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1st MarDiv SgtMaj shares leadership credo with 7th Marines' NCOs

Sgt. Maj. Michael P. Barrett, the 1st Marine Division sergeant major, visited the Marine and Navy noncommissioned officers of 7th Marine Regiment, here Aug. 20.The visit comes as the “Magnificent Seventh” prepares to deploy to Afghanistan as part of Regimental Combat Team 7, to conduct counterinsurgency operations as the ground combat element of

1st MarDiv CG: "You're the best of the best"

Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commanding general, 1st Marine Division, visited the Marines and sailors of Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment, here Aug. 10, as the regiment entered the final days of its pre-deployment exercise. The "Magnificent Seventh" is scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan as part of Regimental Combat Team 7, to conduct

Afghanistan-bound Marines rehearse wide range of enemy encounters

Marines and sailors of the 7th Marine Regiment held small, training sessions during a pre-deployment exercise here July 27-Aug. 14 to prepare for a deployment to Afghanistan as part of Regimental Combat Team 7. Marines participated in a mine-detecting, practical application, which covered improvised, explosive device attacks on vehicles, and were

Every Marine an “A-Driver:” RCT-7 picks up recovery skills

Marines with Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment, are taking measures to ensure successful and safe convoy operations while deployed in Afghanistan as part of Regimental Combat Team 7. A vehicle recovery class was provided for the Afghanistan-bound Marines during a pre-deployment training exercise here Aug.6, because they too may be called

Midshipmen get glimpse of Marine life

Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, hosted the Marine Week portion of the month-long Career Orientation Training for Midshipmen program.Each summer a unit hosts the program aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif.CORTRAMID is a program designed to give college students enrolled in the Naval Reserve Officer Training

Marines learn combat bodyguard techniques

Students from several units are learning personal security training at Division Schools, 1st Marine Division, during a two-week evolution that began Aug. 3. The three units training in the PSD course are 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion from the Military Police Detachment from Combat Logistics Group 15, the Advisory Training Group with I

Field chow provides sight for sore eyes for Afghanistan-bound Marines

When the wife’s or mom’s home cooking isn’t an option, Marines in the field resort to the best alternative – field chow. For Marines and sailors, the meals, or “field mess,” are something they can look forward to, living “chow-to-chow.”In order to provide service members with hot meals while in the field or during a deployment, Marine food service

RCT-7 Marines pack touch of home for Afghanistan

When Petty Officer 1st Class Rodney Bracey packs his sea bags for Afghanistan, there are two items that he can’t live without – his Net Book and external hard drive. Marines add their own personal touch to the required gear when heading out on a deployment to Afghanistan. Some pack an iPod with their favorite music, while others bring books filled

Afghanistan-bound Marines sharpen warfighting skills

The Marines cautiously patrolled the improvised explosive device-laden road, knowing that every step taken could set off a lethal explosion. The squad patrolled along a guard rail defining the left side of the cracked, well-traveled road, as a rock-scattered burm towered over the right side. Every Marine scanned for any signs of an IED. BOOM! An

RCT-7 battles desert heat in preparation for Afghanistan

Lance Cpl. Justin A. Stein fought the heat. And the heat won.The 21-year-old administrative clerk with Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment, was heading to the unforgiving desert training area here for a two-week exercise in support of an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.Donning the prescribed combat load of a Kevlar helmet, coyote-brown

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