Marine Corps News

Commandant makes holiday visit to Marines, sailors in Afghanistan

12/24/2008 Lance Cpl. Monty Burton, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Afghanistan

General James T. Conway, the 34th commandant of the Marine Corps, paid a special holiday visit to his deployed troops Dec. 24, 2008, in the Helmand province of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Conway and Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent, the 16th...

Operation Santa successfully carried-out in Southern Afghanistan

12/24/2008 Lance Cpl. Brian D. Jones, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Afghanistan

Third Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment (Reinforced), and Combat Logistics Battalion 3 successfully conducted Operation Santa early Christmas morning, delivering mail and gifts to Marines and sailors throughout Southern Afghanistan. Weeks of co...

III MEF commanding general visits Afghanistan Marines

12/24/2008 Sgt. Juan D. Alfonso, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Afghanistan

Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force serving in Afghanistan received a surprise visit from their top leader Dec. 23 on Kandahar Air Field, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Lt. Gen. Richard C. Zilmer, commanding general of III MEF and Ma...

1st Tanks blows away Steel Knight

12/24/2008 Lance Cpl. M. C. Nerl, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command 29 Palms

In conjunction with various other units from 1st Marine Division, 1st Tank Battalion underwent the training evolution known as Steel Knight at the Combat Center Dec. 6 through 12. The exercise is a large-scale combined arms exercise designed to trai...

Engineers provide quarters

12/23/2008 Lance Cpl. Paul Torres, Regimental Combat Team 5

The sun had barely crested the horizon when Marines with General Support Platoon, Company B, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5 started work Dec 14. “Our mission consisted of building two wooden huts at different Traffic Control...

Al-Anbar Iraqi River Police ready take over beat

12/23/2008 Cpl. Shawn Coolman, Regimental Combat Team 5

Al-Anbar Iraqi River Police officers aced their final exam. Select Iraqi policemen here with the al-Anbar Iraqi River Police force, which was established to patrol the local waterways independently from Coalition forces, finished a week-long certifi...

Marines help locals prepare for holidays

12/23/2008 Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty, 2nd Marine Logistics Group

Marines from 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, volunteered their time to distribute food at a local church, Dec. 20, in preparation for the upcoming holiday season. The Marines assisted members of the Trinity United Methodist Ch...