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Three days late, Fourth of July still festive

Despite security issues that delayed Fourth of July festivities for three days, almost 1,000 members of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and Army soldiers at Camp Get Some enjoyed Independence Day in style. Competitive events and grilled chow marked the occasion in Ad Diwaniyah. The celebration was postponed so that security on the base camp and in the

New council, mayor mark new Iraqi government

Shortly after Americans celebrated the anniversary of its independence, the military governor of Najaf welcomed a new government council that will help establish democracy in one of the world's holiest Shiite Muslim cities. Before welcoming the 29 representatives that were selected by local political parties July 7, Lt. Col. Christopher C. Conlin,

Marines put on four-day show and tell

A caravan of coalition and Iraqi reporters descended upon Najaf July 6 to see how Marines are working together with the Iraqi people. Reporters and TV crews from ABC, Associated Press, Reuters, Newsweek, Stars and Stripes and Iraqi Media Network traveled on a four-day media blitz of the First Marine Expeditionary Force area of responsibility. In

Camp Babylon phoning home with aid of AT&T

Service members are more connected thanks to new telephone centers being constructed at different base camps and airfields in theater. The second of six phone banks to be constructed in Iraq was completed at Camp Babylon in time for troops to celebrate July 4. The first was constructed at the Air Force Base in Tallil and the four upcoming centers

Marines run Iraqi streets July 4th

Children cheered and even joined in as Marines, Army military police, and sailors attached to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment began their Independence Day celebrations with a run through the city streets. The run was the beginning of a day of games and food to celebrate the holiday and boost morale of the Marines who are faithfully performing

1st Marine Division on the offensive against battle stress

With the same ferociousness that the Marines battled Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard, the 1st Marine Division is making a three-prong attack against battle-related stress. A team of Navy mental health professionals from C Surgical Company, a unit of Combat Service Support Group 11, is working with chaplains and visiting units to debrief them and

International forces prepare to take charge of southern Iraq

As the Marines prepare to leave Iraq, the Polish Multi-National Division is preparing to fill in the gap. Made up of 17 countries, the division is scheduled to take over five of the seven governances currently under control of the First Marine Expeditionary Force by September. For this to happen, a lot of coordination is necessary between forces.

Rabbi brings Torah to Marines in Babylon

On the banks of the Euphrates River, a region that was once the center of Jewish culture and study, Jewish Marines and soldiers got a rare chance to celebrate the Sabbath with one of only three military Rabbis' in theater. Army Capt. Avrohom Horovitz a chaplain with 3rd Battalion 27th Artillery Regiment of Ft. Bragg, NC., was invited up to Camp

Engineers complete longest floating project in Iraq

Working jointly, Navy, Marine, and Army engineers have completed a bridge that is one for the history books. As local and military dignitaries looked on June 28, the opening of a new floating steel bridge marked the biggest project of its kind in Iraq to date. Coalition forces destroyed the bridge during the war to slow the Iraqi Army. Navy Lt.

Military, local police providing Al Hillah security

Sitting behind his desk at the Al Hillah's main police station, where he oversees the police force for all of Babil province, Kadheen Jabar Maloh wears a Philadelphia Police Department patch bearing the motto "Honor - Integrity - Service." While he likes the patch, which was a gift from an Army civil affairs reservist who brought it from his

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