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11th MEU EOD sweeping the streets clean
Cpl. Matthew S. Richards
11th MEU
Nervous? Yes. Wary? Always. Exhausted? Of course. Explosive Ordnance Disposal detachment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), has gathered more than 400 improvised explosive devices and more than 40,000 enemy unexploded o ...

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Marine 2nd Lt. Samantha M. Kronschnabel, a platoon commander with Charlie Company, Combat Service Support Battalion 1, applies an armbar on Sgt. Linda J. Tang, a communications chief with CSSB-1, during a female detaining, searching and escorting class at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Oct. 15, 2004. The training stems from the battalion commander's guidance, which is based on lessons learned from earlier phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The military police detachment currently has only one female on hand, but with the help of properly trained female Marines, the battalion should be able to support the detaining and searching process. Kronschnabel is a 23-year-old native of St. Paul, Minn., and Tang is a 25-year-old native of Jackson Heights, N.Y. Photo by: Sgt. Luis R. Agostini

Female Marines train to detain, search Iraqi women
Sgt. Luis R. Agostini
1st Force Service Support Group
Lance Cpl. Cydney R. Rose never thought she'd have to conduct police-like searches on potential enemy combatants in Iraq. After all, she's a warehouse chief, not a military policeman. But just in case Rose, or any female Marine, is needed to de ...

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CAMP FUJI, Japan — Marines prepare field-expedient claymore mines at a demolition range here Oct. 6. They are among more than 500 Marines and sailors with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, and Battery R, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, participating in Fuji Combined Arms Operation 05-1. The exercise is giving the Marines a chance to build combat effectiveness in a challenging and different environment. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Adaecus Brooks

CAB develops combat effectiveness at Fuji
Lance Cpl. Joel Abshier
MCB Camp Butler
More than 500 Marines and sailors from Okinawa, Japan, and Camp Lejeune, N.C., arrived here Oct. 3 to conduct Fuji Combined Arms Operation 05-1. The five-week exercise is giving Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, and Batte ...

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Sgt. Mitchell L. Hopkins, maintenance chief for 1st platoon, Company C, 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, performs maintenance checks on the weapon systems of an amphibious assault vehicle. Photo by: Cpl. Randy Bernard

Mechanic's hobby keeps vehicles in the fight
Cpl. Randy Bernard
1st Marine Division
The hulking vehicles of 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion endure extreme wear and tear in the deserts of Iraq. Sergeant Mitchell L. Hopkins, the maintenance chief for 1st platoon, Company C, 2nd AAB, works at keeping these armored brutes roaring a ...

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CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan –- Seventh-grader Ben J. Hall, 13, looks down the side of the rappel tower as Cpl. Michael F. Shirley instructs him how to keep his legs straight here Oct. 13. Shirley was among six Marines with Special Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, who taught 21 Lester Middle School students how to build self-confidence through rappelling. Shirley is an HRST instructor with SOTG. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Joel Abshier

Marines teach middle school students to rappel
Lance Cpl. Joel Abshier
MCB Camp Butler
A seventh-grade student moves closer to the top edge of a 65-foot rappel tower while looking at a Marine rappelling instructor. The 12-year-old says, “I can’t do it,” but the Marine from Special Operations Training Group reassures the young man th ...

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Flanked on the left and the right by Lt. Col. Ned Dachman, from PM Ammunition and Sgt. Drew Tippin, Infantry Weapons Systems, respectively, Maj. Richard Hollen, Infantry Weapons Systems, donned the uniform of a Colonial Marine during the filming of the Marine Corps Systems Command video. Built around a historical timeline, the video shows off some of the equipment headed for the operating forces. Photo by: Braun Film and Video

Systems Command releases educational video
Maj. Robert C. Crum
Marine Corps Systems Command
Marine Corps Systems Command recently released a video highlighting the latest equipment headed to the operating forces. Coinciding with the Marine Corps Birthday season, the 16-minute program, produced by SysCom and Braun Film and Video, sheds l ...

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Lance Cpl. Scott M. Spaulding, 20, a native of Riva, Md., and a member of the 4th Civil Affairs Group, 3rd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, takes part in a continuous effort to help the town of Al Sitcher, Iraq, by handing out school supplies to the Iraqi children in the community Oct. 12. Photo by: Lance Cpl. Miguel A. Carrasco Jr.

Marines reach out to local community
Lance Cpl. Miguel A. Carrasco Jr.
1st Marine Division
Marines of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, traveled to this small town near Fallujah Oct. 12 to visit locals and discuss ongoing and future community projects in the area. Since replacing 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Re ...

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Haters defenders drag down Raiders wide receiver Davian McKnight for a two yard loss late in the game. The Haters scored two second half touchdowns to win the rematch 19-6. The Raiders have two games left before the playoffs start Nov. 4.
Photo by: Cpl. Megan Stiner

Haters capture victory 19-6
Cpl. Megan L. Stiner and Cpl. Jared Plotts
Marine Forces Pacific
The 3rd Radio Battalion Haters finally put one in the win column as they beat the Camp Smith Raiders 19-6 at Pop Warner Field Wed. The Raiders offense looked promising at times under the play of new quarterback Daniel Turner, but dropped passes an ...

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Col. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., commanding officer of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, awards Sgt. Doug Rumick, a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 flight mechanic, the Air Medal for his service in Afghanistan in support of the MEU's combat operations earlier this year. Photo by: Sgt. Matt Preston

VMGR-252 Marines decorated for service in Afghanistan
Sgt. Matt Preston
22nd MEU
A number of Marines from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 who supported the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) in Afghanistan were recently decorated during a ceremony in Cherry Point. Col. Kenneth McKenzi ...

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Lance Cpl. Luke Alsup uses a wrench to loosen the bolts that hold the exhaust system of his dragon wagon in place in order to replace the old system. Photo by: Sgt. Jereme L. Edwards

1/12 guarantees mission goes on
Sgt. Jereme L. Edwards
MCB Hawaii
Most infantryman have come to rely on the power of the M198 howitzer for suppression of the enemy and support at one time or another, whether it be in actual combat, or during a training exercise at one of the Marine Corps’ various training facilitie ...

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