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Fire for effect; Mortars platoon drops rounds over A.P. Hill
Lance Cpl. James W. Clark
FORT A.P. HILL, Va. - Mortarmen from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division recently took to the ranges aboard Fort A.P. Hill, Va., to hone their indirect fire skills using their M252 81mm mortars.
Although i...
[Submitted On: 10/09/2009]
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Botswana Defense Force official visits North Carolina Marines
Cpl. Bobbie A. Curtis
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Maj. Gen.Otisitswe B. Tiroyamodimo, deputy commander of the Botswana Defense Force, visited with Marines in North Carolina, Sept. 30, 2009, as part of a multi-stop tour of the U.S. military's installations.
According to a...
[Submitted On: 10/05/2009]
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Riding in style; 1/6 trains for heliborne operations
Lance Cpl. James W. Clark
FORT A.P. HILL, Va. - It feels more like a line for a ride at an amusement park than a training exercise for the Marines of 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. Instead of holding tickets or tokens, they wait holding weapons an...
[Submitted On: 10/05/2009]
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It’s a counter-insurgency, stupid
Golnar Motevalli, Reuters
On a recent embed with U.S. Marines in a remote spot of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, the Taliban, or Taliban-linked insurgents, seemed so elusive and invisible that it was easy to doubt whether they actually existed....
[Submitted On: 10/30/2009]
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Hammer of the battalion: Weapons Company rolls through humvee attack course
Lance Cpl. James W. Clark
FORT A.P. HILL, Va. - As the Marines drive their humvees down the road on patrol, they suddenly find themselves in the grip of an enemy ambush. Throwing dust and gravel into the air, the Marines pull their four humvees off the dirt road to allow M...
[Submitted On: 10/05/2009]
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Dawn to dusk and then some; 1/6 takes part in day and night squad attacks
Lance Cpl. James W. Clark
FORT A.P. HILL, Va. - Advancing through the densely packed tree line quickly and quietly, the Marine infantrymen stepped over rotting logs and pushed aside low hanging branches, apparently unaffected by the many pounds of cumbersome equipment th...
[Submitted On: 10/05/2009]
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Spouses of 1/2 get a feel for Marine Corps life
Pfc. Franklin E. Mercado
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Marines train on a daily basis - they head to the ranges to sharpen shooting skills, test their endurance at the obstacle course, suffer through days of eating meals ready-to-eat, and spend days on end wearing heavy body armor...
[Submitted On: 09/25/2009]
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