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Afghanistan: Marines Rough It In Helmand Province

newsobserver.com | By CHUCK LIDDY | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

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Helmand Province, Afghanistan -- It's not even officially winter here at FOB Hassanabad, yet temperatures routinely fall below freezing at night....

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US Marines Launch Large Offensive In Afghanistan

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 12.05.2009 | World

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KABUL — U.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft Friday in the first offensive since President Barack O...

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2 US Marines Die In Afghanistan Bomb Blasts

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

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KABUL — A bomb blast killed two U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's dangerous south, where thousands of American troops have deployed in a massive ope...

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The Freeing of Afghan Poppies

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 08.12.2009 | Home

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For years we have been hearing about a crop eradication program that does not exist. How many more years will it be before we hear about a crop substitution program that could exist?

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US Marines Push Deeper Into Southern Afghan Towns

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 08.03.2009 | World

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NAWA, Afghanistan _ U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win ove...

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U.S. Marines Launch Major Operation In Afghanistan

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

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NAWA, Afghanistan — Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops poured into Taliban-infested villages of southern Afghanistan with a...

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7,000 US Marines Patrolling Southern Afghan Desert

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Teams of builders worked through dust storms Monday to expand a base for a brigade of U.S. Marines now fanning o...

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Marines Plan Afghanistan Troop Redeployment

Los Angeles Times | Tony Perry | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

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Reporting from Marine Headquarters At Al Asad, Iraq -- Marine Corps leaders are devising a plan to send thousands of additional combat troops to Afgha...

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Cindy McCain's Attack On Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home

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"It ruffles our feathers when someone claims that Barack Obama doesn't support the troops, because the Obamas have gone out of their way to understand the military, its families, and its veterans."

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Marines Ordered To Extend Tour In Afghanistan

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,250 Marines serving as trainers for the Afghan security forces to stay on the warfront almost a ...

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Pentagon Extends Tours Of Duty For Marines In Afghanistan

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. Th...

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US Marines deploying in Afghanistan for first time in years

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.04.2008 | Politics

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HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a ...

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