Posts Tagged ‘Marines’

July 11 2010

LA police teach Marines how to train Afghan police

In this photo taken July 1, 2010, Camp Pendleton Marine Lt. Andrew Abbott looks out the window during a ride-along with Los Angeles Police Sgt. Arno Clair, not pictured, in Los Angeles. Abbott was one of 70 Marines who recently patrolled streets with the Los Angeles Police Department. It was the largest group of Marines to embed with police. The weeklong exercise involved young Marines dressed in jeans and T-shirts observing drugs busts, witnessing prostitution arrests and even following a murder case. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)A tough-talking, muscular Los Angeles police sergeant steadily rattled off tips to a young Marine riding shotgun as they raced in a patrol car to a drug bust: Be aware of your surroundings. Watch people’s body language. Build rapport.


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March 26 2010

Marine’s Iraq killings trial to go forward

A military judge on Friday refused to dismiss charges against a Marine who led a squad that killed 24 Iraqi men, women and children in the town of Haditha after a bomb killed a Marine.

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March 20 2010

Bombs still greet Marines in Afghan town

U.S. Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Lang, of Camden County, Ga., right, and Marine Lance Cpl. Ard Bizahaloni of Pinon, Ariz., with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Alpha company, take up positions during a gunbattle in Marjah, Afghanistan, Friday.Explosions rumble through Marjah daily — an ominous sign that Taliban insurgents have not given up despite losing control of the town to U.S. and Afghan forces about two weeks ago.


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March 18 2010

Marines try to buy good will in Marjah

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick Tosseti of Scarborough, Maine, with the First Battalion, Sixth Marine Regiment, Alpha company, takes notes on what medical supplies local doctor Yarmohammed Hashmi needs at his clinic in Marjah, Afghanistan, on Thursday.Since U.S., Afghan and NATO forces wrested Marjah from the Taliban, they’ve been going to extraordinary lengths to cultivate townspeople who had lived under insurgent control for years.






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March 18 2010

Mexican marines raid town police force, nab 8 cops

VILLALDAMA, Mexico — Mexican marines detained more than half the police force of a northern rural town Wednesday for suspected ties to drug cartels.

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March 2 2010

US Marines land on Iwo Jima to mark anniversary

Hundreds of U.S. Marines landed on the remote island of Iwo Jima on Tuesday to prepare for the 65th anniversary of one of World War II’s bloodiest and most iconic battles.

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February 28 2010

Marines, Afghan troops to stay months in Marjah

U.S. Marines 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment look out at at a rain storm from a room in an Afghan compound where they stayed for the night in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO offensive against a resurgent Taliban will stay several months to ensure insurgents don’t return, Marine commanders said Sunday.


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February 21 2010

Marines target Taliban holdouts in Marjah

Marines and Afghan units converge on a dangerous western quarter of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, with NATO forces facing “determined resistance.”



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February 19 2010

Marines seize Taliban HQ, IDs, photos

As Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment advanced on Friday, they found a compound with dozens of Taliban-issued ID cards, official Taliban letterhead stationery and government stamps.After a fierce gunfight, U.S. Marines seize a strongly defended compound that appears to have been a Taliban headquarters, complete with Taliban-issued ID cards and graduation diplomas from a training camp.


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February 19 2010

US Marines airdropped into Taliban-held territory

Elite Marine recon teams were dropped behind Taliban lines by helicopter Friday as the U.S.-led force stepped up operations to break resistance in the besieged insurgent stronghold of Marjah.

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