Richard Weinmaster Cozad, Neb.
In shielding his comrades from the explosion of a grenade, Richard Weinmaster suffered severe injuries to his head, legs and abdomen and was airlifted to the United States amid uncertainty as to whether or not he could even survive his wounds. During his recuperation, he spent several weeks in Cozad visiting family, [...]
Fellow U.S. Marines escort Sgt. Michael Medina-Sanchez to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during his medical evacuation in the Nawa district of the Helmand province of Afghanistan Aug. 4, 2009. Medina-Sanchez, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3 (-REIN), 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Afghanistan, was shot in the [...]
U.S. Marine Corps and forces from the Afghan National Army now being in control of a former insurgent-held stronghold in the Helmand province, Marines beginning construction on the southernmost combat outpost and the upcoming elections in Afghanistan. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Christel Perkins.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Raphi Mercado, with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, scans the area outside Fire Base Fiddler’s Green, Afghanistan, while awaiting a resupply airdrop on July 5, 2009. The Marines are deployed to support NATO’s International Security Assistance Force and will participate in counter insurgency operations. They will train and mentor [...]
Helmand Governor Raises Afghan Flag Over Khan Neshin
Marine Expeditionary Brigade - Afghanistan
KHAN NESHIN, Afghanistan (July 8, 2009) – The Afghan national flag was raised above Khan Neshin castle in the Rig District Center July 8 for the first time, signaling the arrival of Afghan governance in the southern reaches of Helmand Province. [...]
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U.S. Marines and the Afghan national army occupying the Khan Nechion castle in south Helmand province. Scenes include a firefight between Marine and Afghan army soldiers against insurgents, various views of the castle, a Marine Corps bulldozer that hit an improvised explosive device and interviews with Marines discussing entering the Khan Nechion castle and surviving [...]
U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, right, the commander of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade–Afghanistan, talks with Lt. Col. William McCollough, the commander of 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, July 6, 2009, at Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district of the Helmand province of Afghanistan. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson, U.S. Marine [...]
Marines launch major offensive in Afghanistan
By Jason Straziuso - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jul 2, 2009 17:37:02 EDT
NAWA, Afghanistan — Marines hiked through searing heat and took fire from small pockets of militants Thursday after landing in this Taliban-controlled southern region of tree-lined fields, mud homes and crisscrossing waterways in the first major operation [...]
Landing craft air cushion 21, also known as an LCAC, from Detachment Western Pacific Assault Craft Unit 5, enters the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) while in port in Yokosuka, Japan, on June 14, 2009. U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are boarding the Essex in preparation [...]
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