December 21, 2007 — Military men and women in eastern Kunar Province were surprised Dec. 21 by a visit from the Army’s top enlisted soldier and several celebrities at the remote Camp Blessing, Afghanistan. Sgt. Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston is hosting the sixth annual Hope and Freedom USO tour. As part of the tour, Preston arrived in Kabul late Dec. 20 with MORE
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December 20, 2007 — More than 600 military men and women stood for hours in the cold Dec. 20 for a live USO show highlighted by Kid Rock and Robin Williams performances at Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan. Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Afghanistan in the early evening after a delay en route from Iraq, bringing Williams, Kid MORE
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December 18, 2007 — Fallujah physicians and Coalition Force service members celebrated the grand opening of the first of four primary health clinics scheduled to open here, Dec. 11. Iraqi and Coalition Force medical professionals worked side by side participating in a free public health screening, serving Fallujah citizens from the Nazaal district, to introduce the MORE
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December 13, 2007 — The commanding general for Marine Forces Central Command and I Marine Expeditionary Force made a visit to his deployed Marines today – only a month after taking charge of MarCent and I MEF. Marine Lt. Gen. Samuel T. Helland arrived in Afghanistan yesterday with Marine Brig. Gen. David C. Garza, the MarCent deputy commanding general, as well as MORE
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December 12, 2007 — Residents here celebrated a success for their livelihoods, with the grand reopening of a marketplace central to the city’s economy, Dec. 1. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, and other Coalition Forces joined Garma citizens and local dignitaries in the celebration of the market reopening, marking progress MORE
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December 12, 2007 — Across the street, from where the Marines watched, an all-girl school buzzed with life as the bell rang, signaling the end to another school day. The children swarmed out into the street making their way home with an all-too-familiar expression of satisfaction with being done with classes for the day. Children roamed the streets of the Andaloos MORE
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December 12, 2007 — The Shuhada Iraqi Police station, first of many developed police stations planned to open throughout al Anbar province, opened here, Dec. 6. Iraqi police, city officials and Coalition Forces celebrated the opening of the facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the significance of the establishment and the impact it will have on the MORE
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December 12, 2007 — Open since late July, the Joint Security Station in Habbaniyah, Iraq, houses Iraqi Police and Marines of 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6. It serves as a combined operations center for the Iraqi Army, Iraqi Police and Coalition Forces in the area. It is also responsible for bringing a face to something that has been MORE
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December 02, 2007 — Fallujah residents reclaimed another portion of their lives here, Dec. 1, when songs and solemn respects paid honor to the dead in two cemeteries long off-limits due to insurgent violence. A months-long cemetery rehabilitation project, dubbed “The Love and Peace Project” by local imams, sought to clear all traces of terrorist activity from the MORE
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December 01, 2007 — Shouts of laughter echo against the walls of the old post as stories of service flow from the dozens in attendance while they sit, sipping on cups of hot coffee and reminiscing about the good old days when they were on active duty. For members of the Syracuse Marine Corps League Detachment, this is just another average meeting where they lose their MORE
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