September 29, 2011 — Sheltered from rumbling explosions by a cascading wall of sand, a platoon of infantrymen impatiently waited to plunge through and respond by assault.The annoyance ceased and the command to attack spread rapidly down the line. Spurred forward by their leaders’ screams, the Marines waded up the knee-deep obstacle. Focused by adrenaline, they peaked MORE
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September 26, 2011 — Waist-deep in a row of fighting holes, teams of sweat-starched infantrymen labored without shelter from the unforgiving desert sun. Scoop by scoop, they slung rocks and dirt from their dusty chasms, hewing out defensive positions to prepare for the enemy’s inevitable night attack.Joined by aircraft, tanks and tracked vehicles, the Marines of 3rd MORE
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September 19, 2011 — Storming through the desert on helicopters and tracked vehicles, the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, practiced counterinsurgency operations during Exercise Clear, Hold, Build 2 at Range 210 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., from Aug. 14 to 19.Greeted by a bronze sunrise, infantrymen with India, Kilo MORE
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September 14, 2011 — Dimly lit by the neon glow of chem lights, Lance Cpl. Jared Honeyman escapes from his day into a sanctuary of spades.Seated in his tent on a box of meals, ready-to-eat, he draws a deck of cards from the cargo pocket of his utility trousers. He deals cards out to three friends seated around him, and in return, receives an equal number of sarcastic MORE
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October 07, 2009 — The Lava Dogs of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, concluded the second phase of the Clear, Hold, Build Exercise here Monday after five days of combined arms urban operations. Companies Alpha, Bravo and Charlie of 1/3, along with attachments from Weapons Company and other reinforcements, each cycled through Range 210 for two days as part of their MORE
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October 06, 2009 — Squads of Marines poured from amphibious assault vehicles with tanks at their side as they assaulted an insurgent-occupied village at Range 200 here Sept. 15. The Lava Dogs of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, fought role players in a seven-building complex under the watchful eye of Marine evaluators during the first phase of the MORE
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October 02, 2009 — As the sun rose over Range 400 here Sept. 20, nearly 250 Lava Dogs of Alpha Company assembled behind a rocky hill in preparation of their live-fire, full-scale company assault. Over the ridge, an anti-personnel obstacle of barbed wire and simulated mines blocked their path. Combat engineers moved over the hill and placed twin twenty-foot-long MORE
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