December 03, 2012 — CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Growing up in southern Georgia, Cpl. Cameron Reed enjoyed the outdoors. The avid hunter got a job shortly after graduating high school working on a plantation that grew a habitat designed to attract quail. While Reed enjoyed working on the plantation and still enjoys hunting, the 24-year-old Marine wanted to try his MORE
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November 30, 2012 — MUSA QAL’ AH DISTRICT CENTER, Afghanistan – The phrase "The Few, The Proud" has been associated with Marines for years, but for one infantry company the words have a deeper meaning.Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7, are currently deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. For them, MORE
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November 30, 2012 — CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Steel Knight 2013 is an annual exercise designed to train and prepare the 1st Marine Division for deployment as the Ground Combat Element (GCE) of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). The focus of the exercise is to ensure that 1st Marine Division is fully prepared to deploy as a military force across the full spectrum MORE
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November 29, 2012 — MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Fighting forces from two nations came together to unite under one common mission. Marines serving with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, are hosting the 3rd Battalion Singapore Guards for Exercise Valiant Mark, a yearly training event conducted by the Singapore Armed Forces and 1st Marine Division.The MORE
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November 25, 2012 — AFGHANISTAN - With the end of the war in Afghanistan drawing closer, the demand for an overwhelming presence of Marines is not needed.A transition to an Afghan-led country is steadily occurring, and with that, the redeployment of U.S. forces.Afghan independence means fewer Marines in Afghanistan, but these Marines need to be accounted for and MORE
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November 19, 2012 — CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Taking on the workload of a senior noncommissioned officer is a MORE
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November 18, 2012 — SOUTHERN HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The Afghan sun beat down on the patrol and gusts of wind MORE
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November 13, 2012 — CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – As a senior in high school, Pfc. Clifford Dietrich made the decision to defend his country. A year and a half later he was on his way to Afghanistan.Dietrich, a data helpdesk clerk with Regimental Combat Team 7, graduated high school during June 2011. Four months later, he was on his way to Marine Corps Recruit Depot MORE
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November 12, 2012 — HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Major Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, Regional Command (Southwest) MORE
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November 11, 2012 — SANGIN DISTRICT, Afghanistan – Ground was broken for the start of Operation Golden Gate in the Sangin District of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 4.Marines, sailors and soldiers are working together in an effort to build a bridge more than 24 feet wide that will span more than 150 feet across the Helmand River, allowing for easy passage for the MORE
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