskirts of Fallujah. A squad from 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment conducted joint patrols with soldiers from the Iraqi Army Friday, Feb. 17. The battalion is assigned to Regimental Combat Team 8, supporting Operation

Marines clear Sakran region in western Al Anbar

Four helicopters carrying Iraqi soldiers and Marines broke a pre-dawn silence and inserted into this small town Feb. 14, signaling the start of a counterinsurgency operation here. Marines from K Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, along with Iraqi Army soldiers, were inserted into this western Al Anbar province town four days into the

Civil Affairs Marines clear rubble, path for the new Iraq

Marines of the 6th Civil Affairs Group, working in concert with local Iraqis, have begun the process of clearing rubble of various municipal buildings in the city of Husaybah. The rubble was a result of fighting during Operation Steel Curtain – a coalition offensive against the insurgents in the Al Qa’im region of the western Al Anbar province.

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