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Photo: A Marine Special Operations Team member fires a M240B machine gun during night fire sustainment training in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 28, 2013. Marine Special Operations Team members are deployed in Helmand province to train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau

Worth A Thousand Words: Suppressive Fire

Posted on April 10, 2013 by bniegel

A U.S. Marine special operations team member fires an M240B machine gun during night fire sustainment training in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 28, 2013.
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Posted in Medical Monday, Rotator, Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged Afghan National Security Forces, Afghanistan, ANSF, deployed, M240B, M240B Machine Gun, machine gun, Marines, Medical Monday, night fire sustainment training, Special Operations Team, U.S. Marine Corps, US Marine, Worth a Thousand Words | Leave a comment

Episode #137: Weekly News Roundup for May 25, 2012

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Bradley Cantor

In “This Week in the DoD” for May 25: The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are merging their health records into what will be the world’s largest electronic health system. The new system, which will be fully operational by 2017, will …
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Posted in DoD News, Emerging Media | Tagged Afghanistan, ANSF, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chicago, Congress, Department of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, General John Allen, General Martin Dempsey, health, healthcare, hillary clinton, International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, Law of the Sea, Leon Panetta, Marine, maritime, medical records, medicine, NATO, ocean, Pakistan, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, treaty, VA | Leave a comment

No Short Days, Just Short Nights

Posted on April 8, 2012 by jtozer

Story by Spc. Chelsea Russell From Regional Command Southwest ZARANJ, Afghanistan – Despite all the bad things that can happen during a deployment, Marine Corps Col. Michael Gann, the II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) operations officer for Afghan National Security Forces …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged 2nd MarDiv (Fwd.), 2nd Mari, 2nd Marine Division (Forward), Afghan National Security Forces Development Division, Afghanistan, ANSF, C-10, Camp Leatherneck, Camp Lejeune, Helmand province, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, II MEF (Fwd.), RC(SW), Regional Command Southwest, Zaranj | Leave a comment

Afghan Soldiers Become Medics Under Guidance of ‘America’s Battalion’

Posted on March 17, 2012 by jtozer

Story by Cpl. Reece Lodder From: Regimental Combat Team-5, 1st Marine Division FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELHI, Afghanistan — Facing his student on the opposite side of a makeshift wooden trauma table, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell McGill watches intently as …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged 3/3, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Afghan National Army, Afghan National Security F, Afghan National Security Forces, Afghanistan, America's Battalion, ANA, ANSF, coalition mentorship, COIN, combat camera, combat correspondent, counterinsurgency operations, Cpl. Reece Lodder, deployment, Garmser District, Garmsir District, GIROA, Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Helmand province, International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Marines, medic, medic course, medical, mentor, mentoring, NATO, OEF, Operation Enduring Freedom, photographer, public affairs, Reece Lodder, writer | Leave a comment

Episode #126: Weekly News Roundup for March 9, 2012

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Ian Graham

In “This Week in the DoD” for March 9: Army Sgt. Maj. William O. Wooldridge, the first Sergeant Major of the Army, has passed away. Wooldridge, who served in the Army for more than 30 years, received two Silver Stars …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged 101st Airborne Division, Afghan National Security Forces, Afghanistan, ANSF, banks, disaster, foreclosure, fort Campbell, fraudulent, Governor Mitch Daniels, Henryville, History, housing, Indiana, ISAF, Kentucky, lenders, Leon Panetta, Major General R. Martin Umbarger, mortgage, NATO, Naval Heritage and History Command, President Barack Obama, Quran, Secretary of Defense, Sergeant Major of the Army, settlement, Taliban, tornadoes, U.S. Navy, U.S.. Army, weather, William O. Wolldridge, women, Women's History Month, World War II | Leave a comment