March 31, 2004 — Seven Reserve Marines of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, received their Combat Aircrew Insignia at a squadron formation here, March 31. Many of the awardees, enlisted crewmen on Marine KC-130s, flew in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom last year, and are proving their mettle once again this year. MORE
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March 29, 2004 — Lt. Gen. Wallace C. Gregson, commanding general, Marine Forces Central, and Lt. Gen. James T. Conway, commanding general, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, were welcomed to the air station Sunday by Maj. Gen. James F. Amos, commanding general, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. The visiting generals were here to meet with Marines and Sailors and get a MORE
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March 28, 2004 — They say that the rigors of war and the stress of imminent combat allow men to form bonds of friendship that can rival the test of time. One question remains after a statement such as this. Who are "they?" This time, the "they" in question happen to be a trio of Marines. A group of three Marines who have no question in their minds about the MORE
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March 28, 2004 — The vision of war and the casualties that occur in combat have been fluttering through the minds of some Marines and Sailors since arriving in Iraq more than one month ago. "The first echelon of care the Marines and Sailors were receiving was over the counter medication," said Navy Chief Petty Officer Santiago Chavez, independent duty corpsman, MORE
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March 27, 2004 — "Doc, I don't feel so good and I don't know what's wrong." Every morning Navy corpsmen and a doctor sift through signs and symptoms related to this statement to provide the best medical care possible to Marines of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466. There are two parts to accomplishing this mission, according to Navy Lt. Alexander W. Schoofs, MORE
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March 27, 2004 — Every Marine is a rifleman. These words are drilled into the minds of recruits by drill instructors and are sealed when they enter into the operating forces of the Marine Corps. In Iraq, being a rifleman is what Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines, a reserve infantry company from Johnson City, Tenn., and 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense are doing MORE
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March 27, 2004 — "I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and MORE
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March 26, 2004 — For the past year, Army units have been eating, breathing and living desert. Now, the Marines have landed. But why did they bring a bug doctor? Navy Lt. James J. English, entomologist, Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit 2, is not your ordinary Navy doctor. Leaving the enlisted ranks after more than eight years of active duty, he wondered MORE
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March 25, 2004 — Inside the hollow walls of an abandoned aircraft bunker, Marines and Sailors gathered Thursday, to pay tribute to Cpl. Andrew Brownfield, killed in action here March 18 in the Al Anbar Province of Western Iraq. "Andy lived to make other people smile," said Cpl. Stephen S. O'Rourke, Brownfield's friend and fellow aviation ordnance systems technician MORE
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March 25, 2004 — There is a long-standing, unwritten rivalry between the different services of the American armed forces, but one thing is certain; everyone is fighting on the same team, for the same reasons. The Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting technicians and the Army's 767 Engineer Team from the Iowa National Guard work together MORE
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