2012-02-08T17:58:20Z

Drill instructor to be awarded Silver Star

By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Feb 8, 2012 10:55:47 EST

The Marine Corps will award the Silver Star medal on Friday to a sergeant who led his infantry squad through a six-hour firefight in Afghanistan?s Sangin district last year.

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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2012/02/marine-silver-star-sandiego-sangin-afghanistan-020812/

2012-02-08T17:50:53Z

Homecoming pushes wounded vet toward recovery

By Jay Reeves - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Feb 8, 2012 11:26:40 EST

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. ? Shot through the upper back on a rooftop in Afghanistan and gasping for breath after a bullet ripped through his chest, Marine Sgt. Ben Tomlinson had a fear worse than death.

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http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2012/02/ap-homecoming-pushes-wounded-vet-toward-recovery-020812/

2012-02-08T18:20:19Z

Marines welcomed home from Afghanistan

73 members of Bridge Company Alpha

By Marc Thompson
Updated: Tuesday, 07 Feb 2012, 11:18 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 07 Feb 2012, 4:38 PM EST

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) - After being deployed for almost a year, 73 members of the Marine Corps Reserve returned to Battle Creek Tuesday afternoon.

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http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kalamazoo_and_battle_creek/marines-battle-creek-return-afghanistan

2012-02-08T17:33:34Z

Afghans, Marines clear illegal drugs, insurgent activity in southern Garmsir

Photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder | Regimental Combat Team-5, 1st Marine Division | Date: 02.06.2012
Date Posted:02.07.2012 09:51

"America's Battalion" is aiding the Afghan National Security Forces in assuming security responsibilities over Helmand province's Garmsir district. This interoperability is designed to further the expansion of stability, development and legitimate governance of Afghanistan by defeating insurgent forces and helping secure the Afghan people.

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2012-02-08T17:21:19Z

Gen. Amos visits Afghanistan

Photos by Sgt. Charles Mabry | Task Force Leatherneck | Date: 02.05.2012
Date Posted:02.07.2012 01:02

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, and Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett, sergeant of the Marine Corps, visit with Marines from HMH-363 aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Feb. 5, 2012.

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