Story by Cpl. Lia Aragon | Regional Command Southwest | 03.10.2013
As the Marine Corps transitions security to Afghan National Security Forces, forward operating bases are rapidly closing and equipment is being retrograded out of Afghanistan. Of 193 coalition posts throughout Helmand at the beginning of 2012, only 45 remain....
Story by Lance Cpl. Lia Aragon | Marine Corps Installations East | 10.18.2010
“The area was supposed to be that bad,” said Sgt. Daniel Hubbert, a combat instructor for Company D, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-East. “We knew there would be (improvised explosive devices) planted. So we were just trying to figure out how to combat them.”...
