December 22, 2012 — U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY - Deployed Marines are often alienated from news back home, MORE
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December 20, 2012 — CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Key coalition leaders arrived at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, for the first commander’s conference under Regimental Combat Team 7, Dec. 19, to discuss the future of Helmand province.With RCT-7 overseeing an integral part in the drawdown of coalition forces in Afghanistan, Col. Austin Renforth, commanding officer, MORE
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December 20, 2012 — CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan— A few things have survived the passage of time from World War II until now. Cpl. Stephen Cook, a legal services specialist with Regimental Combat Team 7, has a “Soldier’s Prayer” book his family carried in battle during WWII. In fact, that book has been passed throughout his family and has now been to nearly every MORE
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December 18, 2012 — COMBAT OUTPOST SHAMSHER, Afghanistan – Marines must remain well equipped to be ready for daily operations in Afghanistan.Combat Outpost Shamsher provides Marines who operate in the districts of Now Zad, Sangin, Musa Qal’ah and Kajaki, with the logistical capabilities to stay on task and accomplish the mission.“Without this particular COP, we MORE
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December 18, 2012 — COMBAT OUTPOST TAGHAZ, Afghanistan – A Marine from a town most commonly associated with elves, Santa Claus, reindeer and snow has heard all the jokes since he joined the Marine Corps. He is from a town with candy cane themed street lights, a Santa Claus Lane and where thousands of childrens’ letters arrive for Santa. Now with the holiday season MORE
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December 18, 2012 — FORWARD OPERATING BASE GERONIMO, Afghanistan – Before one Marine started his career in the Marine Corps he was faced with a broken elbow, two surgeries and countless hours of physical therapy. He watched as in an instant his dreams of earning the title United States Marine and deploying to Afghanistan were put in jeopardy.For Lance Cpl. Robert MORE
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December 12, 2012 — MUSA QAL’AH DISTRICT CENTER, Afghanistan – For Cpl. Aaron Clote, the challenge involved with becoming a Marine and the chance to experience the world was something he couldn’t miss out on.Clote, now a sniper and serving as the radio operator with the scout sniper team, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, was MORE
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December 12, 2012 — CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan— Words like honor and dedication are used to describe every Marine who serves his country.Words like perfection and 100 percent reliability are words only used to describe a handful of Marines.Those are the words that superiors use to describe Cpl. Antonio Dominguez, a radio MORE
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December 06, 2012 — MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Water dripped through the cracks of an amphibious assault vehicle as the Marines and guardsmen readied their weapons for an amphibious assault on a simulated town. The AAV stopped, and the door slowly opened allowing 18 Marines and guardsmen to pour out firing blanks at role-players as they secured the MORE
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December 04, 2012 — MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A normal training day for the 3rd Battalion Singapore Guards would be patrolling through the heavily wooded jungles their homelands sweating under the midday sun. But for the past few days, the guardsmen donned cold weather gear to fend off pouring rain as they conducted live-fire familiarization training MORE
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