CAMP AL ASAD, Iraq (July 30, 2006) -- Though a religious man, Cpl. Brian M. Henner doesn’t attribute Divine Intervention, luck, fate or destiny to the fact that he’s still alive after taking an enemy bullet to the head.
Instead, the 22-year-old U....
ZELLA, Iraq – When the Marines of the small outpost near this Euphrates River village of Iraq’s western Al Anbar Province aren’t responding to the latest shower of mortar fire, they’re doing one of two things – working out or sleeping.
When he’s....
HIT, Iraq (July 28, 2006) – U.S. soldiers serving in this city of 30,000 in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province memorialized the second U.S. soldier killed in action here since February.
Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers gathered at one of the U.S. mil....
AL QA’IM, Iraq -- More than 300 local Iraqis from Euphrates River towns near the Iraqi-Syrian border lined up at the Marines’ outpost June 27, 2006, in hopes of becoming policemen in one of Iraq’s newest police districts.
The enlistment drive mar....
CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq - After more than a month of living out of armored vehicles and combating insurgents daily near Fallujah, nearly 100 U.S. Marines recently returned to this region in western Al Anbar Province to continue security and stabi....
HUSAYBAH, Iraq - Restoration of an electric power grid and construction of a hospital for residents of this city of about 50,000 are top priorities for the government of Iraq’s Al Anbar Province, the Province’s governor recently stated.
Governor ....
KARABILAH, Iraq – Thanks to the work of Marines and Iraqi Security Forces, 800 elementary-aged girls will now have a school to attend this fall.
Marines from 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment unveiled a brand-new grade school in this city of abou....
HADITHA, Iraq - Marines operating in the Haditha-triad region recently bid farewell to Azerbaijani soldiers who have spent the past six months providing internal security for hundreds of Marines headquartered at the city’s large dam.
A change of ....
RAMANA, Iraq - Staff Sgt. Jeffery V. Escalderon experienced some of the fiercest fighting along the Iraqi-Syrian border city of Husaybah – against insurgents wielding machine guns, mortars and rocket propelled grenades.
The 36-year-old platoon se....
CAMP AL QA’IM, Iraq – When he joined the Marine Corps in 2002, Cpl. Joshua W. Dale never thought he would be using his welding experience to defeat insurgents in western Iraq.
The 23-year-old section leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Ma....
AL BU HARDAN, Iraq - Marines and sailors gathered at a small headquarters outpost near the Euphrates River to pay respects to three fallen brothers.
Two Marines and one sailor lost their lives while conducting security operations in a village near....
WESTERN AL ANBAR PROVINCE, Iraq -Iraqis from the Euphrates River villages of Al Amari, Haffha and Zella say they have never had immediate, quality health care.
U.S. Marines in the region are looking to change that.Recently, Marines and sailors fro....
BAGHDADI, Iraq -- Sgt. Andy Darnell watches the screen of a computer inside his heavily armored Humvee, tracking another convoy of Marines enroute to the U.S. military base here to replace his patrol.
As he tracks the patrol, he swats a sheet of ....
AL ASAD, Iraq (May 19, 2006) -- Since Cpl. Haider Mohammed Jender joined the Iraqi Army a year ago, he has learned how to combat insurgents and provide security to his people.
Now, the 34-year-old Iraqi soldier has completed what he says is the m....
JORDANIAN BORDER, Iraq (April 29, 2006) -- Near the Iraqi-Jordanian border, key leaders from the Iraqi Government and the United Nations met to figure out the fate of a growing number of Iraqis of Palestinian heritage who are trying to leave Iraq d....
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