Leadership course in Iraq instills discipline, builds confidence for junior Marines
June 30, 2006 — Young Marine leaders received a boost of confidence here while learning some tools of the trade to help them guide their subordinates. The Marine Wing Support Squadron 374-hosted corporal's course taught 21 junior noncommissioned officers a variety of subjects to lay the foundation to take on greater responsibility in the future. "Somebody young MORE
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Logistics Marines take on insurgency to entrench Iraqi Army in Ramadi
June 29, 2006 — In recent days, the tempo of security operations have significantly increased in this insurgent stronghold. As U.S. and Iraqi forces push further into the city they plan to hold the ground they take by setting up small outposts on the insurgents' doorstep. Under sporadic small-arms, rocket and mortar fire, five Marines emplaced over 300 concrete MORE
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Logistics det delivers kitchens to Iraqi soldiers
June 28, 2006 — Iraqi soldiers living on meals ready to eat at Camp Commando, a forward operating base in Ramadi, are eating better since a mobile detachment of Marines recently delivered three convertible kitchens. Platoon sergeant Staff Sgt. Kenneth Ryals, Combat Logistics Detachment 115, said the kitchens, which resemble pop-up campers pulled by pick-up MORE
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Fallen Lancaster, Calif., Marine honored at Camp Ramadi
June 24, 2006 — A friendly and open-hearted figure in life, Cpl. Christopher D. Leon was honored here June 23 by hundreds of fellow service members, many with personal memories of the 20-year-old Lancaster, Calif., native. Leon was wounded when his team came under attack while conducting combat operations in Ramadi, one of the most dangerous cities in Iraq. He MORE
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U.S. Marines provide logistical support for Army-led operations in Ramadi
June 22, 2006 — A detachment of U.S. Marines from nearby Camp Taqaddum have mobilized to do their part providing direct logistics support for increased security operations ongoing in the city of Ramadi. As an Army-led operation is underway aimed at establishing a permanent presence of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in the violence-ridden city, Combat Logistics MORE
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Marine Corps water purification team keeps Iraqis in the fight in Ramadi
June 21, 2006 — With temperatures of 110 degrees Fahrenheit and higher becoming the norm in Iraq, the need for water becomes more apparent daily. For Iraqi soldiers at Camp Blue Diamond in the city of Ramadi, that necessity is being met by three U.S. Marines and one reverse osmosis water purification system. Called ROWPU for short, the Marines from Combat MORE
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Security Marines rely on small-unit leadership to guard convoys on the roads of Fallujah
June 20, 2006 — Braving roads frequently emplaced with improvised explosive devices is part of the job for a group of Marines who are crucial to the transportation of supplies here. Guarding explosive ordnance disposal teams who are out neutralizing deadly IEDs, providing overwatch for missions recovering damaged vehicles, and protecting the daily re-supply MORE
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Junior leaders provide logistics for Marines in Iraq
June 18, 2006 — In a far corner of the most violent province in Iraq, a small, unassuming office facilitates the inner workings of a Marine logistics battalion. Ensuring Marines of Combat Logistics Battalion 7 have what they need to get the job done falls on the shoulders of the S4 section. This critical section for the battalion is run by three junior enlisted MORE
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Navy 'Docs' celebrate 108 years of service while deployed to Iraq
June 17, 2006 — Sailors deployed in the heart of the Al Anbar province held a ceremony here June 17, to celebrate the 108th birthday of the U.S. Navy's Hospital Corps. About 50 sailors and Marines gathered in the mainside chapel to honor the Hospital Corps' 108 years of service and pay respect to corpsmen who made the ultimate sacrifice in the global war on MORE
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Medical care in Fallujah a team effort
June 16, 2006 — While convoying across the dangerous roads of Fallujah, a humvee is struck by an improvised explosive device. The blast of flames and shrapnel destroys the military vehicle and critically wounds several Marines. Immediate and potentially life-saving care is necessary; a process that starts immediately on the scene as a corpsman with the convoy MORE
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