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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

SMART-T Marines keep 2/25 connected

Communications play a key role in winning battles, and for active duty Marines supporting the reservists of 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, keeping the battalion connected is a priority.Marines from Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, have been providing secure Internet and phone access since the unit arrived here at

Local contractors building schools, economy

The smell of the smoke and the gaping windows are the only clues that the city's courthouse had been burned and looted after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. However, newly plastered and painted walls are becoming a new legacy of the stronger relationship betweens the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 and local Iraqi

VMU-1 breaks flight hour record

Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 surpassed the old standard of annual flight hours by a country mile while supporting Operation Southern Watch and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pioneer squadrons are usually allotted only 200 hours of flight time per fiscal year. To fly 1000 hours in nine months is a remarkable feat considering the unit had to

Like Father, Like Son

Before Operation Iraqi Freedom started Reserve Chief Warrant Officer 4 Robert Murlless admitted joking many times, "If a father can't take his son to war with him what kind of father is he." He doesn't joke about it anymore. Murlless and his son, Reserve Cpl. Thomas Murlless, are members of the 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company from Camp

Seabees Reclaim School For Iraqi Children

Two years ago, the Fedayeen -- paramilitary thugs that Saddam employed to keep his military and nation in line -- stole the school from the children of Iraq and used it to imprison and torture dissidents and train the village's young men who were forced into service. The normal sounds of children learning had disappeared, replaced instead by

F Co. leads raid on illegal arms market

Marines of F Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines led a raid on a suspected arms market June 21. Intelligence reports indicated vendors at the Saraj Market, located a couple of miles southeast of F Company's position, were actively buying and selling prohibited weapons after the June 14 deadline for weapons amnesty established by coalition forces.

Inaugural job fair draws thousands

The promise of jobs and a new way of life in post-Saddam Hussein Iraq brought thousands of area residents to a local soccer field June 21. The job fair, coordinated by 1st Battalion, 4th Marines and Army civil affairs officials, marked the first time a widespread attempt has been made to place Al Hillah residents in jobs. Maj. Bob J. Broody, a team

;Coalition Conference Prepares Police Leaders

The leadership of the local police force met at Karbala University here June 21, to receive training they will need to better serve the people of Karbala. Organized by the government support team comprised of representatives from the 304th Civil Affairs Brigade, an Army Reserve unit from Philadelphia, and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, the conference

Seabees rebuild Iraqi school

Rebuilding over 18 schools and municipal buildings in Ad Diwaniyah, the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 are truly living up to their motto of "With compassion for others, we build, we fight, for peace and freedom." "I'm very happy to do something like this," said Petty Officer 1st Class Hector Calderon, a builder with NMCB-4 and

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