Marines Help Iraqis Unload Fuel
August 28, 2003 — Marines of Bulk Fuel Company, Combat Service Support Group-11 recently began taking their skills to the local railway station and fuel depot. There they unload up to 200,000 gallons of diesel fuel per day for the citizens of Ad Diwaniya. Combat Service Support Group-11 has been filling more than 200 vehicles per day with up to 30,000 gallons of MORE
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Mortuary Affairs: We Take Care of Our Own
August 25, 2003 — After we lose servicemembers in a war, many do not think about who gets them back home. For those Marines who died during Operation Iraqi Freedom, there is a small, virtually-unknown company of reservists who answered the call.Mortuary Affairs (MA) Company, Combat Service Support Group-11, has been tasked with the sometimes-difficult job of MORE
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Tending to the Affairs of Civilians
August 23, 2003 — Marines of 3rd Civil Affairs Group, Combat Service Support Group-11 have been helping the citizens of Ad Diwaniya, Iraq by providing jobs, providing security and distributing donated items to the poorer parts of the community since they got here. Combat Service Support Group-11 occupied the Al Qadisiya University campus the last week of March and MORE
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MEF Cell Sends Everyone's Gear Home
August 20, 2003 — The Marines are happy. They are happy because in a few short weeks, their stay in Iraq will be over. They are happy because they get to return to their families and relax. They are happy because they don't have to worry about how their combat equipment gets back to Camp Pendleton. The last job belongs to the small detachment of Marines of I Marine MORE
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Military Police Search Outgoing Marines
August 20, 2003 — Marines of 1st Force Service Support Group have been tested many times and in many ways during the past six months of Operation Iraqi Freedom. A few of those areas are physical and moral courage, determination and leadership. Prior to returning home, they have one more test to pass customs. Military Police Company C, Combat Service Support MORE
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New CG visits 1st FSSG Troops in Iraq
August 12, 2003 — The new Commanding General of 1st Force Service Support Group, in command for less than a month, wasted no time in visiting with his Marines and sailors in Kuwait and Iraq. The local area commanders took Brigadier General Richard S. Kramlich, along with the senior enlisted Marine and Sailor of 1st FSSG, Sergeant Major Jerry Cole and Command Master MORE
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