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Archive: January, 2008

Soul back in Fallujah, locals enjoy favorite pass-time

Children running around laughing and playing, adults cheerful and conversing amongst each other. It is a sign of the times. The start of a new beginning for the war fatigued city of Fallujah. Hundreds of residents throughout the city, including Iraqi Police and Iraqi Security Force officials, gathered Jan. 17 to observe the Elwahda and Elasifa

IA and IP conduct humanitarian mission

Protection and comfort is what the Marine Corps is trying to bring to the Iraqi people. To accomplish this, Coalition Forces are giving more responsibilities to the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police. On Jan. 16, Marines from 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, with the IA and IP, took part in the first of three planned humanitarian

One dare was all it took

Many people join the Marine Corps for a challenge, a chance for travel or adventure, but for one Marine, joining-up was as easy as his friends saying he couldn’t do it. Cpl. Ahmed O. Adeyemi, who was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., spent his youth and young adult days growing up in Nigeria and England because of his dad’s job and his parents wanting him

Value of integrity

It was an average night in the administration office at Camp Al Qa’im, Iraq. A lone Marine tidying up the office was about to stumble across an unexpected fortune. Lance Cpl. Aaron Kelley, an administrative clerk with Task Force 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, moved a desk to clean behind it, not expecting his

Iraqi women take the stand

A free Iraq affords the Iraqi people a newfound freedom of speech, and coalition forces are seeing to it that every facet of society can be heard. Cultural barriers have prevented male service members from interacting with part of the Iraqi populace that traditionally goes unheard. Recently, hundreds of Iraqi women in Al Qa’im, Iraq, came

RCT-5 deploys to Al Anbar Province

Families gathered at the 5th Marine Regiment Memorial Park at Camp Pendleton, Calif., to spend their last few moments with loved ones before they left for Iraq. Regimental Combat Team 5 left Camp Pendleton on January 3 for their one year deployment to the Al Anbar province of Iraq. While RCT-5 is in country, they will be assisting the Iraqi

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