Stories - Tag Combat Support

Lt. Cmdr. Paul D. Sargent, psychiatrist with the Combat Stress Department at Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, stands in front of his office Oct. 26, 2009. Sargent recently implemented the Combat Sleep Course to help service members and civilians improve the quality and quantity of their sleep. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Gunnery Sgt. Katesha Washington) - Lt. Cmdr. Paul D. Sargent, psychiatrist with the Combat Stress Department at Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, stands in front of his office Oct. 26, 2009. Sargent recently implemented the Combat Sleep Course to help service members and civilians improve the quality and quantity of their sleep. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Gunnery Sgt. Katesha Washington)

Navy doc implements new sleep course in Iraq

Accidental deaths and injuries that occur due to operator fatigue is a major threat throughout the U.S. military and is even more of a threat in a combat environment. The obvious solution to resolve the problem of operator fatigue is a proper amount of sleep. However, for many service members and civilians serving in a combat environment,

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Marines with Engineer Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 46, will be repairing a drainage problem aboard Combat Outpost 160K, Iraq, which has caused this pool of gray water to form right outside the base, Oct. 16, 2009. In addition to the plumbing repairs the Marines will also be upgrading doors to improve security and improving electrical wiring. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty) - Marines with Engineer Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 46, will be repairing a drainage problem aboard Combat Outpost 160K, Iraq, which has caused this pool of gray water to form right outside the base, Oct. 16, 2009. In addition to the plumbing repairs the Marines will also be upgrading doors to improve security and improving electrical wiring. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty)

Combat engineers improve living conditions aboard COP

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 46, stationed at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, are doing what they can to give Marines living on small forward operating bases and combat outposts in western Iraq better living conditions.Six Marines with CLB-46’s Engineer Company traveled 11 hours to Combat Outpost 160K, Iraq, which is home to Military Transition

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Lance Cpl. Nicholas L. Hornborg, a heavy equipment operator with 4th Platoon, Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 46, guides a forklift off of a truck during a resupply and retrograde mission at Trebil, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2009. The platoon has been conducting resupply and retrograde missions out of Camp Korean Village, Iraq, since taking over for CLB-7 in early September. - Lance Cpl. Nicholas L. Hornborg, a heavy equipment operator with 4th Platoon, Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 46, guides a forklift off of a truck during a resupply and retrograde mission at Trebil, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2009. The platoon has been conducting resupply and retrograde missions out of Camp Korean Village, Iraq, since taking over for CLB-7 in early September.

Logistics battalion aids in retrograde of western Iraq

With the Marine Corps mission in Iraq coming closer to an end, all of the gear and equipment that has been used since Operation Iraqi Freedom first began, now has to be sent back to the states for repair or to support other missions around the world.Units currently deployed to Iraq are conducting missions to decrease the amount of gear and

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Sgt. Curtis L. Minnis, a supply clerk with Combat Logistics Regiment 27 (Forward), receives his influenza vaccination at a shot call aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Oct. 1, 2009. Marines and sailors of CLR-27 (Fwd) are mandated to get their flu vaccination by Oct. 31. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty) - Sgt. Curtis L. Minnis, a supply clerk with Combat Logistics Regiment 27 (Forward), receives his influenza vaccination at a shot call aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Oct. 1, 2009. Marines and sailors of CLR-27 (Fwd) are mandated to get their flu vaccination by Oct. 31. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty)

Marines vaccinated for vicious virus

His head was pounding as he rolled out of bed. His muscles ached with every step as he walked to the restroom. He had a fever so high you could fry an egg on his forehead and despite the eight hours of sleep he had gotten the night before, he was tired and groggy. He had the hallmark signs of someone who didn’t get their influenza vaccination.

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Marines stand at attention for the National Anthem during a transfer of authority ceremony, Sept. 16, 2009, aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. Joseph M. Murray (fourth from the right), the commanding officer for 2nd Supply Battalion (-) Reinforced Forward, transferred authority of the General Support Combat Logistics Battalion for Multi National Forces-West logistics operations to Lt. Col. David P. Grant (second from the right), the commanding officer of 2nd Maintenance Battalion (-) Rein. Fwd. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Cpl. M. M. Bravo) - Marines stand at attention for the National Anthem during a transfer of authority ceremony, Sept. 16, 2009, aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. Joseph M. Murray (fourth from the right), the commanding officer for 2nd Supply Battalion (-) Reinforced Forward, transferred authority of the General Support Combat Logistics Battalion for Multi National Forces-West logistics operations to Lt. Col. David P. Grant (second from the right), the commanding officer of 2nd Maintenance Battalion (-) Rein. Fwd. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Cpl. M. M. Bravo)

Lejeune-based supply unit transfers authority in Iraq

Lt. Col. Joseph M. Murray, the commanding officer for 2nd Supply Battalion (-) Reinforced Forward, and Sgt. Maj. Herbert W. Wrench, the battalion sergeant major, cased the 2nd Supply Battalion (-) Rein. Fwd. Colors, during a transfer of authority ceremony, Sept. 16, 2009, aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq. During the ceremony, 2nd Supply Battalion (-)

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Maj. Christian Rankin, commanding officer (right), 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, shakes hands with Lt. Col. Xavier T. Brunson, commanding officer of 1st Bn., 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, (second from left) during the transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Sept. 10, 2009. The Marines of 1st Bn., 8th Marines are leaving Iraq after accomplishing their mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March 2009. (Photograph courtesy of Gunnery Sgt. Katesha Washington) - Maj. Christian Rankin, commanding officer (right), 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, shakes hands with Lt. Col. Xavier T. Brunson, commanding officer of 1st Bn., 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, (second from left) during the transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Sept. 10, 2009. The Marines of 1st Bn., 8th Marines are leaving Iraq after accomplishing their mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March 2009. (Photograph courtesy of Gunnery Sgt. Katesha Washington)

Security for western Iraq base shifts to Army

Since the beginning of April 2009, a detachment of Marines from 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, have kept U.S. forces and civilian contractors aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, safe and secure. Recently, the Marines handed that responsibility over to the paratroopers of 1st Bn., 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne

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Lt. Col. Sekou S. Karega, the commanding officer for Combat Logistics Battalion 7, and 1st Sgt. Victor P. Singleton, the battalion sergeant major, case the CLB-7 colors during a transfer of authority ceremony, Sept. 7, 2009, aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. During the ceremony, CLB-7 transferred authority of logistics operations in Iraq’s Combined Area of Operations West to CLB-46. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Cpl. M. M. Bravo) - Lt. Col. Sekou S. Karega, the commanding officer for Combat Logistics Battalion 7, and 1st Sgt. Victor P. Singleton, the battalion sergeant major, case the CLB-7 colors during a transfer of authority ceremony, Sept. 7, 2009, aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. During the ceremony, CLB-7 transferred authority of logistics operations in Iraq’s Combined Area of Operations West to CLB-46. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Cpl. M. M. Bravo)

End grows near for Marine logistics battalions serving in Iraq

Lt. Col. Sekou S. Karega, the commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 7, transferred authority of logistical operations in Iraq’s Combined Area of Operations West, to Lt. Col. Eric Davis, the commanding officer of CLB-46, during a ceremony aboard Al Asad Air Base, Sept. 7.The transfer of authority was the last of its kind, as CLB-46 will

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Petty Officer 3rd Class Jennifer Ybarra, a hospital corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 7, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward)’s battalion aid station, observes as a member of the 7th Iraqi Army Division’s medical staff practices wrapping an ankle sprain aboard Camp Mejid, Iraq, Aug. 24, 2009. Corpsmen from CLB-7’s BAS have been conducting training with the IA medical staff since the battalion’s arrival in February. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty) - Petty Officer 3rd Class Jennifer Ybarra, a hospital corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 7, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward)’s battalion aid station, observes as a member of the 7th Iraqi Army Division’s medical staff practices wrapping an ankle sprain aboard Camp Mejid, Iraq, Aug. 24, 2009. Corpsmen from CLB-7’s BAS have been conducting training with the IA medical staff since the battalion’s arrival in February. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty)

Corpsmen conduct training to further Iraqi army medical capabilities

Corpsmen from Combat Logistics Battalion 7, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward)’s battalion aid station, have been conducting medical training with the 7th Iraqi Army Division at Camp Mejid, Iraq, the IA base that is located aboard Al Asad Air Base, since the battalion arrived in February 2009. Once a week, Petty Officer 3rd Class

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Sgt. Justin D. Toren, a driver and operator for the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) commanding general’s personal security detail, poses in full personal protective equipment aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2009. Toren, who was deployed to Iraq during the invasion, joined the Marine Corps following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty) - Sgt. Justin D. Toren, a driver and operator for the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) commanding general’s personal security detail, poses in full personal protective equipment aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2009. Toren, who was deployed to Iraq during the invasion, joined the Marine Corps following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty)

Marine’s award-winning past leads to his significant presence

Prior to enlisting in the Marine Corps, every potential Marine sits down with a recruiter and picks out the reasons they want to join from a stack of colorful cards with the words travel, education and discipline, among others that describe most of the reasons someone would make the decision to commit. For Sgt. Justin D. Toren, a driver

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Ralph Mitchell, a material-handling equipment forklift operator, KBR contracting, moves a tri-wall box out of a container to assist 2nd Medical Logistics Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), stage more than $300,000 worth of gear in preparation for shipment to Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2009, while aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq. 2nd MEDLOG is in the final stages of their seven-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Official Marine Corps photograph by Gunnery Sgt. Katesha Washington) - Ralph Mitchell, a material-handling equipment forklift operator, KBR contracting, moves a tri-wall box out of a container to assist 2nd Medical Logistics Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), stage more than $300,000 worth of gear in preparation for shipment to Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2009, while aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq. 2nd MEDLOG is in the final stages of their seven-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Official Marine Corps photograph by Gunnery Sgt. Katesha Washington)

Corpsmen ship nearly $3 million worth of supplies to Afghanistan

As more U.S. troops are being sent to the fight in Afghanistan, the possibility of more troops being injured rises. To ensure those responsible for saving limbs and lives are equipped to handle such an enormous task, sailors with the 2nd Medical Logistics Company at Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, have sent about $3 million worth of medical supplies and

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