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Two IPs, three insurgents killed in raid in western Al Anbar

In an Iraqi Police led raid on a small cluster of houses outside the village of Zariah, three insurgents were killed and five were detained, Jan. 23, 2007. Two Iraqi Policemen (IPs) were also killed in the fighting; marking the first of Haditha’s IPs killed in the line of duty in more than six months according to Lt. Col. Muhada Mahzir, Haditha IP

Iraqi army graduates 25 soldiers into the medical field for 7th Iraqi Army Division

Twenty-five Iraqi soldiers with the 7th Iraqi Army Division graduated from a five-week-long medical training course Jan. 23, 2007, and returned to their home units in Iraq. The course took place in an Iraqi army compound dubbed Camp Phoenix, sharing grounds with a U.S. Marine base here. The course began Dec. 26, 2006, and was established to train

Corpsmen, Marines save lives in western Al Anbar

When Sgt. Nathaniel Tatum heard a loud “Boom” while on a security patrol through the windswept streets of this Euphrates River city, he didn’t think about how to react to the improvised explosive device (IED) blast – he simply “let the training take over.” After two Marines were wounded in an IED blast, Jan. 18, 2007, Tatum and fellow Marines along

Marines use IED Lane to cheat death

It’s a Marine’s worst nightmare. His convoy has just been hit by an improvised explosive device, or IED, and three of his fellow squad members have been killed. The convoy is in a panic and the air is filled with bullets and flaming shrapnel. After the chaos settles, reality sets in and everyone realizes they have lost their brothers and nothing

RCT-2 prepares Lionesses for "the wild"

In the animal kingdom, lions are widely recognized as one of the top species. Their immense strength, lightning speed and razor sharp jaws and claws make them a force to be reckoned with. Like Marines, lions work as a team. A pride of lions is made up of both males and females. Males are responsible for the pride’s security, while the females are

Zeus vs. machine-gunners: the real thunder god

It is hard to imagine what it would feel like to be standing next to a lightning strike, to feel the energy flow through your body, and then suffer through the deafening roar of the thunder as it ripped through the air. Hard to imagine for most people, but not a heavy machine-gunner, like Pvt. Sam A. Miller, who is used to having the firepower of a

Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based Marine learns Arabic working in detention facility

After working the constantly-changing shifts in the detainee handling facility here, Lance Cpl. Michael Otero finds himself in a different place than most Marines – the interpreters tent, asking questions. “I write down things I want to know how to say, and head up there to learn how,” said the 20-year-old, Chubbuck, Idaho, native. “I’d ask the

Southern Calif.-based Marines say local Iraqi police are “stepping up,” relying less on Coalition forces

Less than one year after starting a police force here, the Iraqi police are successfully enforcing security on the safer streets of Husaybah, Iraq. In the past three weeks, Iraqi police found two weapons caches of over a dozen rounds of high explosive ordnance used for making improvised explosive devices and other IED making material. “It’s

Southern CA based Marines deny insurgents over 40 km of land along western Euphrates River Valley

U.S. Marines serving in western Al Anbar Province, Iraq, spent nearly three weeks finding significant traces of insurgent activity in a stretch of 40 km. along the Euphrates River Valley, here.Task Force 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, a Twentynine Palms, Calif.,-based battalion, launched an 18-day battalion-level operation Dec. 29, 2006, in an

‘Ties that bind’: Belleau Wood regiments continue long history together

The French Fourragere is one of the most distinctive and unique accessories for the Marine Corps uniform. It is a braided rope of intertwined green and red cords worn around the left shoulder, used to identify a unit which has twice earned the French War Cross with Palm Leaf. Only two Marine units have ever been so awarded: the 5th and 6th Marine

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