Articles 3.29.2005
The LA Times (reg req'd), North County Times, CA and Orange County Register (reg req'd) have articles on the return of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force to Camp Pendleton, CA. More than 41,000 Marine, Sailors and Airmen of the 1MEF returned home, including the 2/5 Marines. The 1MEF commander, Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler, spoke to troops and reporters about their tour of duty. Some facts and observations:
- The 1MEF suffered 300 deaths and 3000 wounded during its tour
- Gen Sattler said "the Marines' strategy in Iraq has been to convert as many insurgents as possible to helping rebuild Iraq, capture those who refuse to change and kill those who continue to try to kill Americans and their fellow countrymen."
- Gen Sattler said "he is encouraged by improvements in the Iraqi security forces. A year ago, he said, there were few if any competent Iraqi troops; now there are 5,000, with the number growing." About the Iraq forces, he said: " "Once, we led and they watched. Then we were side by side. Now they are truly in the lead.""
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The California Press-Enterprise (reg req'd) has an article on programs set up for returning Marines to seek treatment for combat-related stress.
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A Marine Corps Times articles indicates that the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force officially assumed command in the Al Anbar province on 3.27.2005. Maj. Gen. Stephen Johnson is the 2MEF commanding officer, under which the 2nd BCT operates. According to the article, Gen Johnson said "he expects to see Iraqis shoulder more of the burden of Iraq’s security in the coming months."
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A Marine Corps news article follows the 1/5 Marine's chaplain, Navy Lt. Aaron T. Miller, as he traveled to each of the battalion's five companies to lead Easter services. The locations he traveled to in Ramadi were "OP-295, OP-Ghetto, forward operating base-VA, the Government Center and Camps Snake Pit, Junction City and Hurricane Point." There are 20 pictures attached to the article.
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Other articles from the region:
- BBC: Splits paralyse Iraqi parliament
- Reuters: Iraq Parliament in Uproar Over Stalemate
- Christian Science Monitor: Iraqi troop training: signs of progress
- NY Times (reg req'd): Sunni Leader Insists on Timetable for U.S. Withdrawal
- Washington Post: Leading Sunni Drops Bid for Key Iraqi Post
- Washington Post: In an Old Mosque, The Blunt Rhetoric Of the New Iraq
- USA Today: Iraqi lawmakers fail to agree on parliament speaker
- Time Magazine: A Jihadist's Tale
- The 1MEF suffered 300 deaths and 3000 wounded during its tour
- Gen Sattler said "the Marines' strategy in Iraq has been to convert as many insurgents as possible to helping rebuild Iraq, capture those who refuse to change and kill those who continue to try to kill Americans and their fellow countrymen."
- Gen Sattler said "he is encouraged by improvements in the Iraqi security forces. A year ago, he said, there were few if any competent Iraqi troops; now there are 5,000, with the number growing." About the Iraq forces, he said: " "Once, we led and they watched. Then we were side by side. Now they are truly in the lead.""
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The California Press-Enterprise (reg req'd) has an article on programs set up for returning Marines to seek treatment for combat-related stress.
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A Marine Corps Times articles indicates that the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force officially assumed command in the Al Anbar province on 3.27.2005. Maj. Gen. Stephen Johnson is the 2MEF commanding officer, under which the 2nd BCT operates. According to the article, Gen Johnson said "he expects to see Iraqis shoulder more of the burden of Iraq’s security in the coming months."
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A Marine Corps news article follows the 1/5 Marine's chaplain, Navy Lt. Aaron T. Miller, as he traveled to each of the battalion's five companies to lead Easter services. The locations he traveled to in Ramadi were "OP-295, OP-Ghetto, forward operating base-VA, the Government Center and Camps Snake Pit, Junction City and Hurricane Point." There are 20 pictures attached to the article.
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Other articles from the region:
- BBC: Splits paralyse Iraqi parliament
- Reuters: Iraq Parliament in Uproar Over Stalemate
- Christian Science Monitor: Iraqi troop training: signs of progress
- NY Times (reg req'd): Sunni Leader Insists on Timetable for U.S. Withdrawal
- Washington Post: Leading Sunni Drops Bid for Key Iraqi Post
- Washington Post: In an Old Mosque, The Blunt Rhetoric Of the New Iraq
- USA Today: Iraqi lawmakers fail to agree on parliament speaker
- Time Magazine: A Jihadist's Tale
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