II MEF News

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Marines train Afghan police to handle special tactics missions

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Marine Corps instructors at the Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest

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Volunteers build pathway for heroes

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Within the military, it is said that service members look out for

Marines from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, escorted Afghan National Army troops from the 215th Corps and local Washir district, Helmand province, government officials to and from a shura with local Afghans, August 19. During the shura the Afghans talked about local crime and putting an end to it. - Marines from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, escorted Afghan National Army troops from the 215th Corps and local Washir district, Helmand province, government officials to and from a shura with local Afghans, August 19. During the shura the Afghans talked about local crime and putting an end to it.

Lone Star Battalion Marines, ANA escort Washir district governor

Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, provided transportation for Daoud

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Ramadan impacts Afghan training, but mission still on target

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Coalition forces instructors at the Joint Sustainment Academy

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Coalition, Afghan leaders share iftar meal at Camp Leatherneck

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Senior Afghan provincial and military officials from Helmand and

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Muslim chaplain ministers at Camp Leatherneck during Ramadan

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — The month of Ramadan is observed by Muslims all over the world as a

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Lance Cpl. Kimberly Burkett, a food service Marine with Task Force Belleau Wood, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), and a native of Queens, N.Y., holds onto her two-way radio she uses to communicate with her fellow food service Marines at Dining Facility 5 aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, August 14. Burkett and the other four food service Marines who work at DFAC 5 feed an average of 4,000 coalition troops per meal. - Lance Cpl. Kimberly Burkett, a food service Marine with Task Force Belleau Wood, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), and a native of Queens, N.Y., holds onto her two-way radio she uses to communicate with her fellow food service Marines at Dining Facility 5 aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, August 14. Burkett and the other four food service Marines who work at DFAC 5 feed an average of 4,000 coalition troops per meal.

Food service Marines offer coalition forces taste of home

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Luxuries in the desert of Helmand province are hard to come by, but

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Explosives chief ticks down final chapter of ordnance disposal career

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Senior Chief Petty Officer Ronald G. Ameika, an explosive ordnance

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Anaheim cop patrols mean streets of Afghanistan

PATROL BASE ERTOBA, Afghanistan — Lt. Raul Cantu was returning from a patrol in the southern

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Lance Cpl. John J. Garcia of 3rd platoon, Co. C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment and native of Harlingen, Texas conducts a dismounted patrol outside of Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 11. - Lance Cpl. John J. Garcia of 3rd platoon, Co. C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment and native of Harlingen, Texas conducts a dismounted patrol outside of Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 11.

From zero to hero: Texas Marine overcomes homeless childhood

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — At age 10 many children are busy learning at elementary school.

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