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BARWANA, Iraq (Jan. 15, 2006) - Chief Warrant Officer Cody Simpson, a Desoto, Texas native and team leader for Team Six, Detachment Three, 6th Civil Affairs Group talks with a gas station director during a patrol here Jan. 16. Simpson and the other civil affairs members perform many of these patrols to understand the needs of the people in Barwana. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam C. Schnell) - BARWANA, Iraq (Jan. 15, 2006) - Chief Warrant Officer Cody Simpson, a Desoto, Texas native and team leader for Team Six, Detachment Three, 6th Civil Affairs Group talks with a gas station director during a patrol here Jan. 16. Simpson and the other civil affairs members perform many of these patrols to understand the needs of the people in Barwana. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam C. Schnell)

Civil Affairs helps give power back to people

The Marines of Team 6, Detachment 3, 6th Civil Affairs Group, take a page out of their own nation’s history books by working to give the power back to the people here. In America’s early years, the idea of a free country was based on giving people the power to make their own community’s decisions. It is no different here, where the civil affairs

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CAMP AL QA'IM, Iraq (Jan. 17, 2006) -- Euless, Texas natives Lance Cpl.'s Michael and Brian Huber, Motor Transportation Section, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, stand under the the Motor-T mural in the vehicle bay here. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jerad W. Alexander) - CAMP AL QA'IM, Iraq (Jan. 17, 2006) -- Euless, Texas natives Lance Cpl.'s Michael and Brian Huber, Motor Transportation Section, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, stand under the the Motor-T mural in the vehicle bay here. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jerad W. Alexander)

Euless, Texas, brothers work together in Iraq

A Marine is never alone because around them at all times are fellow Marines taking care of them, watching their back and making sure they get home. Every Marine is a brother or sister to another Marine. In the case of Lance Cpl.’s Michael and Brian Huber of Euless, Texas, not only are they brothers through the Marine Corps, they are brothers in

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Jan. 20, 2005)- Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason C. Deguzman, from Santa Rosa, Calif., received the Bronze Star Medal from Brig. Gen. Joseph J. McMenamin, the assistant division commander, for his actions in combat as a corpsman with Company C, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division. - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Jan. 20, 2005)- Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason C. Deguzman, from Santa Rosa, Calif., received the Bronze Star Medal from Brig. Gen. Joseph J. McMenamin, the assistant division commander, for his actions in combat as a corpsman with Company C, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division.

Corpsman aided Marines before self;;Honored with Bronze Star;

Huge explosions went off around them as they were attacked by two separate vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices June 10, 2005, injuring two Marines and a Navy corpsman. Petty Officer 3rd Class Gilberto M. Rocha, a Navy corpsman with Company B, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with combat

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060117-M-2607O-001 - Marines from 3rd Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, play soccer with the local kids in a village they are patrolling on Jan. 17. - 060117-M-2607O-001 - Marines from 3rd Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, play soccer with the local kids in a village they are patrolling on Jan. 17.

Leominster, Mass., native leads patrol through local community

The sun peaks over the horizon as Marines gear up for an early morning patrol into the villages surrounding their forward operating base. Sergeant Jasen G. Nikolow, 3rd Squad Leader for 2nd Platoon, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, ensures his Marines have all their gear before beginning the one and a half kilometer trip to the

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BARWANA, Iraq (Jan. 18, 2006) -A team of Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment prepare to breach a gate while clearing houses in Operation Red Bull II Jan. 18. The Marines along with Iraqi Army soldiers cleared houses and searched for weapons caches to rid the Triad area of insurgent operations. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam C. Schnell) - BARWANA, Iraq (Jan. 18, 2006) -A team of Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment prepare to breach a gate while clearing houses in Operation Red Bull II Jan. 18. The Marines along with Iraqi Army soldiers cleared houses and searched for weapons caches to rid the Triad area of insurgent operations. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam C. Schnell)

Operation Red Bull II begins in Triad

Iraqi Army soldiers and U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment began their second operation in a month to continue disrupting insurgent operations in the area, Jan. 18. Operation Red Bull II, a battalion-sized operation, continues the mission of clearing all insurgent operations out of the “Triad” area, which includes the cities of

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051114-M-2607O-001 - Marines from 2nd Tank Battalion block the main roads out of the area during the first day of Operation TRIFECTA to make sure that no one leaves the area. - 051114-M-2607O-001 - Marines from 2nd Tank Battalion block the main roads out of the area during the first day of Operation TRIFECTA to make sure that no one leaves the area.

Operation Trifecta takes weapons, insurgents off streets

During Operation Trifecta the Marines of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, with support from surrounding units, performed house-to-house searches and wide spread cache sweeps here, Nov. 14 through the 18. The Marines detained more than thirty suspected insurgents and located more than 1,000 mortar, artillery rounds and rockets; 20,000 rounds of

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AR RAMADI, Iraq ? Two Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment continue their patrol through the streets of Ramadi Jan. 18. - AR RAMADI, Iraq ? Two Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment continue their patrol through the streets of Ramadi Jan. 18.

Marines gather evidence against possible insurgent threats

Marines with 3rd Platoon, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment recently conducted a patrol through a neighborhood here, Jan. 18, to gather information about possible insurgent leaders who may be operating in the area. The cordon and knock operation was hailed as a success by their platoon commander, 2nd Lt. Larry Iverson, as the Marines

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AR RAMADI, IRAQ (January 18, 2006) –Corporal David Rohrich, an infantryman with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, is deployed to Ramadi in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and is proud of the progress the Coalition Forces have made with the Iraqi Army during his time here. Photo by Cpl. Shane Suzuki ::n::::n:: - AR RAMADI, IRAQ (January 18, 2006) –Corporal David Rohrich, an infantryman with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, is deployed to Ramadi in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and is proud of the progress the Coalition Forces have made with the Iraqi Army during his time here. Photo by Cpl. Shane Suzuki ::n::::n::

Bismarck, N.D., native proud to be part of Iraqi resurgence

Although not one of the usual job descriptions for a United States Marine, many are finding themselves thrust into the role of teacher and advisor for the newly recruited and trained Iraqi Army. However, one Marine, Cpl. David Rohrich, recently found himself in that position on a patrol with the IA, Jan. 18. Rohrich, an infantryman with Company I,

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AR RAMADI, IRAQ (January 18, 2006) – Lance Cpl. Josh Devries, an infantryman with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, is on his first deployment in Iraq and is proud of the progress the Coalition Forces have made during his time here. Photo by Cpl. Shane Suzuki - AR RAMADI, IRAQ (January 18, 2006) – Lance Cpl. Josh Devries, an infantryman with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, is on his first deployment in Iraq and is proud of the progress the Coalition Forces have made during his time here. Photo by Cpl. Shane Suzuki