Marines maintain combat skills in Iraq
September 29, 2004 — The Marines of Combat Service Support Company 124 conducted live-fire, combat skills training for future convoy operations here, Sept. 27, 2004. The Camp Pendleton-based unit recently arrived in Iraq and is responsible for convoying critical supplies to Marines throughout the Al Anbar province. CSSC-124 is under the command of Combat Service MORE
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U.S. soldiers celebrate Native American heritage in Iraq
September 24, 2004 — The Army's 120th Engineer Combat Battalion held a Native American pow wow here, Sept. 17-18, 2004. The Okmulgee, Okla.,-based unit held the pow wow to promote cultural understanding of their heritage with other servicemembers here, while bringing a piece of home to many of the Native Americans serving in Iraq. The unit's yearlong deployment to Iraq MORE
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1st FSSG's gear maintenance, repair unit eases transition between rotating MEF units
September 24, 2004 — After more than seven months of wear and tear, many of the vehicles and equipment used by Marines in Iraq are screaming for new parts. With more than 7,700 parts serviced since Marines returned to Iraq in March 2004, the 1st Force Service Support Group's Reparable Maintenance Company has experienced a spike in business during the rotation of I MORE
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New wave of Marines provide logistical support for I MEF
September 23, 2004 — Nearly 5,000 Marines and sailors here are smiling, ready to return to their loved ones, thanks to a new wave of 1st Force Service Support Group personnel who arrived over the last month. The 1st FSSG provides logistical support for the I Marine Expeditionary Force, which is currently commanding all Marine forces operating in Iraq. The rotation MORE
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Navy nurse bids farewell to Marine son in Iraq, for now
September 23, 2004 — The last person Navy Lt. Cdr. John M. Hernandez wanted to see was his son. The senior Hernandez, 45, who was an operating room nurse for 1st Force Service Support Group's Surgical/Shock Trauma Platoon here, saw more young Marines come and go through his operating room than he would have liked. Yet, the possibility of his son's admission into his MORE
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Marine awarded for lifesaving actions on convoy
September 22, 2004 — Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lindquist was awarded the Army Achievement Medal here Sept. 15, 2004, by Army Maj. Gen. Kathryn Frost, the director for the Army Air Force Exchange Service, for saving two AAFES employees' lives. The former warehouse chief for the Marine Corps Exchange in Camp Fallujah, was awarded the medal for his quick thinking when the MORE
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Iraqi businessman’s ingenuity saves U.S. taxpayer dollars
September 20, 2004 — While fighting goes on only a few miles away in Ramadi and Fallujah, Marines are making progress on another front. During a meeting at this small Army base in central Iraq on Sept. 17, 2004, Marines and a local Iraqi contractor spoke the same language – business. The meeting - which resembled any other business meeting, except that everyone MORE
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Lejeune artillerymen provide security for Marine camps in Iraq
September 20, 2004 — The artillerymen of 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, have placed their cannons aside and picked up their rifles to provide security for I Marine Expeditionary Force units operating throughout the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. The Camp Lejeune-based battalion replaced 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, a reserve infantry unit headquartered out MORE
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Senior enlisted Marines vital to combat stress treatment, says a top military psychiatrist
September 20, 2004 — Senior enlisted Marines, vital links between troops and their commanders, are becoming a major force in dealing with combat and operational stress, said Navy Capt. William P. Nash, 1st Marine Division's psychiatrist. Nash addressed a panel of mental health experts for U.S. servicemembers in Iraq during a Mental Health Surgeon's Conference, Sept. MORE
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Marines make progress in Iraqi village
September 14, 2004 — Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, and 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, conducted a civil affairs mission by visiting residents here Sept. 12, 2004. The morning visit to the town of a few hundred was part of an ongoing effort to strengthen community relations between the Marines and the citizens of Iraq. “This is our MORE
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