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3/4 engineer loses a lot to join the fight

After watching the twin towers collapse from his college classroom in Tennessee, Andrew T. Ledbetter decided to join the fight, but first he had a lot of work to do. Standing 6’2” and weighing approximately 300 pounds at the time, Ledbetter needed to lose almost 100 pounds to meet his goals. “I wanted to do it for my health, my upcoming marriage,

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The men of the Boone family together prior to the current deployment to Iraq. - The men of the Boone family together prior to the current deployment to Iraq.

Father, son deployed together

Lance Cpl. William Boone, a mortar man with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment had a rare opportunity to spend a few days with his father, Army Maj. Richard R. Boone while serving in a combat zone. William was greeted by his father during a short visit here to see his son during their tenure in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Josh Griffin, an infantryman with Surveillance, Target and Acquisition Platoon, Company W, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security from atop his new MAK HMMWV (Marine Armor Kit equipped High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle) in a street in downtown Fallujah. The 21-year-old Grenada, Miss. native's unit is currently receiving several of these hardened vehicles to protect the troops against roadside bomb detonation and small arms fire. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Josh Griffin, an infantryman with Surveillance, Target and Acquisition Platoon, Company W, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security from atop his new MAK HMMWV (Marine Armor Kit equipped High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle) in a street in downtown Fallujah. The 21-year-old Grenada, Miss. native's unit is currently receiving several of these hardened vehicles to protect the troops against roadside bomb detonation and small arms fire.

Grenada, Miss. native’s unit receives lifesaving armor

$34,000. That’s how much Lance Cpl. Josh Griffin’s unit paid to ‘pimp out’ his ride. To anyone who spends as much time cruising the streets as this 19-year-old Grenada, Miss., native does, this would seem like chump change for a great return investment. It’s not so much a matter a style and comfort, though, as it is about installing lifesaving

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FALLUJAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. William Holls, a squad automatic gunner with 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security along a street here July 16 during Operation Hard Knock. Company C personnel worked alongside other battalion infantrymen and Iraqi Security Forces to search through a wired-off sector of Fallujah for weapons and insurgent activity, as well as gather census information on the populace. - FALLUJAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. William Holls, a squad automatic gunner with 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security along a street here July 16 during Operation Hard Knock. Company C personnel worked alongside other battalion infantrymen and Iraqi Security Forces to search through a wired-off sector of Fallujah for weapons and insurgent activity, as well as gather census information on the populace.

Florida native helps ‘Knock’ terrorists from Fallujah;

For most folks, spring cleaning ends around April or May with the yard in order and the garage neatly organized. For Lance Cpl. Scott Pierre and his squad of Marines, house cleaning season has just begun. It wasn’t dust bunnies and dirt these Marines were after. Starting before dawn, the 21-year-old Fort Lauderdale, Fla. native, fellow Company C,

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (July 14, 2005) – Osseo, Wis., native Cpl. James A. Oliver taught and refreshed Marines and Coast Guard Personnel in the amount of damage each explosion produces, as well as giving them a hands on experience with the explosives. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (July 14, 2005) – Osseo, Wis., native Cpl. James A. Oliver taught and refreshed Marines and Coast Guard Personnel in the amount of damage each explosion produces, as well as giving them a hands on experience with the explosives.

Osseo, Wis., native helps build future Marines

When asked by his recruiter what job he wanted to do in the Marine Corps, Osseo, Wis., native Cpl. James A. Oliver chose the explosive career of a combat engineer. He wanted to gain experience in construction, work with explosives and soon after accomplishing those goals, he began instructing in these very skills. Through the Basic Advanced and

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Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq (July 15, 2005)-Marines with Weapons Platoon investigate the area in which a IED exploded outside a mosque. (Official USMC Photo by Corporal Erik P. Brinker) - Hit, Al Anbar, Iraq (July 15, 2005)-Marines with Weapons Platoon investigate the area in which a IED exploded outside a mosque. (Official USMC Photo by Corporal Erik P. Brinker)

3/25 responds to roadside bomb

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment and soldiers of the Iraqi Security Forces were attacked by insurgents who detonated a road side bomb outside a mosque here. Sergeant Jonathan J. Batchelor, a squad leader with Weapons platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines was among those involved in the incident. “My squad, along with the

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Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., native earn pin

Seaman Matt M. Cannon came to Iraq to serve with the Marines – but now he is making it official. The Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., native and the other sailors with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, gathered in a formation to become the newest recipients of the Fleet Marine Force certification, symbolized by a silver pin complete with an

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CAMP AL QA'IM, Iraq (April 11, 2005)- Lance Cpl. Robert L. Roth, a vehicle mechanic with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-2 fixes the drive shaft on a high mobility multi-wheeled vehicle here. The Duncannon, Pa., native explained that transmissions giving out due to the extra weight of the vehicles is the biggest problem they fix out here. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED) - CAMP AL QA'IM, Iraq (April 11, 2005)- Lance Cpl. Robert L. Roth, a vehicle mechanic with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team-2 fixes the drive shaft on a high mobility multi-wheeled vehicle here. The Duncannon, Pa., native explained that transmissions giving out due to the extra weight of the vehicles is the biggest problem they fix out here. Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lucian Friel (RELEASED)

3/2 mechanic keeps battalion running

As night falls on Western Iraq and the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment line up and wash their hands for dinner, you notice one Marine’s hands are dirtier than his comrades’. The dirt and oil cover up the scrapes and cuts on his hands and he appears completely exhausted. That’s because Lance Cpl. Robert L. Roth is responsible for

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Cpl. Freddy Medina, Civil Affairs Assistant/Gunner, 5th Civil Affairs Group, Regimental Combat Team 2, arrives in Al-Asad to help with a memorial video. The Annandale, Va., native and 5th CAG work to rebuild the country of Iraq. (Photo by LCpl. Zachary W. Lester - Cpl. Freddy Medina, Civil Affairs Assistant/Gunner, 5th Civil Affairs Group, Regimental Combat Team 2, arrives in Al-Asad to help with a memorial video. The Annandale, Va., native and 5th CAG work to rebuild the country of Iraq. (Photo by LCpl. Zachary W. Lester