by Jeanne McKinney | May 23, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
IRAQ, 2017. A U.S. Marine Corps sniper deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment demonstrates firing techniques during advanced marksmanship training at Camp Manion,...
by Jeanne McKinney | Mar 26, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
KENYA, Feb. 12, 2020. U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, addresses U.S. military service members at Camp Simba. Townsend’s command visit was to personally assess the security situation at the Kenyan Defense Force installation at Manda...
by Jeanne McKinney | Feb 8, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
HAWAII, February 5, 2020. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Vincent Patterson, an aviation operations specialist, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 25th Infantry Division re-enlists for 4 years of additional military service. Patterson is a native of Belle...
by Jeanne McKinney | Jan 7, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
IRAQ, 2003. Iraqi girls playing in a street being patrolled by the United States military. Photo United States Department of State SAN DIEGO. The killing of Qassem Soleimani, head of the Iran’s covert Quds force, created a global firestorm for President Trump....
by Jeanne McKinney | Jan 4, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Jan. 1, 2020. U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, reinforce the Baghdad Embassy Compound. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a quick reaction...
by Jeanne McKinney | Jan 1, 2020 | All, Articles, Military, Politics, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Dec. 31, 2019. U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters from 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, conduct overflights of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The helicopters launched flares as a show of presence while providing...
