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Bravo battery gives M777 baptism of fire

NEAR KARMAH, Iraq (June 28, 2007) – Marines from Bravo Battery 1st Battalion, 11th Marines are making history as the first unit to use the new M777-A1 Howitzer in combat. Executing fire missions every night in support of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, the Marines of Bravo Battery are the leading “combat research” element as the new gun is fielded.The

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Marines from Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, carefully sort hundreds of packages delivered June 28. WHen mail comes into forward operating areas, mail clerks and section leaders make minimum-delay delivery high priority. (Photo by Sgt. Andy Hurt/13th MEU) - Marines from Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, carefully sort hundreds of packages delivered June 28. WHen mail comes into forward operating areas, mail clerks and section leaders make minimum-delay delivery high priority. (Photo by Sgt. Andy Hurt/13th MEU)

Battalion Mail Box Stuffed

NEAR KARMAH, Iraq (June 28, 2007) – Imagine for a moment your mailbox is stuffed with 6,000 pounds of mail. Also imagine your family has 1,251 members, and they all live in different houses. The Marines of Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, received a mail drop June 28 of massive proportions – at least to a bystander.Standing in a

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HMM-163 keeping birds in the air

The Marines of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 (Rein) have been conducting operations out of Al Asad, Iraq since their detachment from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Although detached from the MEU, they are just as instrumental in the troop surge in support of Operation Phantom Thunder while attached to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing

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Mobile PX brings smokes, smiles to Golden

In a combat environment, smiles can be few and far between … especially when Marines are short on stimulants.Enter the Mobile Post Exchange, which brings disposable goods, personal articles, tobacco products and high-octane beverages into forward areas where the precious commodities aren’t normally available.Marines from Battalion Landing Team 3rd

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Mobile PX brings smokes, smiles to Golden

NEAR KARMAH, Iraq (June 26, 2007) – In a combat environment, smiles can be few and far between … especially when Marines are short on stimulants.Enter the Mobile Post Exchange, which brings disposable goods, personal articles, tobacco products and high-octane beverages into forward areas where the precious commodities aren’t normally

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3/1 snaps into action with vehicle checkpoints

NEAR KARMAH, Iraq (June 25, 2007) – Marines from Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines set up vehicle checkpoints (VCPs) June 21 as part of ongoing counter-insurgency operations here.Vehicle checkpoints are an effective means of gathering information, seizing contraband and locating insurgent targets throughout the BLT’s Area of

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3/1 Conducts China Shop

NEAR KARMAH, Iraq (June 25, 2007) – Marines from Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines recently began Operation China Shop, a large-scale sweep in Northern Al Anbar Province designed to disrupt insurgent networks operating in the area. Elements from the battalion, including a Light Armored Reconnaissance platoon and Marines from

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3/1 Marines conduct sweeps, observation in Al Anbar Province

NEAR KARMAH, Iraq, Iraq (June 25, 2007) – Marines of Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines spent June 13-20 sweeping for Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and setting up observation posts during their initial push through northern Al Anbar Province.Putting in long hours and enduring the scorching Iraq heat, vehicle-mounted patrols

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3/1 Marines choose to stay on board

NEAR KARMAH, Iraq, Iraq (June 25, 2007) – With 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit operations in full swing, a significant number of Marines have once more answered the call of duty by extending their current enlisted contracts. More than 200 Marines from Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines who have already served more than one combat

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Sergeant Christopher Olinger, military working dog handler with I Marine Expeditionary Force, attached to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and his dog Adja, prepare for a convoy in Al Anbar province, June 16. Olinger, a Ferndale, WA native, is on his third tour in Iraq while Adja is on her second. - Sergeant Christopher Olinger, military working dog handler with I Marine Expeditionary Force, attached to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and his dog Adja, prepare for a convoy in Al Anbar province, June 16. Olinger, a Ferndale, WA native, is on his third tour in Iraq while Adja is on her second.

Military Working Dogs Ready to Sniff it out

AL TAQADDUM, Iraq (June 16, 2007) – Sergeant Christopher Olinger, military working dog handler with I Marine Expeditionary Force, attached to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and his dog Adja, prepare for a convoy in Al Anbar province. Olinger, a Ferndale, Wash. native, is on his second tour in Iraq while Adja is on her third.AL TAQADDUM, Iraq

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