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Proceeds to benefit USO Wounded Warrior Family Centers
September 4, 2010(Nashville, Tenn. – Aug. 31, 2011) Active-duty U.S. Marine and multi-genre artist Mike Corrado is raising public awareness for wounded service members with his latest single and video, titled “Still In The Fight.”
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Story by Cpl. Jeff Drew | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.31.2011
MARJAH, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Before Afghan and coalition forces began security operations here last year, the insurgency cast an oppressive shadow over the city’s residents. Few local citizens stood up to the insurgents for fear of kidnapping or death. Times were dark, but one family decided enough was enough and stood up for what was right, knowing full well the risks
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The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Aug 31, 2011 19:04:08 EDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s top veterans official said Wednesday that the state will keep helping pay for honor guards at veterans’ funeral, after word that the American Legion and other service groups would seek new sources of funding to cover the honors.
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Story by Lance Cpl. David Flynn | Marine Corps Recruiting Command | Date: 08.31.2011
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. - With more and more Marines opting to remain in the Corps, the re-enlistment process is becoming increasingly competitive. Marine Corps Recruiting Command’s Active-Reserve Program offers Marines another chance to stay in and experience a side of the Corps that many don’t know exists.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/76231/more-active-reserve-billets-open-marines#.Tl5nUl0hWSo
8/30/2011 By Staff Sgt. Houston White Jr. , Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow
MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, Calif. — In a recent instance of what must have seemed like déjà vu, Terri Piekosz, an officer with the Marine Corps Police Department at Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., accomplished another of her childhood goals when she was accepted to attend Officer Candidate School, the first step in becoming a Marine Corps Officer.
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By Gina Cavallaro and Dan Lamothe - Staff writers
Posted : Tuesday Aug 30, 2011 10:24:37 EDT
NEW ORLEANS — The national budget crisis could force the Marine Corps to start cutting the force as soon as next fall, and below the 186,800-troop end strength top officers have pushed to maintain after the war in Afghanistan ends.
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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/marine-drawdown-larger-manpower-cuts-possible-082911/
Courtesy Story | Regimental Combat Team-5, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs | Date: 08.30.2011
GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan —Sgt. LaJuanna Baker and Cpl. Andrea Moreira-Rios were in the right place at the right time on July 30.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/76158/female-marines-assist-delivery-local-baby#.TlzY4l0hWSo
Courtesy Story | Regimental Combat Team-5, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs | Date: 08.30.2011
GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Across the room from a Kevlar helmet and body armor, near an M-16 rifle and night vision goggles, sits a jug of whey protein. Outside the doorless entryway, resting against the wall, are a minesweeper and electronic countermeasure gear entangled by a recently used jump rope. Sweat-stained uniforms hang from corners of a well-used pull-up bar.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/76157/barbells-dumbbells-kettlebells-oh-my#.TlzXnV0hWSo
Story by Cpl. Jeff Drew | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.29.2011
COMBAT OUTPOST AZADI, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Combat boots kick clouds of powdered dust threatening to stifle the Marines and sailors as they patrol down the dusty, Afghan roads. Seventy pounds of personal protective equipment, water, and ammunition weigh the men down, and the unrelenting sun slowly siphons their strength. Sweat pours, lips smack, and blistering, tasteless water is barely enough to quell their unyielding thirst.
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Story by Cpl. Jeff Drew | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.29.2011
COMBAT OUTPOST AZADI, Helmand province, Afghanistan – The title of United States Marine is earned, never given, but along with the title comes sacrifice. Marines give up time with friends and family to deploy to foreign lands in unselfish service to the nation.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/76093/detroit-native-keeps-smilin-through-deployment#.Tlu8j10hWSo
Story by Sgt. Justin Shemanski | 2nd Marine Logistics Group | Date: 08.28.2011
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan -- Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) convoyed to various bases in the vicinity of Helmand’s volatile Sangin district, Aug. 26.
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By James K. Sanborn - [email protected]
Posted : Monday Aug 29, 2011 8:03:50 EDT
After years of complaints, Marines will soon have a new set of shades to wear downrange.
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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/marine-eyewear-glasses-ballistic-crossbow-082911w/
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Aug 29, 2011 7:53:10 EDT
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C — Conditions are returning to normal at Marine Corps Air Station New River following Hurricane Irene.
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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/ap-operations-resume-new-river-camp-lejeune-082911/
8/29/2011 By Lance Cpl. Daniel Wulz , II MEF (FWD)
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Within the military, it is said that service members look out for their own. In combat, brothers and sisters in arms have given life and limb for one another countless times throughout the history of our nation’s military.
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http://www.marines.mil/unit/iimef/iimef-fwd/Pages/Volunteersbuildpathwayforheroes.aspx
By Tanya Eiserer - Dallas Morning News
Posted : Monday Aug 29, 2011 11:40:38 EDT
DALLAS — Dallas police Officer Andrew Litz falls frequently and can’t walk across the room without help.
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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/ap-vet-struggles-ptsd-traumatic-brain-injury-082911/
Story by Cpl. Reece Lodder | Marine Corps Base Hawaii – Kaneohe Bay | Date: 08.28.2011
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Six months ago, Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, began their journey toward Afghanistan with pre-deployment training on-island in Hawaii.
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Story by Cpl. Reece Lodder | Marine Corps Base Hawaii – Kaneohe Bay | Date: 08.28.2011
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a series on Marines from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay. They are preparing for war by training in the California desert. Miserable heat, grueling training and the absence of home’s amenities here make their work exhausting and their downtime precious. They labor with little and appreciate the simple. This is the grunt grind, the life of the Marine infantryman.
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Amid a dusty city of tents, two Marines unwind after a long day of training. They leisurely toss a baseball back and forth, laughing and trading jabs as the evening sun dips under a colorful sky.
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By James K. Sanborn - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Aug 28, 2011 9:19:56 EDT
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — The Corps is overhauling its approach to personnel administration, a move that will give commanders instant digital access to troops’ records, cut down on lost paperwork and reduce the number of trips Marines must make to base personnel centers.
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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/marine-personnel-records-access-082811w/
Cpl. Dakota Meyer fought to save his friends on "worst day" of his life
Written by
Gretel C. Kovach
1 p.m., Aug. 27, 2011
Cpl. Dakota Meyer was the youngest on the team assigned to mentor Afghan security forces. Until that day, the 21-year-old Marine’s worst firefight had been in the video game Call of Duty.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/27/marines-uncommon-valor-afghanistan-garners-medal-h/
By David Perlmutt
[email protected]
Posted: Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011
Raymond Worsley was 18 in 1943, a student at Johnson C. Smith University, when the military came knocking.
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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/08/27/2556926/overdue-salute-for-a-black-marine.html
Aug. 27, 2011
On Saturday, the last patients are to be transferred from the closing Walter Reed Army Medical Center to the Bethesda National Military Medical Center. As of Monday, the Bethesda facility will be known as the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 27, 2011 – Officials here at the National Naval Medical Center declared a new chapter in military health care as a procession of ambulances delivered the last 18 inpatients from Walter Reed Army Medical Center this morning, a final milestone as the two flagship hospitals consolidate.
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By ANNIE SNIDER of Greenwire
Published: August 26, 2011
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -- The Marines prepare for Afghanistan at their sprawling base in the Mojave Desert.
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Tank gunner Sgt. Todd Cross said: "We just focus on the mission, taking care of each other and coming back home."
By Elizabeth Janney
Aug. 26, 2011
When Sgt. Todd Cross of Elkridge, rolled into Afghanistan on a tank, he made history.
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http://elkridge.patch.com/articles/elkridge-marine-among-first-tanks-in-afghanistan
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
No. 740-11
August 26, 2011
The Department of Defense announced today that it is currently providing support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) efforts to prepare for Hurricane Irene’s expected landfall on the U.S. mainland. At this time, the support includes, but is not limited to: air and ground transportation experts and defense coordinating officers and elements who serve as DoD representatives to state, local and other federal agencies. These experts coordinate DoD resources in support of FEMA.
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http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14752
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Gino Flores | Regional Command Southwest | Date: 08.26.2011
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Marine Corps instructors at the Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, are in the process of training an elite group of Afghan Uniformed Police in a first-of-its-kind training program.
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By Audrewy McAvoy - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Aug 26, 2011 7:07:33 EDT
KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii — Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday thanked service members in Hawaii for being among what he called “the greatest generation of warriors that the world has ever produced.”
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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/ap-at-hawaii-base-biden-praises-service-members-082611/
6:12 AM, Aug 25, 2011
Written by
Heather Ly
AMITY, NY - The Scio native who gave his life in order to save two of his fellow Marines will receive another posthumous honor later today.
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Story by Cpl. Marco Mancha | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.25.2011
COMBAT OUTPOST SHIR GHAZAY, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Waves of rounds fly back and forth between the two forces. Marines move in pairs and continue to suppress the enemy while insurgents answer back with harassing fire. Clouds of dust suddenly emerge hundreds of meters behind the Marines’ position and enemy rounds stop hissing by. The echoing sounds and muzzle flashes of AK-47 assault rifles cease. It’s as if the insurgent forces knew big trouble was headed their way.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75927/iron-horses-stampede-insurgency#.Tla-OF0hWSo
8/25/2011 By Lance Cpl. Victor Barrera , Marine Corps Base Camp LeJeune
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The Lejeune High School aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, has opened its doors and is welcoming the new school year with an upgraded campus and high expectations from both the students and the staff.
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http://www.marines.mil/unit/mcblejeune/Pages/110819-M-CH233-HIGH.aspx
Story by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) | Date: 08.25.2011
PATROL BASE WOLFPACK, Helmand province, Afghanistan -- From this remote desert outpost just miles from the Pakistani border, two Marine Corps attack helicopters were heard before they were seen.
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10 Years of War: Family life for the battle-tested Debiaks often means kisses blown to the ocean and birthdays on video. The littlest Debiak takes note.
Published: Aug. 24, 2011 Updated: Aug. 28, 2011 10:29 a.m.
By DOUG IRVING / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Editor's note: We are approaching two 10-year anniversaries. Sept. 11 we all remember. But Oct. 7 we seem to have forgotten. It marks 10 years of war: first in Afghanistan, then in Iraq – longer than any time in U.S. history. More than 6,200 dead. More than 45,000 wounded. Over four Sundays, the Orange County Register will tell the story of the more than 2 million troops who've fought in these wars. As we commemorate the anniversaries of Sept. 11 and Oct. 7, let us, as a nation, seek to understand the sacrifices made as a result of them.
They were so young the first time they said goodbye, a couple of newlyweds who had never been through war. He forgot his gas mask, and she had to rush home to get it as if all he had left in the bedroom closet was a briefcase.
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http://www.ocregister.com/news/josh-313635-brianne-first.html
Published: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 7:57 AM
ATMORE, Alabama -- For Lance Cpl. Travis Nelson, 19, killed in action last week in Afghanistan, there was no worthier goal than to serve in the U.S. Marines, according to his father, Scott Nelson.
To continue reading about Fallen Hero, Lance Cpl. Travis M. Nelson, of the 1/6:
http://blog.al.com/live/2011/08/travis_nelson_marine_afghanistan.html
Story by Cpl. Rashaun X. James | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) | Date: 08.24.2011
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan -- Since taking the helm of air combat operations in March, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) has supported more than 600 combat operations in southwestern Afghanistan.
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August 24, 2011
Many recruit parents are familiar with the recruit training matrix that outlines what their son is doing on a daily basis. For the next three months, this object whether a hard copy, a desktop screen saver or a simple PDF file will most likely become a lonely, but proud, parents’ best friend. It will be the first thing they will look at when they wake up (reveille) and the last thing they will look at before bed (hitting the rack, maybe lights out, whatever you wish).
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http://transformationofmarines.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/receiving-training-starts-here/
Screenings planned for Dana Point, Camp Pendleton
Written by
Gretel C. Kovach
6:13 p.m., Aug. 23, 2011
A pre-release benefit screening of “Patrol Base Jaker,” a feature-length documentary film about Camp Pendleton’s 1st Battalion, 5th Marines and their 2009 tour in Nawa, Afghanistan, will be dedicated to one who didn’t make it home.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/23/patrol-base-jaker-film-documents-marine-tour-afgha/
Story by Cpl. James Clark | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 08.23.2011
MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – “There are no [insurgents] here. He says they aren’t here.”
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75758/pushing-through-shadow-insurgency#.TlV76V0hWSo
by Nell Greenfieldboyce
August 23, 2011 12:01 AM
Biologist Lou Burnett was in his car when his cellphone rang recently. It was a CNN reporter, asking about the fact that his research had been featured in a new report about wasteful government spending.
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http://www.npr.org/2011/08/23/139852035/shrimp-on-a-treadmill-the-politics-of-silly-studies
Story by Sgt. Earnest J. Barnes | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.21.2011
FIREBASE SAENZ, Helmand province, Afghanistan—The Marines with Alpha Battery are keeping a watchful eye out for their brothers-in-arms in a more literal sense than one would expect from an artillery battery. The Marines in the battery’s Fire Direction Center monitor electronic chat systems and radios for any unit that needs support from the big guns, but they are not the only Marines in the Hawaii-based battery looking out for their fellow Marines.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75689/alpha-battery-has-eyes-with-overwatch#.TlSCFmEhWSo
Twentynine Palms center is last stop before Afghanistan
Written by
Gretel C. Kovach
3:02 p.m., Aug. 21, 2011
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms — The battalion of Marines fought their way into town the previous day, clearing it of insurgents who attacked them with small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades and bombs. Now their objective in this combat training scenario is to make it from their forward operating base on foot across the open desert to meet the malik, the local strong man.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/21/camp-pendleton-marines-gird-war-premiere-combat-ra/
Story by Lance Cpl. Bruno J. Bego | 2nd Marine Logistics Group | Date: 08.21.2011
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan – One of the most trafficked roads in the country, Route 606, consists of 218 kilometers of paved road and connects Farah, Herat and Chaghcharan provinces, while winding its way into Iran.
For more about the 7th ESB:
http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75774/engineers-enhance-security-along-route-606#.TlV6pF0hWSo
Story by Sgt. Earnest J. Barnes | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.21.2011
FIREBASE SAENZ, Helmand province, Afghanistan—He’s mean, but kind at the same time; small in stature, but a bigger man then what meets the eyes. He is a softy for his daughters when they bat their angelic eyes pleading “please daddy” and a teacher for his Marines. This description, as simple it may be, depicts one of Alpha Battery’s more than capable Howitzer section chiefs: Sgt. Tyler J. Ledbetter.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75695/washington-native-prepares-marines-future#.TlV5eV0hWSo
August 20, 2011
Their world was shattered about noon Thursday at the Nelson home in Bratt as three men in military uniforms stood at the door.
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Story by Pfc. Phillip Clark | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 08.19.2011
MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – As they loaded gear into storage containers, climbed aboard armored trucks or into helicopters, the Marines of 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment bade farewell to northern Marjah District and began their journey home to North Carolina. They leave the area in the hands of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, which participated in Operation Moshtarak, the initial push to remove insurgents from the city, last year.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75639/2-8-returns-home-leaves-marjah-better-than-found#.TlSBBmEhWSo
10 Years of War: A decade of war has created unique challenges for our newest veterans. And other Americans can't support themselves, much less the troops.
Published: Aug. 19, 2011 Updated: Aug. 26, 2011 3:08 p.m.
By TOM BERG / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Editor's note: We are approaching two 10-year anniversaries. Sept. 11 we all remember. But Oct. 7 we seem to have forgotten. It marks 10 years of war: first in Afghanistan, then in Iraq – longer than any time in U.S. history. More than 6,200 dead. More than 45,000 wounded. Over four Sundays, the Orange County Register will tell the story of the more than 2 million troops who've fought in these wars. As we commemorate the anniversaries of Sept. 11 and Oct. 7, let us, as a nation, seek to understand the sacrifices made as a result of them.
It's been a humiliating morning for James Hassell.
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http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hassell-313039-war-iraq.html
Story by Lance Cpl. Mark Garcia | I Marine Expeditionary Force | Date: 08.17.2011
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Marines and sailors from the Advisor Training Cell provided the Combat Lifesavers course to various units here, Aug. 17.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75557/marines-develop-skills-save-lives-battlefield#.TlR-pmEhWSo
TONGA, TO - (08.16.2011)
Story by Sgt. Heidi Agostini
Approximately 60 Marines and sailors from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, arrived in the Kingdom of Tonga for Exercise Tafakula 2011, Aug. 9.
For more about the 3/5:
http://www.i-mef.usmc.mil/external/imef-01/news/news_2011_08_16.jsp
Kristian Foden-Vencil | August 15, 2011 | Portland, OR
Details are emerging about the 19-year-old Navy hospital corpsman from Oregon who died in Afghanistan last week.
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http://news.opb.org/article/navy-medic-oregon-killed-afghanistan/
By the CNN Wire Staff
August 13, 2011
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama next month will present the Medal of Honor to the first living Marine to receive the recognition for actions in Afghanistan or Iraq, the White House announced Friday.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/08/12/obama.medal.of.honor/
Story by Cpl. Jeff Drew | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.12.2011
COMBAT OUTPOST SHUKVANI, Helmand province, Afghanistan – A blast of fire, triggered by 1,750 pounds of C4 explosive, erupted from the ground sending a shockwave ripping through the air. Secondary explosions suggested local improvised explosive devices sympathetically detonated as a massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75232/operation-black-sand-blasts-insurgency-dust
Published: Wednesday, August 10, 2011
By Mike Kezdi, Sun News
A man who loved his family, country and the men with whom he served is the most succinct way to describe Marine Sgt. Dennis E. Kancler.
"He was a good son, a very good son," his mother, Paula Kancler, said from her Brecksville home Aug. 8.
To continue reading about Fallen Hero, Sgt. Dennis E. Kancler, of the 2nd MSOB:
http://www.cleveland.com/brecksville/index.ssf/2011/08/he_loved_the_mission_he_loved.html
Courtesy Story | 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 08.10.2011
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit started a 12-day exercise with the Navy's Amphibious Squadron Five aboard amphibious ships, working together at sea for the first time since the unit formed a complete Marine air-ground task force in May.
For more on the 11th MEU:
http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75130/11th-marine-expeditionary-unit-trains-sea#.TkLy62EhWSo
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Aug 10, 2011 8:41:48 EDT
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. — The commandant of the Marine Corps is telling troops at a North Carolina aviation base that force reductions will mean not every Marine who wants to re-enlist will have that option.
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http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/ap-amos-tells-troops-careful-cuts-081011/
Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 10:57 pm
By GARY BASS/Contributing writer
Fighting against the odds and emerging a winner is something that Sgt. David Sowell of the U.S. Marine Corps has been doing since junior high.
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http://lufkindailynews.com/news/local/article_734e219c-c308-11e0-8076-001cc4c03286.html
Story by Cpl. James Clark | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 08.09.2011
MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Cpl. Timothy Stark wrings his hands, unconsciously tapping the wedding band on his ring finger as he speaks about his wife and unborn daughter.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75074/coming-age-through-war-cpl-timothy-stark#.TkEoymEhWSo
Story by Cpl. Adam Leyendecker | Regional Command Southwest | Date: 08.09.2011
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Marines with the Houston-based 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, also known as the Lone Star Battalion, provided security and guidance to Afghan National Army soldiers traveling through Helmand province, Aug. 5
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By RODNEY HART
Herald-Whig Staff Writer
Published: 8/8/2011 | Updated: 8/9/2011
A woman's perspective can only help.
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8/8/2011 By Pfc. Phillip R. Clark , 2nd Marine Division
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. — Marines with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, returned home Aug. 6, 2011, from a seven month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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http://www.marines.mil/unit/2ndmardiv/Pages/Marinesandsailorswith28Foxcompanyreturnhomesafely.aspx
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Aug 8, 2011 10:22:33 EDT
With orders from the top, the Marine Corps’ inspector general is canvassing the service to see how well commands are enforcing rules on alcohol use among Marines.
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http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/marine-drinking-alcohol-treatment-080811/
Published: Thursday, August 04, 2011
By Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio -- Dennis E. Kancler, the son of former Brecksville Police Chief Dennis A. Kancler, died Sunday in Afghanistan, military officials confirmed Wednesday.
To continue reading about Fallen Hero, Sgt. Dennis E. Kancler, of the 2nd MSOB:
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/08/marine_sgt_dennis_e_kancler_of.html
By Katie Sullivan (Staff Writer)
Published: August 8, 2011
Tom Dolphin didn't just lose a son to the war in Afghanistan - he lost a friend and a man he respected - Staff Sgt. Patrick R. Dolphin.
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Story by Lance Cpl. Tyler Reiriz | 1st Marine Division | Date: 08.08.2011
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Three Marines from 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, “the Super Breed,” received the Bronze Star with combat distinguishing device during a ceremony, Aug. 8.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75269/super-breed-marines-receive-bronze-stars#.T4GbStniGso
Story by Lance Cpl. Clayton Vonderahe
Date Taken: 08.04.2011
Date Posted: 08.08.2011 05:25
FORWARD OPERATING BASE MUSA QAL'EH, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Afghanistan harbors a harsh environment where street smarts are more common than a formal education, especially for women. Many skills that are learned from experience can be the difference between life and death, but with limited formal education, the society can only advance so far.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75031/female-marines-launch-first-musa-qaleh-womans-school#.Tj_id2EhWSo
By Rebecca Jacobs August 8, 2011
Most people know about the Navajo code talkers who served in the U.S. military in World War II, but few know that members of at least 19 American Indian tribes acted as code talkers for the U.S. Army, Navy and Marines during both world wars. Choctaw members of the Army’s 36th Division in France transmitted messages in their Native language that were undecipherable by German forces. Until that point in the war, no transmitted message had been sent by the Allies that was not decoded by the Germans. Ruth McMillan, daughter of the late Choctaw code talker Tobias Frazier, remembers her father’s words: “Papa said—and everybody says—that the [Allied Forces] were beaten when they got [to Europe], and then we won those two battles [using code talkers], and it really turned the course of the war.”
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Story by Lance Cpl. Clayton Vonderahe | Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.07.2011
SHIR GHAZAY, Helmand province, Afghanistan - The road between Combat Outpost Shir Ghazay and Forward Operating Base Now Zad, known as Route Landy Nawa, is nothing more than tire tracks through powdery dirt. For miles in any direction there is nothing to be seen but the occasional dust devil and local citizens driving through.
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Story by Lance Cpl. Frans Labranche | Marine Forces Reserve | Date: 08.07.2011
NEW ORLEANS – Once a year, Reserve Marines from across the country are sent to America’s deserts and mountains to train and remain ever-ready for deployment to the barren lands of countries overseas.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/75007/javelin-thrust-2011-comes-another-successful-close#.Tj8JOGEhWSo
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Snodgrass | Regional Command Southwest | Date: 08.07.2011
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Marines with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), and Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 held a "golden spike" ceremony to celebrate the completion of route red west, in Now Zad District, Helmand province, Aug. 5.
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Low-tech tool is best way to mark location of bombs
By Jeff Gill [email protected]
POSTED: August 7, 2011 12:41 a.m.
Through a common, everyday household item, not a high-tech device with a big Pentagon price tag, area residents can help save military lives in one of Afghanistan's deadliest regions.
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Story by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) | Date: 08.07.2011
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - To Cpl. Leonard R. Knudsen Jr., his job can feel the same whether he is at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., or Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.
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Story by Pfc. Sean Dennison | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) | Date: 08.07.2011
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Thousands of Marines, Afghan and coalition troops rely on 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) for close air support. At Kandahar Airfield, that responsibility is carried on the wings of Marine Attack Squadron 513’s AV-8B Harriers.
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By Tony Lombardo - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Aug 6, 2011 16:59:21 EDT
Fido has no bark and no bite, but it’s got a sniffer.
Its full name is the Fido XT Explosives Detector, and military police aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., are the latest Marines to put the device to use.
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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/marine-fido-lejeune-bomb-detector-080611/
By David Ariosto and Barbara Starr, CNN
August 6, 2011
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- In the single deadliest loss for U.S. troops since the Afghan war began in late 2001, 30 service members died early Saturday when a helicopter carrying them went down while they were reinforcing other troops, officials said.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/08/06/afghanistan.nato.helicopter.crash/
BY Frank Lombardi
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, August 6th 2011, 4:00 AM
Marine Sgt. Jon McDonald had more in mind Friday than simply seeing the spectacular view from the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Story by Lance Cpl. Clayton Vonderahe | Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.06.2011
COMBAT OUTPOST SHIR GHAZAY, Helmand province, Afghanistan - First impressions are usually lasting ones and one Coram, N.Y. Marine will always remember the first sights and sounds of his initial introduction to the real war in Afghanistan.
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Story by Lance Cpl. Michelle Mattei | Camp Pendleton Public Affairs | Date: 08.05.2011
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Although they’re not tall and fierce like NFL superstars, the 150 children who attended the first Eric Dickerson Youth Football Camp learned to play like the pros.
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By NICK VLAHOS
of the Journal Star
Posted Aug 05, 2011
EL PASO —
Rodney Holzhauer has a severe heart problem. "I'm a bomb waiting to explode," the El Paso resident said with a chuckle.
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Geoff Liesik, Vernal Express
8/5/11
Looking at the photo Tracy Beede held of her son Friday afternoon, it's hard to imagine that he was always a mama's boy.
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http://www.vernal.com/stories/Mother-of-fallen-Vernal-Marine-proud-of-sons-sacrifice,1739842
11:07 PM, Aug. 5, 2011
Written by
PERRY BEEMAN
[email protected]
Sgt. Miguel Forsyth, a U.S. Marine serving on recruiting duty in Clinton, on Friday received his second Purple Heart medal — this one for combat injuries he suffered in Afghanistan last year.
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Updated Aug 5, 2011
Assemblyman Steve Hawley, R-Batavia, recently announced that the American Legion Auxiliary 332 Batavia contributed $1,000 to his annual Patriot Trip, a program that brings area veterans to Washington, D.C., for a tour of military monuments and memorials. The crucial funding will be used to help provide a profound experience available to as many local veterans as possible, Hawley said.
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8/5/2011 By Cpl. Garry J. Welch , 31st MEU
Australia — Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, in Brisbane for a multi-day port visit, brought smiles to elderly patients and children during a community relations event at the Maynor Children’s Hospital, August 4.
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http://www.marines.mil/unit/31stmeu/Pages/31stMEUbringssmilestoAustralianfaces.aspx
Story by Cpl. Khoa Pelczar | 1st Marine Logistics Group | Date: 08.05.2011
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Marines are constantly training for upcoming deployments or other contingency operations. But how do they know what training to focus on, or where to begin?
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/74907/lessons-learned-web-site-aims-educate-marines#.TjxYX2EhWSo
August 05, 2011 6:47 AM
By Gina Childress
The Wilson Times
The parents and widow of a fallen Wilson Marine made the trip to Delaware this week to bring their loved one home for burial.
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Story by Kristen Wong | Marine Corps Base Hawaii – Kaneohe Bay | Date: 08.04.2011
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii - Kailua-Kona resident Robert Gowan was a coffee farmer looking for a way to support the troops. Gowan asked his father, a World War II Air Force veteran, if he had any good memories “amidst all the tough conditions” during the war. His father replied that he and his fellow service members would find cheer as they lay in a fighting hole in the early morning hours when they could smell fresh coffee brewing from the cooks’ tent.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/74852/one-cup-coffee-gi-joe#.TjtlJmEhWSo
Story by Cpl. Marco Mancha | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.04.2011
NAWA DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Policemen with the Afghan Uniform Police all over Nawa intensify self-sufficiency as the deadline nears for United States forces to pull out of Afghanistan.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/74808/nawa-marines-notice-afghan-police-step-their-game-up#.TjqvGWEhWSo
Story by Cpl. Adam Leyendecker | Regional Command Southwest | Date: 08.04.2011
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Through the course of the recent Iraq wars, and now in Afghanistan, Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, has literally grown up together, using their experiences from back home to unite and strengthen them on the battlefield.
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Story by Cpl. James Clark | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 08.04.2011
MARJAH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – When Marines moved on the former insurgent stronghold of Marjah last year, they took the first step toward laying the foundation for the counterinsurgency strategy that turned the tide in Iraq but had yet to be proven in Afghanistan.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/74823/1-6-returns-marjah#.Tjqs0GEhWSo
Story by Cpl. Colby Brown | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 08.04.2011
COMBAT OUTPOST RANKEL, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Every Tuesday, Marines aboard Combat Outpost Rankel wake up at 4 a.m. to beat thousands of Afghans to Safar Bazaar.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/74825/bazaar-day-weekly-milestone-helmand-marines#.TjqreWEhWSo
Published: Wednesday, August 03, 2011, 5:00 AM
To the Editor:
Cpl. Kyle Schneider’s family would like to extend our deepest appreciation and heartfelt gratitude for the tremendous outpouring of support from the people of the towns of Baldwinsville, Phoenix and Clay, as well as the greater Syracuse and Central New York areas, the state of New York, and a grieving nation for their fallen hero.
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http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2011/08/wednesdays_readers_page_center_12.html
Written by
Gretel C. Kovach
4:50 p.m., Aug. 3, 2011
Last year a surge of Marines flooded into the poppy fields and mud-walled towns of southwestern Afghanistan, where their doubled-up force confronted the Taliban in a region that had long been a bastion of the insurgency.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/aug/03/marines-preparing-for-drawdown-in-helmand-province/
By TED CZECH
Daily Record/Sunday News
08/03/2011
A 2001 Dallastown Area High School graduate died while serving in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Air Force Mortuary Operations Public Affairs Office.
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Story Number: NNS110803-17
Release Date: 8/3/2011 12:10:00 PM
By Shoshona Pilip-Florea, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy Surgeon General cautioned his commanding officers, medical providers and personnel on the negative health effects and legal consequences of using synthetic marijuana like Spice and other designer drugs in a message sent to all of Navy Medicine Aug. 2.
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Story by Cpl. Colby Brown | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 08.03.2011
GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan — It’s a 600-year-old holy place: a shrine where the local people come to pray, learn about the Quran and remember family members who passed away. The roof is missing, and parts of the outer walls have started to crumble into individual bricks scattered on the ground, but the local people revere it as one of the most holy places in the area.
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Story by Sgt. Tyler Hlavac | Marine Forces Reserve | Date: 08.03.2011
NEW ORLEANS – When a humanitarian crisis occurs overseas, many Americans contribute to disaster relief by writing a check. Cpl. Adam Marlatt contributes by strapping a pack on his back, gathering his team and plunging headfirst into the disaster zone.
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After hearing about Jeremy Piasecki's goal, commercial airline employees have offered to provide transportation for 10 athletes to the United States, including members of the Afghan army.
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
August 3, 2011
Reporting from San Diego -- For three years, Marine Warrant Officer Jeremy Piasecki has been trying to organize a national water polo team for Afghanistan.
His theory is simple: the people of such a war-torn land need sports heroes too.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-afghan-polo-20110803,0,2634000.story
by Gloria Hillard
August 2, 2011
The military's four-legged warriors now have a more hopeful future in store.
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http://www.npr.org/2011/08/02/138159282/military-dogs-enjoy-brighter-future-after-service
By Julie Watson - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Aug 2, 2011 21:51:48 EDT
SAN DIEGO — The top leader of the Marine Corps said Tuesday that he wants the first black members of the Marines to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and hopes their story will inspire more black men and women to join the Corps and rise through its ranks.
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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/ap-corps-seeks-award-for-first-black-marines-080211/
Happy reunion at airport
Posted: 08/02/2011
By: Giovanna Drpic
Corporal Heather Carroll had been traveling since Friday. She was anxious to get back home from Afghanistan to Jupiter Farms. The proud U.S. Marine took six planes to get back home. Her family, including her two-and-a-half year old daughter named Breahna, were waiting for her at Palm Beach International Airport.
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By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Aug 2, 2011 12:16:39 EDT
SANGIN, Afghanistan — Lance Cpl. John Farias parked himself in front of a video camera June 2 and fumbled his way through a seven-minute greeting to his family in Texas. A rifleman with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, he discussed the austere living conditions at his patrol base and his craving for sushi.
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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/marine-co-sky-isnt-fallin-sangin-ied-attacks-080211/
8/2/2011 By Cpl. John Robbart III , 15th MEU
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The old adage, ‘every Marine is a rifleman,’ is taken seriously by the Marine Corps, reminding its Marines that regardless of their military occupational specialty, they all are riflemen first.
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http://www.marines.mil/unit/15thmeu/Pages/2011/MEUMarinessightinonbrillianceinthebasics.aspx
By David Hodge
Stars and Stripes
Published: August 2, 2011
RAF MILDENHALL, England — On the way from Afghanistan to Texas to visit his ailing mother, former Marine Ken Griffin took a gamble on a gamble, and won: He won a World Series of Poker championship in Las Vegas and walked away with $455,356, enough to cover his mother’s mounting medical bills.
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http://www.stripes.com/news/marine-corps/former-marine-comes-up-aces-for-his-mom-1.150952
Story by Cpl. Marco Mancha | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.02.2011
NAWA DISTRICT CENTER, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Marines with Civil Affairs Team 3 joined the local residents of Nawa to celebrate the grand opening of the new justice center, recently.
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http://www.dvidshub.net/news/74667/nawa-celebrates-opening-new-justice-center#.TjfsZGEhWSo
Story by Sgt. Rachael Moore | 2nd Marine Logistics Group | Date: 08.02.2011
FORWARD OPERATING BASE MUSA QALA, Afghanistan – Water purification systems continue to take the place of bottled water, increasing the expeditionary capability of troops in Afghanistan.
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Glenn Dayton Jr. said Afghanistan helped put life in perspective.
By Andy Fillmore
Correspondent
Published: Monday, August 1, 2011
Family members and friends of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Glenn Dayton Jr. welcomed their hero home last weekend from a tour of combat duty in Afghanistan, and some expressed hope that the public and politicians alike would better appreciate soldiers' sacrifices.
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Aug 1 2011
karenbrainard
A 23-year-old Marine and lifelong Ramona resident has been awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with a Combat V for Valor.
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http://www.ramonasentinel.com/2011/08/01/dustin-ivers-awarded-medal-for-heroism-in-afghanistan/
August 1, 2011
by JTOZER
Captain Matthew Kutilek, U.S. Marine Corps
My interaction with Navy Medicine during my first eight years of service in the Marine Corps proved to be limited, uneventful and quite normal. An appointment here, sickness there, the birth of two healthy daughters over a span of two years and follow-on requisite visits proved to be the norm.
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8/1/2011 By Cpl. Samantha H. Arrington , 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Fwd)
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELARAM II, Afghanistan —
Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 turned up the heat for new Afghan National Army firefighters during the final evaluation of a basic firefighting course at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Afghanistan, July 26.
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Story by Cpl. Jeff Drew | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 08.01.2011
SANGIN, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Men and women around the world love to pick up power tools and build. The project may be as small as a birdhouse or as large as a sky-scraper, but when completed, it will always award the craftsman with the feeling of accomplishment. Those who build can see a tangible difference from start to finish and have something to show for their time and effort.
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Story by Cpl. Colby Brown | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 08.01.2011
GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan — In hopes of countering insurgent dogma and improving local infrastructure, coalition forces have recently begun engaging local religious leaders to rally support for coalition forces and developmental projects in the district.
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By Terry Evans - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Posted : Monday Aug 1, 2011 7:10:47 EDT
BEDFORD, Texas — Glenn Wilson's hobby attracts attention.
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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/08/ap-former-marine-tank-hobby-080111/