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| Greece Marine presents stars and stripes to teacher
GREECE — A Greece Marine gave his former teacher something special last week — an American flag that flew above the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 6 in her honor.
Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle (10/05/2004)
 Full Story | Greece Marine presents stars and stripes to teacher
GREECE — A Greece Marine gave his former teacher something special last week — an American flag that flew above the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 6 in her honor.
Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle (10/05/2004)
Full Story | Against the norm: Bromfield grad chooses Marines over college, faces Taliban in Afghanistan
HARVARD -- A week ago, 135-pound Marine Lance Corporal John Blinn was "humping" his matching 135 pounds of field gear across barren central Afghanistan with Bravo Company, First Battalion, Sixth Marines.
Ayer (Mass.) Public Spirit (10/03/2004)
Full Story | Officer's expertise helped mission
While hunting insurgents in Afghanistan, members of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit benefited from someone with a personal understanding of the people and the land.
Jacksonville (N.C.) Daily News (09/16/2004)
Full Story | Tri-Cities Marine Injured in Afghanistan
Lance Corporal Jason Fields was injured this week while on patrol in Afghanistan.
Bristol (Tenn.) Herald Courier & Virginia Tennessean (08/31/2004)
Full Story | Fear amid the yellow ribbons
Heathcote Road on a summer day is a postcard from home as a young soldier at war might like to picture it.
New York Newsday (08/15/2004)
Full Story | 1,000 Kaneohe Marines Ordered To Afghanistan
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Oahu, Hawaii -- The number of Hawaii-based troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is going up again. A battalion from Marine Corps Base Hawaii has been ordered to the Middle East.
KITV-4 News (Hawaii) (08/13/2004)
Full Story | Marine Offensive In Afghanistan Called Unprecedented, A Shock To Taliban
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Top military leaders in Afghanistan are hailing a Marine offensive deep inside southern Afghanistan’s Uruzgan Province as the most successful operation here since the 2001 invasion.
Stars and Stripes (07/27/2004)
Full Story | On night patrol, alarms are false, but danger is real
GHAZNI, Afghanistan - It was dark when the convoy left the razorwire gate. The only light and the only comfort on this mission would come from the stars.
Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (07/27/2004)
Full Story | Many Marines From 22nd MEU Expect Brief Break To Be Followed By Iraq Duty
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Many Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit will barely get a chance to clean off the dust from Afghanistan before they find themselves chewing on Iraqi sand.
Stars and Stripes (07/27/2004)
Full Story | Meeting children of war
GHAZNI CITY, Afghanistan - The shy little girl with big almond eyes and bare feet scurried behind a mud wall as the military convoy came barreling through town.
Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (07/26/2004)
Full Story | U.S. Marines Set To Depart Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines have pulled out of a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan after killing more than 100 enemy fighters, their commander said yesterday.
Baltimore Sun (07/23/2004)
Full Story | Hunt for militants takes back seat to security as Afghanistan readies for vote
AIR BASE, Afghanistan — U.S. commanders in Afghanistan are shifting forces and resources away from the hunt for Osama bin Laden to help support Afghanistan’s upcoming national elections.
Stars and Stripes (07/18/2004)
Full Story | Frustration, excitement mingle as war simmers
TARIN KOWT, AFGHANISTAN - Bouncing across rural Afghanistan in a Humvee, Marine Staff Sgt. Steve Hazenberg read a paperback copy of Band of Brothers, the best seller about a U.S. Army company that fought in the Battle of the Bulge and helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp.
Houston Chronicle (07/12/2004)
Full Story | Marine who appeared on cover of Time reflects on war
WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- A few weeks after surging toward Baghdad with thousands of other coalition forces, Federico Diaz Martinez was walking out of a hospital and a photographer took his picture.
His face, dirty and slightly bloody, ended up on the front page of The New York Times and the cover of Time magazine - a souvenir of his three weeks at war, shared with the American public.
Raleigh News & Observer (07/03/2004)
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 VMX-22 pilot awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for OEF actions
Lance Cpl. Michael Angelo
MCAS New River
An Air Force captain assigned to Marine Tiltrotor Test and Evaluation Squadron-22 here was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross medal October 8 by the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force in a ceremony held outside the s ...
. . . (Submitted on: 10/09/2004)
|  Enlisted Griffins receive combat aircrew insignia
Sgt. Matt Preston
22nd MEU
As the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) headed toward the United States aboard the amphibious assault ships of the WASP Expeditionary Strike Group, most of the unit's Marines and Sailors were looking ahead to their long-awa ...
. . . (Submitted on: 10/01/2004)
|  22nd MEU Marines receive Purple Hearts for wounds received in Afghanistan
Gunnery Sgt. Keith A. Milks
22nd MEU
In a somber ceremony held inside Camp Lejeune's Goettge Field House Sept. 17, 13 Marines and a Sailor from Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 6th Marines were awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds sustained during combat operations in Afghanistan ea ...
. . . (Submitted on: 09/29/2004)
|  Marines relieve wing support squadron in Afghanistan
Staff Sgt. Rusty Baker
About 40 Marine Wing Support Squadron 473 Marines deployed to Afghanistan Sept. 28 to relieve and replace MWSS-471 from a seven-month tour.
The Gargoyles of MWSS-473 are comprised of MWSS-473 (Minus) from Miramar, Calif., A Detachment from Fresno, ...
. . . (Submitted on: 10/13/2004)
|  Marine wounded in Afghanistan greets MSSG-22 on North Carolina shores
Sgt. Matt Preston
22nd MEU
He was the first Marine with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit injured in Afghanistan, and he wanted nothing more than to be with his fellow Marines as they returned to Camp Lejeune.
Corporal Daniel Lasko, a motor transport operator from Easton, ...
. . . (Submitted on: 09/27/2004)
|  EOD adds high-tech tool to their arsenal
Cpl. Jeff M. Nagan
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa
For the last month, Detachment 20, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8 has been testing the capabilities of a versatile tool that has recently been added to their arsenal.
The Vanguard MK II, a mere two-foot tall remote operated robot, may ...
. . . (Submitted on: 09/26/2004)
| Vert_low.jpg) Military course helps soldiers overcome language barriers
Cpl. Jeff M. Nagan
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa
The Corporal’s Course aboard Camp Lemonier has integrated Djiboutian soldiers into its current training cycle, which started Monday, marking another step in strengthening relations between U.S. forces and the Djiboutian military.
Three Djiboutian se ...
. . . (Submitted on: 09/26/2004)
|  22nd MEU (SOC) returns home after seven-month deployment
Capt. Eric R. Dent
22nd MEU
Hugs, tears and smiles greeted the Marines and sailors of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Sept. 14-16 as they returned from a seven-month deployment spent mostly in the rugged Afghanistan terrain.
The 22nd MEU departed Camp Lejeune in mid-Feb., ...
. . . (Submitted on: 09/27/2004)
|  Tigers of 542, MALS-14 Return to Cherry Point
Pfc. James D. Hamel
MCAS Cherry Point
When the advanced party of Marine Attack Squadron 542 returned from Afghanistan, the anxious family members awaiting them felt this homecoming was long overdue.
The deployment had already gone a month longer than expected, and now as Marines’ frie ...
. . . (Submitted on: 09/22/2004)
|  22nd MEU Afghanistan Recap: Operation ASBURY PARK
Gunnery Sgt. Keith A. Milks
22nd MEU
Ever since the fall of Afghanistan's Taliban regime in late 2001, Taliban and anti-coalition militia factions have been waging a guerilla-style war against U.S., Afghan, and Coalition forces. Using ambushes and other 'hit-and-run' tactics, these terr ...
. . . (Submitted on: 09/01/2004)
|  Warrior's Night gives BLT 1/6 the chance to reflect on both success and sacrifice
Gunnery Sgt. Keith A. Milks
22nd MEU
A sea of green uniforms recently crowded the main hall of the Reflections Conference Center aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain as the leadership of Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 6th Marines gathered for its second annual Warrior's Night.
The last ...
. . . (Submitted on: 09/07/2004)
|  22nd MEU Afghanistan Recap: MEU drives stake into Taliban heartland
Gunnery Sgt. Keith A. Milks
22nd MEU
During its failed decade-long involvement in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union and its Communist Afghan allies rarely, and never successfully, penetrated the country's remote and inaccessible Oruzgan province.
During this time, and in the years of blo ...
. . . (Submitted on: 09/03/2004)
|  Volunteers clean up local boys’ orphanage
Cpl. Jeff M. Nagan
Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa
At a local boys’ orphanage, more than 50 volunteers from Camp Lemonier lent a hand to remove nearly four truckloads of scrap steel and trash Sept. 3.
The servicemembers, along with several of the boys who live at the nearby orphanage, spent more tha ...
. . . (Submitted on: 09/11/2004)
|  22nd MEU Afghanistan Recap: Operation THUNDER ROAD
Gunnery Sgt. Keith A. Milks
22nd MEU
The final major combat operation undertaken by the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) in Afghanistan kicked off on June 27 and ran through July 10.
Dubbed Operation THUNDER ROAD, the mission was a battalion-sized operation ...
. . . (Submitted on: 09/02/2004)
|  22nd MEU Afghanistan Recap: Operations THUNDERBALL & CADILLAC RANCH
Gunnery Sgt. Keith A. Milks
22nd MEU
Beginning in late May 2004 and extending into June, the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) launched a series of one to three-day cordon and search operations in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province.
The goal of these missions, d ...
. . . (Submitted on: 08/28/2004)
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