Archive for the ‘Continuing Operations’ Category
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Journey Through the Snow (Part 3)
On the last leg of our training, we had to leave Grouse Meadows and head up to Summit, almost 1,000 feet higher in elevation. We filled in the trenches and holes where our tents used [Read more...]
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Journey Through the Snow (Part 2)
Editors note: This is the second in a three-part series written from the perspective of a combat correspondent new to cold weather and high altitude training. Our first few days were spent acclimating to [Read more...]
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Journey Through the Snow (Part I)
I’m not an infantryman. I’ve never been part of a grunt unit. But, I’ll be spending the next month with them in the wilds of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I’ve been attached to 2nd Battalion, [Read more...]
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Dogs of War: Friends and Saviors of Marines in Afghanistan
GARMSIR DISTRICT, Afghanistan— Without the Marine’s watchful eyes and his dog’s trained nose, the round metal container packed with 40 pounds of homemade explosives could have wreaked destruction on their patrol. The Feb. 8 security [Read more...]
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The L-ATV: a smoother ride for Marines
I’ve never prided myself in knowing a lot about horsepower, vehicles or engines. I didn’t have to be a grease monkey, though, to notice the difference in smoothness and maneuverability of the new Oshkosh Defense vehicle. [Read more...]
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A Marine’s Journal (Respect and Suspicion)
The explosion was loud, powerful and sudden. Instantly everyone in the Joint Operations Center (JOC) hit the floor – standard procedure for a potential rocket or mortar attack, but a new experience for me. When [Read more...]
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Through the Eyes of Infantrymen
PATROL BASE 7171, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Infantry Marines deployed to Afghanistan endure trials that Americans unfamiliar with military life cannot begin to fathom. Inclement weather, insatiable hunger, perpetual fatigue and direct combat with enemy [Read more...]
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Operation Western Gambit: Commander’s Point of View
On Nov. 26, Operation Western Gambit began. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, loaded into helicopters and trucks from their bases in Now Zad and Musa Qal’eh Districts to enter into villages where coalition [Read more...]
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Marines respond to Thailand flood crisis
Marines joined with Thailand forces in a true crisis situation on Oct. 15 when III Marine Expeditionary Force sent a task force of Marines to assist the Royal Government of Thailand in flood relief efforts. [Read more...]
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Future of the Marine Corps Afghanistan drawdown
Earlier this year, President Barack Obama announced the drawdown of 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year – that’s 10 percent of the entire U.S. force in theater with 1,000 to 2,000 [Read more...]