July 27, 2006 — Service members and civilians across the base participated in a half marathon July 23, in Al Asad. 1st Lt. Kaleb J. Harkema, signals intelligence officer, Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing the idea of, inspired the half marathon. It was a way for his unit to celebrate reaching the halfway point in their yearlong MORE
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July 27, 2006 — Challenges in a combat zone come in many different shapes and sizes, but the Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 battle these challenges head-on and always get the job done. While deployed, MWSS-274, Marine Wing Support Group 37 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, has taken on several tasks that have been postponed due to the obscure MORE
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July 27, 2006 — Professional cheerleaders from the National Football League performed a two-and-a-half-hour routine at the base theater at Al Asad July 20. The Denver Bronco cheerleaders visited several bases throughout the country to show their appreciation to the military. According to Kari L. Gratz, tour manager for the cheerleaders, the girls really wanted to MORE
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July 25, 2006 — A new dining facility, looking much like an economy-sized grocery story, opened at Al Asad July 16. The new facility, called Warrior Hall, was needed due to the personnel increase across the base, according to Warrant Officer Fredrick L. Hunt, food service officer, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. "Since the base population will increase in the coming MORE
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July 17, 2006 — In the heat and different conditions of Iraq's war-torn environment, Marines are often consumed by their extreme work loads and the monotony of completing the same tasks over and over each day. One cure that they have discovered to counter their never-ending jobs out here was softball. After competing in two separate leagues of the game, the MORE
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July 16, 2006 — As the sun sets ending another hot desert day, 'Ironmen' with wrenches, air tools and jacks begin their nightly duties of changing tires, belts, engines and transmissions so ground forces can keep operating during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The mechanics of Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, Marine Aircraft Group 16 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine Aircraft MORE
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July 16, 2006 — A piece of camouflage netting flaps in the powerful winds gusting by the lone tower. Two Marines inspect the distant sands of the desert with a pair of incisive eyes to catch anything unusual around the perimeter of Al Asad. The tower sentry Marines around Al Asad's fence line with 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, MORE
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July 16, 2006 — Small-arms fire sprays from a four-story building; the Marines on the ground stop and take cover, returning fire upon the building. The forward air controller calls in air support. A few minutes later, an AV-8B Harrier flies over the building housing the insurgents releasing a 500-pound bomb. The building crumbles to rubble, courtesy of the MORE
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July 12, 2006 — From navigating the jungles of Vietnam to surviving the deserts of Iraq, one warrior has been a part of almost every major campaign that the Marine Corps has had in the past four decades. Marines with Task Force Military Police, 1st Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, honored Chief Warrant Officer 4 Wayne H. Silva for his 40th anniversary in the MORE
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July 10, 2006 — Under the direction of a lone Marine standing in its path, a deafening EA-6B Prowler taxis to a stop. With their electronic warfare mission accomplished, the flight crew turns responsibility for the aircraft over to the powerline division Marines with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2, Marine Aircraft Group 16 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine MORE
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