April 17 Roundup

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April 17, 2011Weekly report

The following content depicts a weeks worth of activity from Regional Command Southwest, commanded by Maj. Gen. JohnToolan and covering Helmand and Nimruz Provinces, Afghanistan. The content was created by Marine Corps CombatCorrespondents, Combat Camera and personnel with UK media operations under Task Force Helmand. Feel free to forward ourstories to family, friends and loved ones supporting those who are deployed.

Featured StoryGraduation Day: Afghan soldiers move

toward independent future

Twenty ANA soldiers from the 5th Kandak graduated

from various courses during a ceremony at Forward

Operating Base Delaram, Afghanistan, April 11... (Read

Story)(WatchVideo)

Story and Video by Sgt. Rachael Moore, 2nd

MLG

Engineers connect villages,

supply routes in Marjah

Combat outposts and patrol bases near

Camp Hanson are no longer solely

dependent on helicopter support teams for

resupplies (Read Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. Bruno Bego, 2nd

MLG

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Marines Corps makes history with

intercontinental Osprey flight

The Marine Corps completed an aviation first

April 8, by flying MV-22B Ospreys on the

aircrafts longest movement to date ... (ReadStory)

Story by Cpl. Rashaun James, 2nd

MAW

Long arm of the MAW suppliesoutlying bases

The average American might not consider

toothpaste a luxury, but some Marines in

Afghanistan do (Read Story)

Story by Cpl. Samantha Arrington, 2nd

MAW

British, Afghan forces sieze 50-IED

arsenal near Nad Ali

Afghan soldiers working alongside British

forces have dealt a heavy blow to the insurgencyin central Helmand by discovering a deadly

stash of bomb-making equipment and weaponry(Read Story)

Story courtesy of Task Force Helmand

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3 Commando Brigade takes command

of Task Force Helmand

On Saturday April 9, 3 Commando Brigade Royal

Marines took command of Task Force Helmand in

Afghanistan, officially marking the start of OperationHERRICK 14 (Read Story)

Story courtesy of Task Force Helmand

Coalition forces sharpen skills of

Afghan police

Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Sadowski and his two civilian

counterparts conduct police training for AUP

members to prepare them for the challenging training

ahead(Read Story)Story by Sgt. Earnest Barnes, 2

ndMARDIV

No suits, just combat boots: security

Marines support battalion leaders

The Personal Security Detachment Marines with

3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, RegimentalCombat Team 1, provide support and coordinate

travel for the battalion commander (ReadStory)

Story by Cpl. Marco Mancha, RCT-1

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Afghan police, Marines secure

Delaram

Marines with RCT 8s Police Advisory Team

are working with the Afghan uniformed police

in Delaram to help refine techniques the policeforce has learned (Read Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. James Frazer, RCT-8

Afghans patrol the steets ofLeatherneck during training

Afghan National Security Forces combed the

streets of Camp Leatherneck during a lane

training exercise at the Joint Security Academy

Southwest, April 10 (Read Story)

Story by Cpl. Adam Leyendecker, RC (SW)

Marines teach more than combat to Afghan

students

A functioning police force and army require much more thantroops trained to use weapons. The Joint Security Academy

Southwest started a class to teach the senior enlisted and

junior officers of the ANSF administration and management

(Read Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. Daniel Wulz, RC (SW)

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Female Marines promote positive

change in community

Female Engagement Team 12 has every

intention of supporting and encouraging theprogress of the community, especially among

its women and children (Read Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. Katherine Solano, RC (SW)

For additional stories involving Regional Command Southwest,

see the links below:

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