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Archive: 2008

‘Football’ dreams come true for Iraqis thanks to Operation Ultimate Goal

No longer worried about insurgents and improvised explosive devices, children at a local school here battled it out during a soccer game held at their school yard Feb. 3, wearing uniforms donated by various organizations from the United States through Operation Ultimate Goal. Operation Ultimate Goal is an organization put together through a few

From Marine to corpsman: Brooklyn, N.Y., native strives to serve

You will rarely find a group of Marines performing combat operations without a Navy corpsman by their side. The time-honored unification of Marines and corpsmen has created an immeasurable bond, indescribable to most. For one proud Navy corpsman, this bond has been held from both sides. Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Leonardo E. Benitez joined the

Reserve LAR company celebrates activation with assault course training

A newly reactivated Marine Corps Reserve light armored reconnaissance company put their skills to the test Feb. 1. Delta Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, took on the Deliberate Assault Course on Range 210 here to prepare for the worst in Iraq. D Co. is temporarily attached to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion for the

Riverine Unit Patrols Euphrates

You can never step in the same river twice. The Euphrates River once sluiced through a verdant paradise inhabited by Adam and Eve. Now it flows through an arid desert inhabited by fisherman, and in some cases, insurgents. “There’s still bad guys out there doing bad things,” said Cmdr. Glen Leverette, commanding officer of Riverine Squadron 2. “I’m

Marines, Soldiers train IP for the future

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, and the Army’s 170th Military Police Company routinely work side-by-side to train the Iraqi Police in the Haditha area. “We go out with the IP to integrate them into our patrols so they can learn and better their techniques, tactics and procedures,” said Cpl. Frederick M.

India Battery fires rounds to help train IA

A target disappears in a cloud of smoke and debris. The Marines responsible for this awesome display of destruction are miles away. They do not stop to reflect on the decimation they have just caused. They load the next round. The ground thunders as the Marines of India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, fire

New school in Sagra nearing completion

Where a pile of rubble once was, a new school is close to completion here. “Marines with 1st Light Armored Vehicle battalion had planned to use one of two schools in Sagra as a base of operation,” said Sgt. Jeremy A. Miller, 23, from Thompson Station, Tenn., who is a civil affairs team chief for Civil Affairs Team 5, Detachment 1, Regimental Combat

1st Marine Division welcomes veterans for 67th anniversary

Marine Corps history books are teeming with the exploits of thousands of leathernecks of the 1st Marine Division who, throughout the years and numerous conflicts, have done the most to define the warrior ethos of the Corps. Some of those men, veterans of combat in places like Peleileu, the Chosin Reservoir and Hue City, sat flanking either side of

A sprint towards normalcy: Iraqi children take on field meet

Children flocked from every corner of the village when the Marines and sailors from Company I of Task Force 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, rolled into town. The kids are always curious as to what Coalition Forces are doing in their quaint village at the T-1 pumping station in Iraq, but this day was different. This

Hammurabi Training Center opens for Iraqi Police

The Hammurabi Training Center held a ribbon cutting ceremony here today to celebrate the opening of a permanent training center for Iraqi Police officers. For the past year, the Hammurabi Training Center had to move around to different sites and didn’t have a permanent home. Now, officers in the Iraqi Police have a place to come and train. While at

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