http://www.dvidshub.net/ DVIDS RSS : ACCURATE, RELIABLE ACCESS Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:26:56 -0500 When the Marines and Sailors of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 26 stepped out of their vans in the parking lot of the Staten Island Marine Corps League, Nov. 3, they were enthusiastically welcomed with handshakes from members of the club, themselves Marines from older generations. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41249 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:16:04 -0500 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=41249 Marine 2nd Lt. Daniel M. Yurkovich shakes hands with an Afghan after visiting his family's home in Golestan, Farah province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, March 12. Yurkovich is the 2nd Platoon commander for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Afghanistan. Yurkovich and his Marines spend much of their time engaging the local populace to gain intelligence on insurgent activity in the area and find out the peoples' needs and concerns. SPMAGTF-A's mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations, with a focus on training and mentoring the Afghan national police. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=177424 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:40:20 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=177424 Col. Paul H. Maubert reflects on his 30 years of experience in the U.S. Marine Corps. He retired from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, April 30, at Forward Operating Base Delaram in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Maubert achieved a 30-year career marked by extensive command from infantry and reconnaissance platoons as a lieutenant, to the 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, the 2nd Battalion of the 25th Marine Regiment, the U.S. Group East Timor and East Fallujah Iraqi Camp. He also served four years with the Royal Marines Commandos (U.K.). | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=176587 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:04:28 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=176587 Col. Paul H. Maubert retired from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, April 30, at Forward Operating Base Delaram in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=34382 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:00:57 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=34382 Called to action with only a couple months of notice, a unit was needed to fill an important and time-critical role. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=34343 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:42:45 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=34343 Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 3's Motor Transportation Company, conduct a test run through the newly developing Combat Vehicle Operators Training - Afghan Course, using a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle with a mine roller attached to the front at Camp Bastion, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, March 10. The CVOT-A course is the first course built in Afghanistan and is designed to provide drivers with a better understanding of vehicle capabilities, safety and the terrain they will be driving on while in Afghanistan. CLB-3 is the logistics combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Afghanistan, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations and train and mentor the Afghan national police in order to provide the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan with a professional police force able to provide security for its people. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=175289 Wed, 27 May 2009 18:38:11 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=175289 Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Afghanistan traveled to a local Afghan hospital May 22, 2009 to visit Abdullah Jon, mayor of Delaram, Farah province after a failed assassination attempt by suspected Taliban insurgents. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=34091 Tue, 26 May 2009 05:26:58 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=34091 Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 conduct external lift operations, April 23, on Forward Operating Base Delaram, Farah province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The Marines, utilizing a CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopter, transported several up-armored humvees to an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan. HMH-361 is part of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Afghanistan's aviation combat element. SPMAGTF-A's mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations, with a focus on training and mentoring the Afghan national police. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=174537 Mon, 25 May 2009 06:46:08 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=174537 Marines with 1st Platoon, Motor Transportation Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, work together while attaching a container to a 7-ton truck during preparation for a combat logistics patrol at Camp Barber, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Jan. 19.Motor Transportation Co. is a self-sufficient unit within CLB-3 and has the ability to conduct combat logistics patrols to supply and resupply forward operating bases. CLB-3 is currently forward deployed to combat for the first time in its short history as the Marine Corps youngest battalion. The battalion represents the logistics combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Afghanistan, which is here to reinforce success and sustain the momentum of the ongoing progress by the alliance. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=174528 Mon, 25 May 2009 06:10:39 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=images/images_gallery.php&action=viewimage&fid=174528 The time has come for the Marines and sailors of Combat Logistics Battalion 3 to pack up their belongings and prepare for their journey home from the sands of southern Afghanistan. | http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=34022 Sun, 24 May 2009 05:31:27 -0400 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=34022