Posts Tagged ‘Garmsir District’

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  Future of Garmsir in Afghan Hands

  From the Trenches, Highlights  //  May 15th, 2012  //  By Cpl. Reece Lodder

  America’s Battalion Completes Final Helmand Tour GARMSIR DISTRICT, Afghanistan — In the fall of 2004, the Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment began a challenging  journey that took them to the Middle  [Read more...]

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  Operation Tageer Shamal

  From the Trenches, Highlights  //  May 14th, 2012  //  By Cpl. Reece Lodder

  GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan - The heart of Garmsir district is safe. For the past five years, coalition forces have operated with Afghan National Security Forces to defeat the insurgency in the central Helmand River  [Read more...]

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  On Patrol

  Corps Shots, Photos  //  March 15th, 2012  //  By Cpl. Colby W. Brown

  A local Afghan goat farmer directs his herd around a convoy with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment in the Garmsir district, Sept. 20, 2011. From Sept. 19 to 24, elements from Bravo and Hotel Company  [Read more...]

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  Follow the leader

  From the Trenches, Highlights  //  February 28th, 2012  //  By Cpl. Colby Brown

  GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Someone always has to go first. In Afghanistan, the Marine who goes first is the point man. He is the first to jump across a canal, enter a farm  [Read more...]

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  A Showdown in Helmand Province

  From the Trenches  //  April 5th, 2010  //  By 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl

  Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, were hooking and jabbing in Afghanistan, setting the tone for future operations in the Helmand Province.