March 07, 2008 — Operation Iraqi Freedom is only one American-led operation in the Global War on Terror. The “War in Iraq” is an Iraqi-led war against the extremists who have invaded their country. From the initial invasion of Iraq to the drop in violence that has recently occurred, fighting those terrorists, whether Al-Qaeda in Iraq or native insurgents, has MORE
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March 04, 2008 — The Marine Corps officially unveiled its new running suit to Marines assigned to the Wounded Warrior Regiment at the National Naval Medical Center here Feb. 29.Marines from the Wounded Warrior Regiment, to include those at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, were the first to receive the new gear, according to guidance set by Marine Corps Commandant MORE
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March 04, 2008 — Fifteen Marines live cramped into two small rooms in a school that has been converted into the headquarters of an Iraqi Army battalion. The Marines, members of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team, have been living, working, eating, sleeping and fighting alongside their Iraqi counterparts since arriving MORE
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March 04, 2008 — Capt. Muhammad Karim Muhammad reclines on a sofa in what serves as the dining room for the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division. He and the other members of the battalion staff have just finished their evening meal with their advisers from the Marine military transition team that lives with them, and they are watching Iraqi MORE
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March 04, 2008 — Under the shade of blooming peach trees the soldiers of the Iraqi Army’s 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division are patrolling through the orchards and vineyards of Iraq’s “Breadbasket.” Since coming to Diyala in early January, the battalion has been part of a major push to finally rid the province of Al Qaeda in Iraq and other MORE
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March 01, 2008 — The middle of a Midwestern suburb is not the typical area to spot a wild cat native to the mountains of the Northwestern U.S., but a sergeant with the 9th Marine Corps District calls one such exotic feline her pet. Sgt. Ashley M. Lorenc, 25, an administration clerk with the district headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., is a happy guardian of a MORE
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February 17, 2008 — In a beautiful compound here in the capital of Al-Anbar Province, sheikhs from several Anbari tribes, generals from the Iraqi Army and Police and the senior adviser of the 1st Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team gathered for a meeting with the head of Sahwah Al-Iraq (or "Awakening Council"). The meeting was to discuss developments in MORE
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February 16, 2008 — Over the last year, the Iraqi Army has been instrumental in improving the security and stability of al-Anbar province. One of the keys to their success has been the willingness of Marines to live, work, sleep, eat and fight side-by-side with their Iraqi counterparts. But the reduction in violence here in Anbar over the last year has allowed MORE
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February 09, 2008 — Brig. Gen. Melvin G. Spiese, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., commanding general, said Mountain Viper is the best mountain warfare pre-deployment training package the Marine Corps has conducted to date. Spiese commented on the training during his visit to Hawthorne Army Depot in Hawthorne, Nev., Feb. 9, 2008, where MORE
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February 06, 2008 — There’s not much that can stand in the way of U.S. Marines nowadays. Walls, buildings and even complex terrain haven’t been much of a match for Marines lately. In fact, Marines are still honing their field skills to overcome these obstacles more conveniently and effectively. From Feb. 1–6, 2008, Marines and sailors with Embedded Trainer Teams MORE
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