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Military and Iraqi Agricultural Experts Exploring Date with Destiny

Iraqi, military and agricultural advisors are collaborating to determine if one of Iraq's leading cash crops will be spared from a plague of insects with modern chemicals or ancient predators. Because the eggs of the indigenous Dubas bug, which feasts on dates, are hatching now, local growers are worried that without chemical control this year's

Five remembered

A memorial service was held May 24 at Camp Babylon for five Marines who died after a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing crashed shortly after takeoff May 19 in the Shat Al Hillah Canal. Dead are: Capt. Andrew D. Lamont, 32, San Diego; 1st Lt. Timothy L. Ryan, 30, St. Louis; Staff Sgt.

School frenzy in Iraq

The legacy that some Marines hope to leave the Iraq people is not tales of heroism, but one of education, as they team with Navy builders to rehabilitate a primary school that suffered from years of neglect under Saddam Hussein's regime. Working hand in hand with the Seabees of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15, Air Detachment, a Reserve

Once a Marine, always remembered

When Marines honor one of their fallen brethren there are speeches, memorial services with the families and, at times, the media. But, knowing the personalities of our fallen Marines and understanding what happened to them could only be told by the warriors that served with him. To tell the story of Pfc. Juan G. Garza, killed by enemy fire near

Back to basic defense

While the American military is known for its high-tech aircraft and weaponry, some of the toughest battles in Operation Iraqi Freedom still came down to a Marine and his weapon. From the first push through towns in southern Iraq, to maintaining security on the many convoys traveling the supply routes north, Marines used a variety of small arms,

Babylon living

Living and working in a place rich in history is just part of the job for Marines, sailors, and soldiers of the First Marine Expeditionary Force. This is the place where Daniel was thrown in a lion's den and saved by God, according to the Old Testament. Where Alexander the Great died and, supposedly, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon stood here once.

MPs work to better Iraqi prisons

The group entered the prison with authority. Many had been in a building like this before - not as prisoners but as corrections or police officers. Still this prison looked and felt much different from what they were used to. The members of the 310th Military Police Battalion, an Army Reserve unit from New York City, were there to assess the

Combat is over but battle stress may remain

A very real battle is just beginning for some troops as they learn to cope with the memories of the carnage of war and the stress of keeping the peace in Iraq. Just as armor and gun ships were deployed to support the infantry moving to Baghdad, the military has been mobilizing forces to help the war fighters come to terms with the physical and

Seabee diver attempts rescue after helicopter crash

Battling time and the fast moving currents of a tributary of the Euphrates River, a Navy Seabee risked his life to try and save the lives of four Marines who perished after a CH-46 helicopter crashed May 19 near Camp Babylon. It began as a typical day for Petty Officer 2nd Class Jim Shaw, a utility man with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15

Real work just beginning for Marine EOD technicians;

Outside a brick factory in Al Hillah, Iraq, Marine engineer and explosive ordnance disposal specialists piled a number of Soviet-made 120 mm mortar rounds into a heap. The mortar rounds weren't recovered from a secret weapons cache, but make up part of the battle debris that inundates every neighborhood and community in southern Iraq. The mass of

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