Story by Sgt. Jacob Harrer | 1st Marine Division | 07.29.2013
Sergeant Jeremy T. Marsden saw combat nearly every day during the first half of his deployment to Afghanistan.
Story by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez | 1st Marine Division | 06.05.2013
Marines serving with 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, added the Afghanistan Campaign streamer and rededicated their streamers from previous campaigns to the regiment’s battle colors during a rededication ceremony at the Camp San Mateo helicopter landing pad here, June 5....
Story by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez | 1st Marine Division | 05.07.2013
Marines are known for adapting their training and strategies to overcome the challenges of war throughout their 237 years of existence...
Story by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez | 1st Marine Division | 04.30.2013
The Lt. Col. William G. Leftwich Jr. Trophy for Outstanding Leadership is an honor annually awarded to an outstanding Marine officer serving with a ground combat unit. Leftwich, a Navy Cross recipient, died in 1970 when his helicopter crashed in Vietnam, where he was commanding the Marines and sailors of 1st Reconnaissance Battalion....
Story by Sgt. Alfred V. Lopez | 1st Marine Division | 10.05.2012
On a late Thursday afternoon, Staff Sgt. Javier Acosta, a platoon sergeant with Charlie Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, and Sgt. Ronny Pool, a platoon sergeant with Headquarters and Service Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, were both on their routine commute to their respective homes on Sept. 27, 2012....
Story by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 07.30.2012
When the Marines and sailors of Regimental Combat Team 5 arrived here in August 2011, their predecessors from RCT-1 had already planted the seeds of transition with Afghan National Security Forces....
Story by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.26.2012
On October 11, 2010, Marines with 81mm mortar platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, lost one of their brothers....
Story by Cpl. Kenneth Jasik | Regional Command Southwest | 06.12.2012
The responsibility of local Afghan National Security Forces has grown in Garmisr throughout the last month, as Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, partner with them to control an area once held by a much larger force of Marines....
