July 31, 2004 — In a spirited battle for the title of Al Asad's top softball team at O'Doul's Field here, July 24, personnel from Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, triumphed 16-10 over the team fielded by Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, MACG-38. The final game was the culmination of more than 40 MORE
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July 31, 2004 — To ease the dismay many deployed servicemembers experience when serving far from family and friends during their birthdays, the Marines and Sailors of Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, have decided to transform the situation into a monthly celebration here. According to Lt. Col. Patrick MORE
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July 30, 2004 — The Marines of Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, have made landing here safer and easier, thanks to the arrival of more than 5,000 cubic feet of gravel. According to Sgt. Francisco Uribe, ground support equipment non-commissioned officer-in-charge, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261, Marine MORE
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July 30, 2004 — Marines and Sailors from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing arrived here more than three weeks ago to assist the 1st Marine Division with the build-up of a strategic forward operating base. According to Gunnery Sgt. Alain Vargas, staff non-commissioned officer-in-charge of Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd MAW personnel MORE
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July 23, 2004 — For the more than 25,000 Marines and Sailors deployed here in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the hardest part of serving in a war zone might not be the duty itself, but instead, the war-related internal conflicts they may need to deal with before returning to their loved ones. The decompression brief, also known as the Warrior Transition MORE
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July 22, 2004 — Gen. Michael W. Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps, visited the Marines and Sailors of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing here July 20, bringing words of encouragement, as well as getting a first hand look at the work that is being done and that has been done since his last visit here. "I came out here to increase my situational awareness, so I can better MORE
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July 20, 2004 — Naval Medical Research Unit 3, based out of Cairo, Egypt, arrived here with a team of examiners in order to collect and test stool samples to determine if behaviors or immune markers contribute to the way diarrhea affects different people. The researchers explained that the study would be particularly beneficial to the military because diarrhea can MORE
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July 16, 2004 — Gusting winds, oppressive heat and jagged, dusty terrain provided a fitting backdrop when the Marines of the Tactical Air Command Center Security Force, Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, attacked a combat fire and maneuver range here, July 10. Firing the white star cluster flare and the M240G medium machine gun from a MORE
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July 14, 2004 — Even if the distinctive facial features, identical rank insignias and name tapes didn't betray their family ties, just observing the sibling rivalry between 1st Lts. Frederik J. Easterly, aide de camp to the commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and Anja M. Easterly, adjutant, 9th Communications Battalion, Headquarters Group, 1st Marine MORE
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July 10, 2004 — Assigned a multitude of jobs and only a handful of Marines to complete the tasks, a detachment of Marines from Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 4th Marine Division, are up to the challenge here. The motor transportation Marines provide vehicles, maintenance, and training for Company L, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Marine Wing Support MORE
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