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Archive: April, 2006

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

Iraqi soldiers join search for missing U.S. service member

Iraqi soldiers joined dozens of U.S. troops in the search for a sailor who has been missing since last week due to a vehicle rollover accident near the Marines’ base here April 2. More than 25 Iraqi soldiers from the Al Asad-based 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, joined dozens of U.S. Marines, sailors and soldiers in daily search operations

Team of Marines mentor Iraqi soldiers on path to independent operations

Arguably the most important mission of Coalition Forces in Iraq is assisting Iraqi Security Forces with eventually spearheading all security operations in Iraq. The transition between the two military forces in Al Anbar Province will occur by year's end, according to Coalition officials. In this Euphrates River valley city, the task of guiding

Combat reunion pairs father-son, regiment-platoon commanders

The last thing 2nd Lt. Andrew D. Nicholson wanted to do was work for his dad. That’s the last thing he did before he left Iraq. Nicholson, a 23-year-old platoon commander for G Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment spent his last day in the Fallujah area bird-dogging Regimental Combat Team 5’s commander, Col. Larry D. Nicholson. Most

3/2 Marines attack Mojave Viper

After a seven-month deployment to Iraq last year, the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment are going back to Iraq, but not without embarking in some of the best training the Marine Corps has to offer.Last week, the North Carolina-based unit comprised of more than 1,000 Marines and Sailors packed their sea bags and headed here for Mojave

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