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Secretary of the Navy visits Afghan training center
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabusvisited Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest aboard Camp Leatherneck,
Helmand province, Sept. 20, to witness first-hand the ongoing training of
Afghan National Security Forces. (more) (watch video)
By Cpl. Daniel Wulz, Regional Command Southwest
A sandstorm, IED and the squad that overcame
GARMSIR DISTRICT, Afghanistan - In late May, an explosionchanged the lives of a squad of Marines in Charlie Company, 1st
Battalion, 3rd Marines.(more)
By Cpl. Colby Brown, Regimental Combat Team 5
Commandant of t he Marine Corps visits RCT-5
Marines and sailorsCAMP DWYER, Afghanistan - Gen. James F. Amos,
Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to Marines and
sailors with Regimental Combat Team 5 while Sgt. Maj.
Michael P. Barrett, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, looks
on here, Sept. 22.(more)
By Regimental Combat Team 5
Weekly Report, September 24, 2011
The following content summarizes a week’s worth of activity from Regional Command Southwest, commanded by Maj. Gen. John Toolan and coveringHelmand and Nimroz Provinces, Afghanistan. The content was created by Marine Corps Combat Correspondents, Navy Mass Communication SpecialistsCombat Camera and personnel with UK media operations under Task Force Helmand. Feel free to forward our stories to family, friends and loved onessupporting those who are deployed.
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Coalition forces deny insurgency movement, money in Afghanistan
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Afghanistan -- Military experts
have long-deemed limiting the enemy’s movement as vital to an effective
campaign.(more)
By Cpl. Brian Adam Jones, 2 nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Gunners develop Afghan Army skills
Commando Gunners from 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery have helped
the Afghan National Army (ANA) develop patrolling, casualty-handling and
searching skills to the extent that the ANA can now run checkpoints and carry
out patrols on their own. (more) A UK military operations news article
Through the Lens: A Photographer’s View of a British P atrol
NAHR-E SARAJ, Afghanistan -- Join a combat correspondent for a look at
photography on patrol alongside gunners with the British Army’s 29
Commando, 3 Commando Brigade. (watch video)
By MC2 Jonathan Chandler, Regional Command Southwest
‘Lone Star Battali on’ finishes Afghan deployment, passes torch to
‘New England’s Own’
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – As the summer sun set on Camp
Leatherneck, Helmand province, Sept. 13, it also set on 1st Battalion, 23rd
Marine Regiment’s time in Afghanistan. (more) (watch video)
By Cpl. Bryan Nygaard, Regional Command Southwest
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Toolan thanks money-saving 2nd MLG Marines
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Two money-saving Marines
with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) Circuit Card Repair
section were recognized for a job well done during Maj. Gen. John
A. Toolan’s visit to the Intermediate Maintenance Activity lot aboard
Camp Leatherneck, Sept. 17.(more)
B y Sgt. Justin Shemanski, 2 nd Marine Logistics Group
Voices of Religious Tolerance speak in Garmsir
GAMRSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan — More than
100 district and community leaders from Helmand province
attended the Voice of Religious Tolerance reunion shura here,
Sept. 14. (more)
By Cpl. Colby Brown, Regimental Combat Team 5
Lifeline: Marine KC-130Js resupply the fight in Afghanistan
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - When supplies run thin at forward
operating bases peppering the Helmand River valley, reassurance often
comes with the strong hum of a Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules.(more)
By Cpl. Justin Boling, 2 nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Plymouth soldiers use advice from Devon Police in Helmand
For the past few months a group of Commando Gunners have been
putting the advice they received from civilian police in the UK into
practice as they mentor members of the Afghan Police in Helmand.
(more)
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Marines train police of Now Zad to independence
NOW ZAD, Helmand province, Afghanistan - In the wild west, a
sheriff and his deputies brought justice to an otherwise lawless land.
Hollywood has depicted a small group of men with long rifles and
badges fighting against gangs of unruly outlaws usually wanting
something from the town and taking it by force.(more) (watch video)
By Lance Cpl. Clayton Vonderhae, Regimental Combat Team 8
Afghan government, coalition forces build for a
better education
GARMSIR DISTRICT, Afghanistan - Pencils, paper and
backpacks are piled high in the corner of a school office.
Down the hall, local children eagerly wait on the edges of
their seats. The District Governor, District Chief of Police
and local Kandak Commander, aided by elders and local
farmers, grab fistfuls of pencils, stuff the backpacks full and
walk to the entryway of the classrooms. (more)
By Cpl. Colby Brown, Regimental Combat Team 5
Eye in the sky, RCT-5 conducts air interdiction drill
CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Marines with
Regimental Combat Team 5 and Charlie Company, 1st Battalion,
25th Marine Regiment, conducted an Air Interdiction Force
exercise here, Sept. 18. (more)
By Staff Sgt. Andrew Miller, Regimental Combat Team 5
HIM ARS battery adds long-range fire support to the
battlefield
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province - Task Force Leatherneck
provides plenty of artillery support for its ground units throughout itsarea of operations – M777 A2 howitzers do an excellent job of
providing indirect fire in most cases.(more)
By Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde
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Marine David Fairbrother killed in Afghanistan
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that MarineDavid Fairbrother, of Kilo Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines, waskilled in Afghanistan on 19 September 2011. (more)
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Gurkhas train new elite Afghan police teams
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Soldiers from 2nd Battalion TheRoyal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR) have been training new, elite teams of
Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan.(more)
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