Backpacks full of hope: 3rd MAW (Fwd) opens Iraqi and American Friendship Project Logistics Center
May 24, 2008 — Over 1,000 Iraqi children may soon have school supplies thanks to 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) with the launch of the Human Unity Begins project and the grand opening of a logistics center at Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron here May 19.The Iraqi and American Friendship Project Logistics Center will serve as the supply warehouse for HUB, a MORE
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Okinawa squadron puts boots on deck for first time
May 20, 2008 — Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, currently assigned to 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), is the first III Marine Expeditionary Force wing support squadron to deploy in support of the Long War. The Iraq deployment allows the squadron Marines based in Okinawa, Japan, a chance to conduct operations in an environment to which most are not MORE
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Can you hear me now?
May 18, 2008 — Communication and data exchange are vital tools in the war on terrorism.The United States’ ability to have a sustained strategic battlefield and base-to-base communication system provides all service members an advantage in everyday operations. Marine Wing Communication Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), MORE
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Navy docs extend treatment to local village
May 15, 2008 — Medical personnel attached to Marine Wing Support Squadrons 172 and 274 visited a local village to participate in a cooperative medical engagement here today. CME missions are dedicated to providing health care to local nationals who lack adequate facilities while simultaneously raising awareness on the people’s health conditions to the MORE
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HMH-462 delivers raids to Al Anbar
May 8, 2008 — Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), inserted and extracted a raid force here, today.The “Heavy Haulers,” escorted by attack helicopters from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167, 3rd MAW (Fwd), transported more than 40 service members to an Island in the Euphrates River to locate and seize weapons that MORE
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Marines, Iraqi Army give school back to children
May 8, 2008 — A multi-unit task force recently participated in a construction project here which will soon allow local children to return to school. Combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), teamed with Alpha Company, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion and the Engineer Company, 7th Iraqi Infantry Division, to MORE
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Ten to one
May 1, 2008 — He’s traveled to countries including Japan, Saudi Arabia, Hungary and Australia since his enlistment in 1982. But when he received the deployment roster for his current assignment, he noticed something unique about his upcoming duty here.Master Gunnery Sgt. Sean P. Jevning’s unit, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13, would be deploying with MORE
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