Story and photos by Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde
Date: 03.06.2010
Posted: 03.06.2010 02:16
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MARJAH, Afghanistan – The Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, patrol down the dusty streets of Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, aware of their surroundings and looking for any signs of trouble.
As they approach a mud house, [...]
Right to Bear Arms: Ordnance Marines Arm MAG-40
Marine Aircraft Group 40
Story and photos by Cpl. Samuel Nasso
Date: 03.06.2010
Posted: 03.06.2010 01:53
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CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – The ordnance technicians for Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 “Scarface,” Marine [...]
Video by Sgt. Jennifer Calaway, USMC
Interviewees:
• 1st Lt. Aran Walsh (USMC)
• Gunnery Sgt. Larry Trimmer (USMC)
Talks to a Reuters TV reporter about the current status of Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan, the use of improvised explosive devices by insurgents, how they can tell if they are gaining the trust of the Afghan civilians and the Afghanistan government working to lower narcotic production
Video by Lance Cpl. Nicholas Neighbors
Units Involved:
• Marine Meduim Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (US)
• Marine Aircraft Group 40 (US)
• Marine Attack Squadron 231 (US)
Interviewees:
• Lt. Col. William Depue (US), Executive Officer, Marine Meduim Tiltrotor Squadron 263
• Capt. Brian Gerschutz (US), Harrier Pilot, Marine Attack Squadron 231
• Lt. Col. Thomas Gore (US), Future Plans Officer, Marine Aircraft [...]
402nd BDE Support BN Alpha Company, 1st BN, 17th Infantry Regiment and 755th Air Expeditionary Group Explosive Ordnance demolition team, Badula Qulp, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
All photos by U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez
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U.S. Army Spc. Jorge Hopkins, of the 402nd [...]
Lt Col Cal Worth talks to a reporter from FOX about his Marines finding improvised explosive devices, insurgents not engaging the military directly, how he would grade the operation, tactics being used by insurgents and the capabilities of the Afghanistan security forces. Operation Moshtarak.
Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs
Photos by Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde
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Lance Cpl. Chris Ducharme, a mortarman with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, carefully crosses a stream while on a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2010. Marines and Afghan [...]
Part One - “Operation Moshtarak” about Estonian, Afghan and British soldiers preparing for the start of Operation Moshtarak in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The three part series on Operation Moshtarak (‘together’ in Dari) gives an inside look at one of ISAF’s biggest counter-insurgency operations since the fall of the Taliban. Video Journalist Josh Fortune [...]
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