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Marine Corps Support Forum - Afghanistan News Articles
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AaronsPop
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Marines' mothers turn Lititz red, white, blue
March 08, 2010
By BERNARD HARRIS, Staff Writer
With springlike weather and many American flags flying, it looked more like Memorial Day in Lititz than a Sunday in early March.
There were small flags stuck in window boxes and in flowerpots outside Main Street businesses and homes in the surrounding neighborhoods. The 8-inch-by-10-inch flags were among the 500 distributed by four Lititz-area mothers whose sons are serving in the U.S. Marines.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/marines_mothers_turn_lititz_re.htm#more
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McChrystal Details Lessons of Marjah Offensive
Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs
Story by Jim Garamone
Date: 03.08.2010
Posted: 03.08.2010 07:47
KABUL - The Taliban flag no longer flies over Marja, and the operations in the central region of Helmand province have lessons for the rest of Afghanistan, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in the country said today.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/mcchrystal_details_lessons_of.htm#more |
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Helmand Will Serve As Template, NATO Official Says
Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs
Story by Jim Garamone
Date: 03.08.2010
Posted: 03.08.2010 07:44
KABUL - Operations in Helmand province will serve as a template for future operations elsewhere in Afghanistan, NATO's senior civilian representative here said today.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/helmand_will_serve_as_template.htm#more
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Training, Investment Create Sustainable Afghan Army
Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs
Story by Ian Graham
Date: 03.08.2010
Posted: 03.08.2010 09:38
WASHINGTON - Training and financial investment are critical to helping Afghanistan's security forces become self-sufficient, a senior participant in the effort said.
Army Brig. Gen. Gary Patton, the deputy commanding general for programs with Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan, shared his insights during a March 6 "DoDLive" bloggers roundtable on how U.S. and NATO forces are supporting the training and growth of Afghan security forces.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/training_investment_create_sus.htm#more
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IJC Operational Update, March 9
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.09.2010
Posted: 03.09.2010 02:57
KABUL, Afghanistan - In Khowst last night, an Afghan-international security force searched a compound outside the village of Galyan, in the Sabari District after intelligence information indicated militant activity. During the search the joint team captured a Haqqani commander, the military leader of a substantial number of fighters responsible for planning and executing attacks against coalition forces throughout the district. Several other insurgents were captured during the search.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/ijc_operational_update_march_9.htm#more |
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Posted - 03/12/2010 : 07:51:34
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A life more ordinary in Musa Qala
March 12, 2010
Musa Qala, in northern Helmand, will shortly become the first British base in Afghanistan to be handed on to US Marines.
BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt visited the town to see whether there are any lessons to be learned.
Back in 2006, it seemed unlikely that the Taliban's then stronghold of Musa Qala, a centre of the opium trade, would be persuaded to listen to the voice of the Nato coalition and the Afghan government.
But the defection of a local Taliban commander, Mullah Salaam, helped turn the tide after a controversial deal between British troops and tribal elders to keep the insurgents out had collapsed.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/a_life_more_ordinary_in_musa_q.htm |
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IJC Operational Update, March 12
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.12.2010
Posted: 03.12.2010 03:20
KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan-international security force searched a compound near the town of Senjaray in the Zharmi district of Kandahar province today after intelligence information indicated militant activity.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/ijc_operational_update_march_1.htm
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Unfounded Allegations Against ISAF
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.12.2010
Posted: 03.12.2010 12:41
KABUL, Afghanistan – On Wednesday an international security force unit patrolling in southern Afghanistan came under small arms fire from an insurgent position. The patrol returned fire and requested support from ISAF aircraft. Reports from the patrol, after they inspected the area, confirmed that one insurgent had been killed.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/unfounded_allegations_against.htm
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IJC Operational Update, March 13
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.13.2010
Posted: 03.13.2010 11:27
KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan-international security force killed eight militants and captured a foreign fighter facilitator in Farah March 12. Three of the eight militants killed were identified as foreign fighters.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/ijc_operational_update_march_1_1.htm
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Joint Force Operation Targets Al-Qaida Leader
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.13.2010
Posted: 03.13.2010 12:52
KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan-international security force conducted an operation targeting militants while pursuing an al-Qaida commander in a rural area of the Asmar District of Kunar province early March 13.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/joint_force_operation_targets.htm
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IJC Operational Update March 14
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.14.2010
Posted: 03.14.2010 03:52
KABUL, Afghanistan - A Taliban improvised explosive device facilitator was captured by an Afghan-international combined force in Logar this morning.
The facilitator, responsible for the placing of IEDs throughout the district, was captured during a search of a compound outside the town of Lashkari Khel in the Muhammad Aghah District.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/ijc_operational_update_march_1_2.htm
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Posted - 03/14/2010 : 11:19:21
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Senior Taliban Commander Killed in Lashkar Gar
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.14.2010
Posted: 03.14.2010 04:33
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan national security forces with International Security Assistance Force partners conducted an operation east of Gavragay, Lashkar Gar District, Helmand province, Friday afternoon. Muhammad Yah, a senior Taliban commander in the Lashkar Gar area, was killed during this operation.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/senior_taliban_commander_kille.htm |
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At Afghan outpost, Marines gone rogue or leading the fight against counterinsurgency?
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 14, 2010
DELARAM, AFGHANISTAN -- Home to a dozen truck stops and a few hundred family farms bounded by miles of foreboding desert, this hamlet in southwestern Afghanistan is far from a strategic priority for senior officers at the international military headquarters in Kabul. One calls Delaram, a day's drive from the nearest city, "the end of the Earth." Another deems the area "unrelated to our core mission" of defeating the Taliban by protecting Afghans in their cities and towns.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/at_afghan_outpost_marines_gone.htm |
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IJC Operational Update, March 17
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.17.2010
Posted: 03.17.2010 03:19
KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan-international security force conducted a search and detained one insurgent near Sar Banader in the Garmsir District of Helmand province today after intelligence information indicated militant activity.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/jc_operational_update_march_17.htm |
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Afghan poppy harvest is next challenge for U.S. Marines
Posted on Wednesday, 03.17.10
By DION NISSENBAUM
McClatchy Newspapers
MARJAH, Afghanistan -- U.S. Marine Sgt. Brad Vandehei stood on the edge of the small opium poppy field that serves as a central helicopter landing zone for the new military compound that's rising nearby.
"Those are poppies, sir?" Vandehei, 25, of Green Bay, Wis., asked Maj. David Fennell as they gazed at the spiked young plants that should be ready for harvest next month. "Let's burn it down, sir."
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/afghan_poppy_harvest_is_next_c.htm |
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New Building Number System Benefits Nawa Citizens, Afghan Government
Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs
Story by Sgt. Brian Tuthill
Date: 03.17.2010
Posted: 03.17.2010 04:48
NAWA, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Usually tagging a wall with spray paint is grounds for punishment, but for Marines and sailors of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, it's all in a day's work in Afghanistan
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/new_building_number_system_ben.htm |
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Taliban using fear campaign in Marjah
By Heidi Vogt - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 20:22:02 EDT
MARJAH, Afghanistan — A month after losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban have begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its Afghan allies.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/taliban_using_fear_campaign_in.htm
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IJC Operational Update, March 18
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.18.2010
Posted: 03.18.2010 06:29
KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan-international security force searched a compound in the village of Pasab, in the Zharay District of Kandahar province, last night after intelligence information indicated militant activity. During the search the joint force detained several suspected insurgents for further questioning.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/ijc_operational_update_march_1_3.htm
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Behind the Scenes of Embarkation, Logistics
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
Story by Lance Cpl. Joshua Pettway
Date: 03.18.2010
Posted: 03.18.2010 06:24
Living in an area without food, water or shelter can make survival very difficult, especially in a hostile environment. Even in garrison, without supplies, mission accomplishment is an impossible task to complete.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/behind_the_scenes_of_embarkati.htm
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IJC Operational Update, March 19
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.19.2010
Posted: 03.19.2010 03:01
KABUL, Afghanistan – Earlier today an Afghan-international security force searched a compound near Molla Dust, in the Panjwayee district of Kandahar province, after intelligence information verified militant activity. During the search the joint force detained several suspected militants for further questioning.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/ijc_operational_update_march_1_4.htm
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SOI 05/28/09 Charlie Co. Weapons Platoon 0331
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Joint Force Discovers Large Cache in Zeerko Valley
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.19.2010
Posted: 03.19.2010 05:48
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and ISAF forces conducted an operation Wednesday in the Zeerko Valley region of the Shindand district, Herat province, capturing a prominent Taliban leader and discovering a weapons cache.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/joint_force_discovers_large_ca.htm
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Corpsmen Teach Afghan Soldiers Basic Medical Skills
Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs
Story by Lance Cpl. Dwight Henderson
Date: 03.18.2010
Posted: 03.18.2010 01:55
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Corpsmen with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, showed Afghan national army soldiers from the 6th Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 205th Corps, how to save lives on the battlefield on March 9-11.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/corpsmen_teach_afghan_soldiers.htm
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MCRD 03/13/09 Delta Co. Platoon 1070
SOI 05/28/09 Charlie Co. Weapons Platoon 0331
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Marines try to buy good will in Marjah
Goal is to persuade wavering Afghans to turn away from the Taliban
By HEIDI VOGT (AP)
updated 3:25 p.m. CT, Thurs., March. 18, 2010
MARJAH, Afghanistan — Crouched on packed earth at a barricaded Marine encampment, the village elders issued their complaint: U.S. troops had killed an innocent 14-year-old boy. Secretly, the Marines didn't believe them. No matter. They apologized, called the death a tragedy and promised to offer a condolence payment to the boy's family.
It's all part of a strategy that sometimes involves swallowing their pride in an effort to persuade wavering Afghans to turn away from the Taliban.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/marines_try_to_buy_good_will_i.htm
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MCRD 03/13/09 Delta Co. Platoon 1070
SOI 05/28/09 Charlie Co. Weapons Platoon 0331
PDS 3/7 Kilo Company Weapons Platoon
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Insurgents Killed in Badghis Operation
ISAF Joint Command
Courtesy Story
Date: 03.19.2010
Posted: 03.19.2010 03:11
KABUL, Afghanistan - An ISAF patrol in the Murqur area of Badghis province was attacked by small-arms fire from insurgents, March 17.
http://www.marine-corps-news.com/2010/03/insurgents_killed_in_badghis_o.htm |
VPD LCpl Aaron
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SOI 05/28/09 Charlie Co. Weapons Platoon 0331
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