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2/6 Marines take over for 1/9 in Nawa, Afghanistan

By Dan Lamothe on January 4, 2012 Afghanistan, Infantry

The Ready Battalion is back in action. Second Battalion, 6th Marines, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., has replaced 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, in Afghanistan and is now patrolling Nawa district in central Helmand. Its a mission that will likely be complicated by the Corps’ pending drawdown in Afghanistan — Nawa is one of the next three districts in Helmand in which the security has been identified for transition this spring to Afghan control. The Walking Dead of 1/9 were formally replaced by 2/6 in a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Geronimo late last month, but were still in theater through…

Recon Marines over Afghanistan

By Dan Lamothe on October 14, 2010 Afghanistan, Aviation, Reconnaissance

It’s late in the week, and we can all use a little motivation. So, why not draw attention to a series of photos released by the Marine Corps this week of Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, leaping from a C-130 plane over Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan? The jumps were part of an operation designed to sharpen parachuting, reconnaissance patrolling and maintenance of parachute insert proficiency, Marine officials said.

RCT-1 takes over for RCT-7 in Helmand province

By Dan Lamothe on September 30, 2010 Afghanistan

Regimental Combat Team 7 was replaced in Afghanistan today in a relief-in-place ceremony, as hundreds of Marines providing support to grunts in Helmand province prepare to return to bases and stations all over the West Coast. The regiment, based out of Twentynine Palms, Calif., and commanded by Col. Randy Newman, leaves behind a Marine Corps footprint that is much different than the one it found in Afghanistan last fall. While its battalions have recently been based in Marjah, Garmser, Nawa and surrounding areas, it oversaw some of the largest Marine operations in Afghanistan within the last year, including the February 2010…

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