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Archive: June, 2006

Ramadi veterans augment RCT-5’s security details

A few of Regimental Combat Team 5’s newest Marines are just months shy of leaving the Corps’ ranks and they’re putting in one last tour in Iraq. Sixteen Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment arrived here to bolster security forces from RCT-5’s security details. They are replacing Marines from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment whose tours

Marines refresh vital skills on the range

There’s something about gripping the twin vertical handles of an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun that just says, “This is going to be fun.” It’s the Ma-Deuce, the Big-Momma. When she shouts, everyone listens. Never mind the recoil harsh enough to shake fillings loose from teeth or the half-inch wide chunk of lead belched out of the belly of the

Fallen Marine memorialized by 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment

Cpl. Philip J. Krabbe remembered his friend Cpl. Ryan J. Cummings as the type of Marine that everyone should try to be like. He said Cummings was the example every Marine expected of a noncommissioned officer, a leader and the man he wanted fighting by his side. “Cpl. Cummings was a lot of things … a true warrior … a very good friend who took pride

Commandant pins Purple Hearts

Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment were seeing stars when they received their Purple Hearts recently. Five Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, were awarded their Purple Heart Medals from the Commandant of the Marine Corps during his recent visit here. “I found out a few days prior that I was

Steely-eyed sailors prove their mettle

Many months of preparation, including hours upon hours of diligent study and practical application rehearsals, and a grueling four-hour oral examination were finally rewarded here June 12. Four Navy corpsmen assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5’s Regimental Aid Station were awarded the Fleet Marine Force Warfare Specialist designation. Even

Body armor keeps Marines safe in Habbaniyah

The enemy snipers hit their targets- but it yielded them no results. In less than a week’s time, Sgt. Joshua S. Adams and Pfc. Jason Hanson, of D Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion were hit by sniper shots. But the enemy had little effect because both were left with only minor injuries thanks to their small-arms protective

Medical evaluations among latest operations Marines, sailors teach Iraqi Security Forces

Iraqis from the Euphrates River villages of Al Amari, Haffha and Zella say they have never had immediate, quality health care. U.S. Marines in the region are looking to change that. Recently, Marines and sailors from the Twenty-nine Palms, Calif.-based 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, along with a handful of Iraqi soldiers, provided two days

'New England’s Own' Marines use friendliness to gather facts

Marines counter an insurgency not only by use of force, but also by communicating with local Iraqis in their own environment. Marines from A Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, patrolled through lush vegetation and narrow roads in a farming area north of Fallujah recently, gathering information about the

Scout sniper serving in Iraq awarded U.S. military’s third highest award for valor

When Sgt. Jarred L. Adams retrieved the body of a fallen Marine from a burning humvee, he says he was simply doing his job. The 22-year-old scout sniper assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, was awarded the Silver Star while currently deployed to Iraq with the southern Calif.-based unit for a second time. The Silver Star is the nation’s

Iraq-deployed Marines develop keen eyes for IEDs, suspected insurgents

Marines operating in this insurgent-heavy Euphrates Valley city have developed a knack for locating improvised explosive devices – seemingly the number one weapon of choice of insurgents in Al Anbar province. According to Cpl. Robert Gaye, a squad leader assigned to the Hawaii-based 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, the Marines are also getting a

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