DoD employee facilitates donation of needed items in Iraq
May 10, 2006 — Many service members deployed to a combat zone receive wounds and injuries that require medical attention from Al Asad Surgical. Unfortunately, the doctors and nurses are forced to cut the uniforms off of these injured men and women, thereby causing them to lose one of their very limited pieces of clothing. One man wanted to help. Larry Murray, a MORE
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CBRN trains against chemical agent attacks in Al Anbar desert
May 9, 2006 — The Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 16 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducted training April 25, in Al Asad, Iraq, to enhance their skills under varied conditions. The CBRN Marines have in place an incident response team to deal with situations that involve the use of the four agents. MORE
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MWSS-374 Marines awarded Purple Heart in Iraq
May 8, 2006 — Two Marines were awarded Purple Hearts May 1 for injuries received during an improvised explosive device attack in the Al Anbar province. Staff Sgt. James N. Wheeler and Lance Cpl. Matthias E. Knudsen, both with the military police, sustained shrapnel injuries during an IED attack March 3. "We were out on an IED call," said Wheeler, referring to MORE
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Gunrunners support air, ground forces at Al Asad
May 5, 2006 — A distinctive beating is heard overhead as two attack helicopters circle ground forces patrolling the western Al Anbar Province of Iraq. The slim, grasshopper-like powerhouses and barrel-chested gunships belong to the pioneers of close air combat support, the Gunrunners of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269, Marine Aircraft Group 16 MORE
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Red Dragon ordnance Marines maintain offensive, defensive firepower
May 4, 2006 — A line of tracers and a corkscrewing missile flash up from the ground a thousand feet below a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, which immediately takes evasive action. Trailing bright sparkles of light emit from its aft sections, as a gout of flame spits from its side-door machine gun. Saving the helicopter from enemy fire are the flying skills of its MORE
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Entry Control Point, first line of defense for vehicle traffic entering Al Asad
May 3, 2006 — Waves of heat blur the details out of the sandy road stretching off into the distance, as several Marines remain alert behind their crew-served weapons and surveillance positions. The Entry Control Point 1 falls under Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 109th Mechanized Infantry, Marine Wing Support Group 37 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. The MORE
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Vipers assume responsibility over Al Anbar skies
May 1, 2006 — The Vipers of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 assumed authority from the Gunfighters of HMLA-369, for providing close air support, escort, surveillance, and reconnaissance to coalition ground and assault support forces in western Iraq. Having been in Iraq for less than two weeks, the Vipers, part of Marine Aircraft Group 16 MORE
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Iraq's wild west tamed by Gunfighters' deadly ordnance
May 1, 2006 — More than 100 years have passed since the fastest pistol-drawing gunfighters dominated the saloons and streets of the American West. Halfway around the world, a different kind of gunfighter is leaving its own mark on insurgent forces in Iraq's own wild west, the Al Anbar province of Iraq. Known as the Gunfighters, Marine Light Attack Helicopter MORE
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