1st FSSG units stressing vigilance against explosive convoy threats in Iraq
February 27, 2004 — With an increase in improvised explosive devices being used by insurgents in Iraq against American convoys, the 1st Force Service Support Group is squeezing in some last-minute training to spin up Marines before they roll out. Units in the 1st FSSG, whose main mission will be to deliver supplies to the I Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq, are MORE
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Software saving time for 1st FSSG buildup in Kuwait
February 26, 2004 — As Marines here continue to assemble their fleet of vehicles and stockpiles of gear, a team of 1st Force Service Support Group Marines is using some new software that could become the standard for prepostioning operations in the future. Learning from their previous deployment to Iraq, where some gear was lost in the shuffle, the Group's Arrival and MORE
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Marines tote tiny technology to field to pass time
February 24, 2004 — It used to be that a deck of cards, a paperback and good conversation was all a Marine needed to enjoy the down time of deployments. Marines and sailors have taken advantage of new smaller, more portable technology and deployed here with laptop computers, personal DVD players, handheld global positioning systems, digital cameras, MP3 players, MORE
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1st FSSG Marine barber cuts it close in Kuwait
February 18, 2004 — Outside the bustling command center for the 1st Force Service Support Group here, sounds a low hum calling to all those with shaggy (by Marine standards) hair. When the buzz ceases, a Marine throws back the tent flap and announces, "Who's next?" Outside, in true Marine expeditionary fashion, Sgt. Kimokeo K. Yogi sits his customers down in a folding MORE
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BSSG-1 offloads, keeps close tabs on gear for Marines' upcoming Iraq mission
February 12, 2004 — This week, deployed Marines of the 1st Force Service Support Group have begun emptying ships around-the-clock here, amassing the tools they'll need for upcoming missions in Iraq. Not feeling as rushed to offload gear as they were last year in preparation for Operation Iraqi Freedom, military officials are determined to keep close tabs that units MORE
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1st FSSG paving way for Iraq-bound Marines
February 10, 2004 — Lead elements of the Camp Pendleton-based I Marine Expeditionary Force currently are on the ground in Kuwait and Iraq paving the way for the expected 25,000 Marines headed back to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the coming months. The bulk of the troops - more than 1,000 as of Feb. 10, 2004, with numbers rising daily - belong to the MORE
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