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Marines recount POW rescue operation

On a tip from an Iraqi policeman, Marines with Company D, 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion dashed through sniper fire on the streets of Samarra, Iraq, to find and rescue American prisoners of war. As they searched in the early morning hours of April 13, they felt the situation was eerily similar to the infamous 1993 battle in Somalia they

Marines maintain security in Baghdad

As the Iraqi regime continues to crumble, citizens around the country are showering American forces with praises and some protest. Along with the smiling faces welcoming American military forces there are also hostile activities going on throughout the city. Looting is still present in certain areas. Demonstrations and small arms firing are still

Marines locate enemy hideout, clear massive compound

In the midst of a sprawling complex of warehouses, factories and other various buildings, Marines with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, raided the liar of a suspected regime death squad, April 8. Marines tactically moved through dozens of buildings before finding the six-room apartment apparently being occupied by forces loyal to

Task Force Tarawa visits residents of Al Shomali

The Marines of Task Force Tarawa visited the town of Al Shomali, Iraq to help the residents rebuild an elementary school that had been occupied by local members of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party. The Camp Lejuene, N.C., leathernecks, deployed in support of the I Marine Expeditionary Force during Operation Iraqi Freedom, were greeted by the smiling,

I MEF Command Element moves closer to Baghdad

Eight separate convoys carrying everyone and everything the I Marine Expeditionary Force' command and control needs, battled through incoming fire and dense dust clouds on its way up Main Supply Route Tampa, April 5-6. The I MEF Command Element's combat operations center (COC), which controls more than 80,000 Marines, sailors and soldiers in

Gen. Franks visits Marines in central Iraq

The man running Operation Iraqi Freedom briefly visited the leathernecks, their fellow service members and coalition partners of I Marine Expeditionary Force April 7. Army General Tommy Franks, the commander of U.S. Central Command, addressed a group of Marines from a stepladder just after finishing a meeting with Lieutenant Gen. James T. Conway,

Every clime and race (Photo essay)

As coalition forces advance the continued defeat of the Iraqi regime, Marines of 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment go on about the perpetual mission of protecting the commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force and his staff. Whether in the middle of a hellacious dust storm, cold nights or sweltering hot days the men of 2/6 maintain the

Marines rested, ready to move on

The warriors of 1st Marine Division slowed their advance toward Baghdad to reenergize and take care of personal needs during the last few days of March. The break gave the Marines time to catch up on sleep largely deprived of them over the past 10 fighting-filled days. The leathernecks had fought northward from the Kuwait-Iraq border, through

Iraqis 'seeing the truth now'

Kuwaiti civilians have volunteered to help Marines and other coalition troops bring humanitarian aide to Iraqi people during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Kahlid Alanzi, who left a job with the Kuwait Ministry of Information to help, was talking to Iraqi citizens and conveying their needs before he was wounded March 27. "The situations I saw in the

I MEF roots out paramilitaries, destroys several Ba'ath party headquarters

First Marine Division conducted a series of raids and limited objective attacks into more than six towns and villages Monday in the central Iraq area to liberate the local populace from Saddam Hussein and hunt down paramilitary forces. Local villagers cooperated by providing the Marines information on the whereabouts of key Ba'ath Party leaders,

I Marine Expeditionary Force