August 29, 2010 — The storied bond between Marines has proven one of the greatest strengths in combat for the world’s finest fighting force. Two Marines serving here have strong roots that fuse them tighter than the title they share.They’re not quite blood brothers, but might as well be. They became inseparable since their parents started dating in 1996. And MORE
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August 27, 2010 — The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) proved its versatility and flexibility as they stepped up to support the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit on its way to Pakistan – without compromising its already-intense combat operations support.The Marines of 3rd MAW (Fwd) spent about a week preparing before the first helicopter and Marines with Marine MORE
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August 22, 2010 — Marines on their way to Pakistan began arriving here Aug. 22 for a brief pit stop to prepare their helicopters for humanitarian relief missions.Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, will spend the next several days preparing four CH-53E Super Stallions for future missions in Pakistan with assistance from MORE
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August 16, 2010 — In a country covered with vast deserts, lined with harsh mountain ranges and crawling with Taliban, moving by land is not always a viable option. That’s why two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), swooped into helicopter landing zone Barton, Aug. 16, to deliver a 17-man MORE
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August 16, 2010 — After two months of operations aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, approximately 200 Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 “Death Rattlers” returned to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Aug. 7 and 8. The USS Ronald Reagan transported the Marines, who left for Hawaii June 16, to Naval Air Station North Island where family and friends waited to MORE
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August 13, 2010 — Cpl. Randy Rivera’s story reads like a movie script. It is a tale of poverty, sacrifice, drugs, violence and danger. From the crime-infested streets of Bronx, N.Y., to the archaic Puerto Rican countryside, Rivera has seen and lived what most couldn’t imagine. Instead of settling into the expected role of a poor male raised in the slums, he found MORE
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August 11, 2010 — An Afghan gentleman begged a squad of Marines, out for a routine visit to a village in southern Afghanistan, to come to his nephew’s rescue. They entered the man’s compound and found a 10-year-old boy curled up in pain from severe burns over his back. This was a whole new mission for a group of warriors who normally spend their days training MORE
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