Reserve Engineer Hopes to ‘Spark Some Innovation’ Against IED Threat
June 28, 2010 — Waiting outside a conference room in the Regional Command Southwest headquarters building, Cpl. Paul A. Spies passes the time by glancing at the wall adorned with wood-framed pictures of fallen brethren, many of whom were killed by improvised explosive device blasts. A few moments later, Maj. Gen. Richard Mills, commander of RC (SW), walks into the MORE
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Reserve Engineer Hopes to ‘Spark Some Innovation’ Against IED Threat
June 28, 2010 — Waiting outside a conference room in the Regional Command Southwest headquarters building, Cpl. Paul A. Spies passes the time by glancing at the wall adorned with wood-framed pictures of fallen brethren, many of whom were killed by improvised explosive device blasts. A few moments later, Maj. Gen. Richard Mills, commander of RC (SW), walks into the MORE
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‘Myles’ From Home: Twin Brother, Sister Reunite in Afghanistan
June 21, 2010 — Two Marine corporals who are twin brother and sister are serving in Afghanistan, a long way from their hometown of Niagara Falls, N.Y. Corporals Jordan and Jade Myles, 20, reunited after being apart for almost two years. The siblings are deployed to Afghanistan in support of the International Security Assistance Force. Jade is on Camp Leatherneck MORE
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Opportunity A’weights:’ Motor-T Operator sheds 120 lbs to join ‘the Few’
June 16, 2010 — Loaded down with personal protective equipment, an M-4 carbine and tucked behind the steering wheel of a Marine Corps “7-Ton” Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement, Lance Cpl. Clifton Perkins appeared to be right at home. This was only the second convoy the motor transportation operator had participated in since touching down in country as a member MORE
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The Two, the Proud: Marine siblings attack USMC careers, Afghanistan together
June 15, 2010 — Just a few short months ago, Lance Cpl. Yahaira Cosme, a supply warehouseman with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), was making final preparations for her first deployment: a combat tour to Afghanistan. Just down the road her younger brother Lance Cpl. Jovanny Cosme, an intelligence specialist with the 3rd MORE
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'You Can't Beat the View:' Reserve Gunner Helps Resupply Forward Troops
June 8, 2010 — It was a bit of a bumpy ride for Cpl. Thomas Hornor when he sat atop the turret of his Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle during a nearly eight-hour combat logistics patrol across the unpredictable terrain of the scorching Afghanistan desert. He and the Marines of General Support Motor Transport Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st MORE
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'You Can't Beat the View:' Reserve Gunner Helps Resupply Forward Troops
June 8, 2010 — It was a bit of a bumpy ride for Cpl. Thomas Hornor when he sat atop the turret of his Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle during a nearly eight-hour combat logistics patrol across the unpredictable terrain of the scorching Afghanistan desert. He and the Marines of General Support Motor Transport Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st MORE
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Marine Mechanics Repair Life-saving Vehicles in Afghanistan
June 8, 2010 — In the blazing Afghanistan heat, Marine mechanics can be found turning wrenches, fixing the vehicles that help keep Marines alive.Marines with Maintenance Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 15 (Forward), 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), keep tactical vehicles up and running at the Intermediate Maintenance Activities lot and repair those that MORE
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1st MLG Corpsmen Team Up to Save Lives at British Hospital in Afghanistan
June 8, 2010 — Once patients are medically evacuated from a forward operating base to receive more treatment on their injuries, they are brought to a facility like the United Kingdom Bastion Hospital, one of the largest medical facilities in Afghanistan.Doctors, nurses and Corpsmen with Surgical Company B, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group MORE
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‘Life Is Only As Good As the Road You Live On’: Marine Engineers Improve Roads in Marjah
June 4, 2010 — Marine engineers are hard at work in Afghanistan repairing roads in Marjah to make it easier and safer for Marines and Afghans to travel through Helmand province. Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), who touched down in Afghanistan in May, spearheaded a route-repairing mission that began, May 23. For MORE
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