Washington Post – More than 1,000 Marines backed by Cobra helicopter gunships and F-18 jets attacked targets Monday in a region of northwestern Iraq that commanders called a sanctuary for foreign fighters. As many as 100 insurgents were killed and 10 captured in the assault near the Syrian border.
More from the Daily Telegraph – US in border battle to curb Iraq insurgency
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Washington Post – With conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan tying up many U.S. Special Operations forces, the Pentagon has found itself short of the elite teams it typically deploys around the world for specialized combat missions and for training foreign militaries, defense officials say. To help fill the gap, the Marine Corps has stepped forward with a decision to establish a standing force of “foreign military training units” by this autumn.
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Marine Corps Times – The Marine Corps issued to nearly 10,000 troops body armor that government experts urged the Corps to reject after tests revealed critical, life-threatening flaws in the vests.
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Reuters – U.S. Marines landed on Somalia’s coast in one of their most visible hunts for militants in the country since they set up a Horn of Africa counter terrorism force in 2002.
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Sea Power – Pentagon orders Marine Corps and Army to merge two situational awareness systems, but cultural differences prevail.
New York Times – In returning home to the US from Iraq, Marines have chosen to break an institutional code of silence and tell their story, one they say was punctuated not only by a lack of armor, but also by a shortage of men and planning that further hampered their efforts in battle, destroyed morale and ruined the careers of some of their fiercest warriors.
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News Hour – Writing military history, from the ground up.
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Marine Corps Gazette – The ranks of former Marines serving in Congress are thinning. In this interview the author profiles one of our most distinguished Marine Corps ambassadors who served brilliantly in the United States Senate.
Washington Post – A look at the first Marine unit to serve three rotations in Iraq.
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Leatherneck – “Corpsman up!” Not something any Marine wants to shout, but each leatherneck knows that cry sends motivated Field Medical Service School-trained corpsmen into immediate action.
San Diego Union Tribune – The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force has returned from Iraq.
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Christian Science Monitor – When the reservists of Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 23rd Marine Regiment based in Houston got the call, most expected an uneventful tour in Iraq. The marines had anticipated pulling only security duty. Six months later, the Bravo Company infantrymen are as battle-worn and “salty” as any US unit.
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Leatherneck – “Red Cloud” to the rescue. This is the conclusion of a two-part heroic tale of a squad of Marines, cut off and nearly overrun in the first battle of Fallujah, April 2004.
Sea Power – Gen. Michael W. Hagee is walking point as the Corps bolsters its force, fosters intelligence sharing and improves the reach of its aviation units
Christian Science Monitor – US and Iraqi forces have launched Operation River Blitz, targeting insurgents in cities along the Euphrates.
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Leatherneck – This month, female Marines celebrate 62 years of continuous service since they were allowed to join the Women’s Reserve on Feb. 13, 1943, during World War II. When Congress passed the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act in 1948, women were allowed to serve as permanent regular members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Today women are contributing significantly to the success of the Marine Corps through a variety of roles. This article introduces a few good Marines serving their country overseas.
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Sea Power – A look at the Marine Corps’ Special Operations Training Group (SOTG).
Washington Post – The Marines are conducting operations outside the town of Ramadi against insurgents.
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Washington Post – Another look at the Marine efforts to rebuild Fallujah.
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Christian Science Monitor – A Marine unit that fought in Fallajuh looks back on its tour in Iraq and prepares to head home.
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Japan Times – Do the Marines really need their bases on Okinawa?
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Daily Telegraph – With the Marines who are rebuilding Fallujah.
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Marine Corps Gazette – Conscientious Objection. A firm, fixed, and sincere objection to participation in war in any form or the bearing of arms, by reason of religious, moral or ethical training, and belief.
Sea Power – Armament makers in the United States are developing ways to counter a ubiquitous force-protection threat to U.S ground forces: rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).
New York Post – Ralph Peters puts into perspective the comments made last week by Marine General Jim Mattis, about war.
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