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COMBAT OUTPOST RAWAH, IRAQ -- During long operations the combat trains of Task Force Highlander, Regimental Combat Team 2, rely on air support from the CH-53E “Super Stallions” of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 to re-stock their fuel supply. Because of the support from the helicopter squadron, also known as the “Wolfpack,” and cooperation between Army and Marine Corps logistics, Task Force Highlander and its supporting units continue to complete successful missions throughout the western Al Anbar province. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser. - COMBAT OUTPOST RAWAH, IRAQ -- During long operations the combat trains of Task Force Highlander, Regimental Combat Team 2, rely on air support from the CH-53E “Super Stallions” of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 to re-stock their fuel supply. Because of the support from the helicopter squadron, also known as the “Wolfpack,” and cooperation between Army and Marine Corps logistics, Task Force Highlander and its supporting units continue to complete successful missions throughout the western Al Anbar province. Official Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Ryan C. Heiser.

Tanks, Highlanders, Wolfpack, Army combine forces in Al Anbar

Marines in Iraq spend weeks, and sometimes months, outside the ‘wire’ conducting numerous operations and patrols. Their operational tempo requires an enormous amount of logistical support, and creative ways of re-supplying in the seemingly endless desert. A mobile unit can use over 10,000 gallons of fuel per week just to keep going, not to mention

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Marines and Iraqi Police host Youth Soccer Day

The morning of July 4th started out like any other day inside the Hadithah Police Station. The Iraqi Police conducted morning police call, uniforms were set straight, and reports were prepared. The Marines of the Hadithah Police Transition Team (PiTT) gave guidance to their Iraqi counter-parts, making corrections wherever necessary. As the heat

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Sergeant returns to new Iraq

In the Fall of 2004, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines fought in the Battle of Fallujah. It experienced some of the Marine Corps’ most intense urban fighting since Vietnam’s Hue City. That deployment left a lasting effect on this battalion and the individuals involved. Although they are mostly stationed elsewhere or out of the Marine Corps, 1/3 still has

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EDMONDS, Wash. (Aug. 7, 2007)- Michael Reagan, 60, a Seattle native sketches a portrait of Army Pfc. Jeffrey A. Avery, a soldier who died while serving with the Fort Lewis, Wash.-based 571st Military Police Company, 504th MP Battalion, 42nd MP Brigade, in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The former Marine and Vietnam veteran has drawn portraits for the families of fallen service members for the past three and a half years. His more than 775 portraits are completely free to the families. Reagan has had families tell him his "real-looking" portraits capture the lives of their loved ones. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - EDMONDS, Wash. (Aug. 7, 2007)- Michael Reagan, 60, a Seattle native sketches a portrait of Army Pfc. Jeffrey A. Avery, a soldier who died while serving with the Fort Lewis, Wash.-based 571st Military Police Company, 504th MP Battalion, 42nd MP Brigade, in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The former Marine and Vietnam veteran has drawn portraits for the families of fallen service members for the past three and a half years. His more than 775 portraits are completely free to the families. Reagan has had families tell him his "real-looking" portraits capture the lives of their loved ones. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

The Faces of Freedom: Honoring heroes with the touch of a pencil

It’s about two in the morning on the West Coast. While many people are just going to bed or have been asleep for a few hours now, one man, with coffee on the pot and the sounds of the ‘60s echoing in the background of his den, is setting up his drawing board and pencils preparing to start the day’s work. He knows he has a lot to accomplish

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EDMONDS, Wash. (Aug. 7, 2007)- Michael Reagan, 60, a Seattle native sketches a portrait of Army Pfc. Jeffrey A. Avery, a soldier who died while serving with the Fort Lewis, Wash.-based 571st Military Police Company, 504th MP Battalion, 42nd MP Brigade, in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The former Marine and Vietnam veteran has drawn portraits for the families of fallen service members for the past three and a half years. His more than 775 portraits are completely free to the families. Reagan has had families tell him his "real-looking" portraits capture the lives of their loved ones. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - EDMONDS, Wash. (Aug. 7, 2007)- Michael Reagan, 60, a Seattle native sketches a portrait of Army Pfc. Jeffrey A. Avery, a soldier who died while serving with the Fort Lewis, Wash.-based 571st Military Police Company, 504th MP Battalion, 42nd MP Brigade, in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The former Marine and Vietnam veteran has drawn portraits for the families of fallen service members for the past three and a half years. His more than 775 portraits are completely free to the families. Reagan has had families tell him his "real-looking" portraits capture the lives of their loved ones. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

The Faces of Freedom: Honoring heroes with the touch of a pencil

It’s about two in the morning on the West Coast. While many people are just going to bed or have been asleep for a few hours now, one man, with coffee on the pot and the sounds of the ‘60s echoing in the background of his den, is setting up his drawing board and pencils preparing to start the day’s work. He knows he has a lot to accomplish

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EDMONDS, Wash. (Aug. 7, 2007)- Michael Reagan, 60, a Seattle native sketches a portrait of Army Pfc. Jeffrey A. Avery, a soldier who died while serving with the Fort Lewis, Wash.-based 571st Military Police Company, 504th MP Battalion, 42nd MP Brigade, in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The former Marine and Vietnam veteran has drawn portraits for the families of fallen service members for the past three and a half years. His more than 775 portraits are completely free to the families. Reagan has had families tell him his "real-looking" portraits capture the lives of their loved ones. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - EDMONDS, Wash. (Aug. 7, 2007)- Michael Reagan, 60, a Seattle native sketches a portrait of Army Pfc. Jeffrey A. Avery, a soldier who died while serving with the Fort Lewis, Wash.-based 571st Military Police Company, 504th MP Battalion, 42nd MP Brigade, in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The former Marine and Vietnam veteran has drawn portraits for the families of fallen service members for the past three and a half years. His more than 775 portraits are completely free to the families. Reagan has had families tell him his "real-looking" portraits capture the lives of their loved ones. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

The Faces of Freedom: Honoring heroes with the touch of a pencil

It’s about two in the morning on the West Coast. While many people are just going to bed or have been asleep for a few hours now, one man, with coffee on the pot and the sounds of the ‘60s echoing in the background of his den, is setting up his drawing board and pencils preparing to start the day’s work. He knows he has a lot to accomplish

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ECP Marines keep dangers ‘outside the wire’

Servicemembers came here to keep the dangers in this country out of their own and to help the Iraqi people. But to operate safely in Iraq, they also work to ensure dangers remain outside the premises of their bases, or what’s called “outside the wire.”By increasing stability within Iraq’s Al Anbar Province, the threat of attacks at entry control

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Aug. 8, 2007) ? Sgt. Michael B. Binkley (right), a scout squad leader with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, along with workout partner, Herman ?Big Herm? Canada, stand in front of Jacksonville Gold?s Gym. Binkley, aided by the help of ?Big Herm?, captured the current police, fire and military bench press world record with a bench press of 365 pounds. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Aug. 8, 2007) ? Sgt. Michael B. Binkley (right), a scout squad leader with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, along with workout partner, Herman ?Big Herm? Canada, stand in front of Jacksonville Gold?s Gym. Binkley, aided by the help of ?Big Herm?, captured the current police, fire and military bench press world record with a bench press of 365 pounds.

Dedication and determination rewards success for LAR Marine

Imagine waking up in the morning to eat exactly six egg whites, a perfectly measured cup of oatmeal and immediately washing it down with a sweat-inducing, muscle-stinging cardiovascular workout session.The rest of the day is spent eating similarly measured meals, all while maintaining a workout regimen that is as demanding as it is intense.Sgt.

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HIT, Iraq ? In this photo taken earlier this year, Brig. Gen. Hamid Ibrahim Jazaa, the former Hit-district police chief, speaks to one of the local citizens during his walk through the market. This show of faith in the city?s security came days after Operation Police Victory, which was both conceived and executed by the Iraqi Police themselves. - HIT, Iraq ? In this photo taken earlier this year, Brig. Gen. Hamid Ibrahim Jazaa, the former Hit-district police chief, speaks to one of the local citizens during his walk through the market. This show of faith in the city?s security came days after Operation Police Victory, which was both conceived and executed by the Iraqi Police themselves.