Marine Corps News 

'Scars are not forever'
It was an ideal. A mantra. One of those romantic assertions that grabs hold the heart and muses in the soul the question: What if? “Scars are not forever” was conceived for one Marine in the months of rehabilitation that followed an IED blast in Ira...
Marines Keep Combined Arms Skills Honed in Iraq
Reservists from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, and Marines from 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, RCT-5, linked up here for a Tactical Air Control Party live-fire exercise at a remote desert range in western al-Anba...
1st MLG brings school supplies to Habbaniyah's Tourist Village
Sgt. Jacob I. Sanchez, squad leader, Company A, Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, 1st Marine Logistics Group, smiles as a toddling Iraqi girl struggles to hold up her school supplies Dec. 30. Sanchez, 25, Los Angeles, and other members of the 1st ML...
Iraqi police respond to Fallujah attack
Iraqi Police in Karmah demonstrated their ability to take charge of a crime scene after a suicide bomber attacked citizens and policemen on a local highway in Fallujah, Iraq, Dec. 28. Maj. Yessien, assistant police commander for the Karmah police...
1/2 conducts assessment in Rawah, Iraq
  When Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 arrived in Rawah, Iraq, an assessment of security and governance capabilities began.         Marines with Company C, 1st Bn., 2nd Marines attended a weekly Iraqi secur...
Marines gather, pay respects to fallen brother
As the Marines stood at attention, perfectly aligned and covered, they listened as the first sergeant called roll. After calling one Marine’s name, no one responded. He yelled it again—no reply.  The Marines in attendance knew there would be no ...
Navy captain crusades against TBI in Anbar
  His crusade spanned two years. He travelled to triages and hospitals across Anbar in 2006. He worked tirelessly with his stateside colleagues in 2007. Two years of toiling all to gather enough evidence, or “data” as he calls it, to make his case. ...
Midwest residents send holiday cheer to Iraqi students
Marines from 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, brought toys, snacks and holiday cheer to Iraqi children at Mekasid Primary School in Rutbah, Iraq, on the morning of Dec. 23. This is the fourth Rutbah-area school the Mari...
Gatekeepers to freedom and transportation keep Marines and supplies moving
The versatility of Marines and the demand for them in any climb and place sends them off in all directions. Whether pushing out on missions, resupplying their fellow Marines, or anything in-between, the sporadic movement of the green machine resembl...
CLB-5 remembers fallen brother
 Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group, took time to remember a fellow brother-in-arms here Dec.27. Lance Cpl. Robert L. Johnson, 21, a motor transportation operator from Central Point, Ore., died while serving in a c...