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Archive: March, 2006

Marines carry six-pack attack

Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to want one. Marines with Regimental Combat Team 5, based in Camp Fallujah, test-fired the latest in the Corps’ arsenal of weapons’ improvement, the M-32 Multiple shot Grenade Launcher. It’s a six-barreled, 40 mm beast of weapon that has just about enough attitude for Marines. “I thought it was pretty bad the first

Marine engineers ‘dig’ broad mission in Iraq

Whether they’re sweeping for improvised explosive devices, reinforcing outlying posts or joining foot patrols, combat engineers with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, stay busy. “When it comes to being an engineer, our field is so broad,” said Gunnery Sgt. Anthony J. Easton, the 30-year-old engineer platoon sergeant from Saint Cloud, Minn. “We

Iraqi soldiers, U.S. Marines capture 65 suspected insurgents; find 62 tons of enemy ammo, weapons

Iraqi Army soldiers and U.S. Marines captured 65 suspected insurgents and found 80 weapons caches during a counterinsurgency operation in this former insurgent safe haven last week. The Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, with Iraqi soldiers by their side, spearheaded Operation Al Asad (“Lion”) - a five-day push by

RCT-5 partners with Iraqi brigade

A partnership between Regimental Combat Team 5 and the Iraqi Army here was cemented when commanders from the coalition shook hands yesterday. Col. Larry D. Nicholson, RCT-5 commander met with Iraqi Brig. Gen. Abdulla Abdulkareem Abdul Satter, commanding officer of 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division for the first time. Nicholson recently assumed

Navy chief warrant officer leads Marine platoon in Iraq

Navy CWO3 Jeffrey D. Fishel’s mother should have listened to him 27 years ago when he was 17 and said he wanted to be a Marine. “After telling my mother of my choice to join the Marine Corps, she said no,” said 44-year-old Fishel, from San Diego. “She told me the only way she would sign is if I joined another branch. I chose the Navy.” These

Camp Pendleton-based Marines leave no place for insurgents to hide in western Al Anbar

Cpl. Josh G. Cliatt, a team leader with I Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, talks to locals while a M1-A1 Abrams tank provides security during Operation Lion March 2. Marines, soldiers and sailors from Regimental Combat Team 7, as well as Iraqi soldiers, concluded the counterinsurgency five-day operation March 5. The operation was

‘Outcasts’ cast out cache

A single word summed up three days’ worth of searching for Marines here. “Jackpot!” Marines from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, discovered a weapons cache Sunday, March. 5, in the northeastern Al Anbar Province. Marines with Mobile Assault Platoon 3 – known as the “Outcasts” – uncovered a large

Marines take refuge in Bull Pen to keep in touch

Marines sit patiently on wooden benches and wait their turn to call home. A voice calls “Computer five, time’s up!” The morale, welfare and recreation center on Camp Mercury, also known as the “Bull Pen,” serves as a window to the outside world for the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. Calling home is a rare treat for the infantry

Operation Jaws V takes a bite out of insurgents

Marines from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment wrapped up Operation Jaws V, disrupting insurgents’ efforts to launch mortar and improvised explosive device attacks against Coalition Forces. The operation was spearheaded by Company E. Second Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment is serving with Regimental Combat Team 5 in Iraq. The operation was

Marines, Iraqi work to bring cultures, efforts closer together

It’s not exactly a culture clash. Marines and Iraqis living under the same roof here is more like a culture jumble. Marine and sailors from Company G, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, and Iraqi soldiers from 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade have been living with each other for the last six months. The experience has been beneficial for both

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