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There are fewer than 300 Marines left in Afghanistan’s once most violent district

By gpingersoll on May 2, 2014 Afghanistan, Camp Leatherneck, Drawdown

By Hope Hodge Seck FOB Sabit Qadam—The Sangin district of Helmand province once was known as one of the most combat-intensive regions in Afghanistan. The gains made in the area—pushing the insurgents back and making the region more secure for civilians—proved costly in Marine lives, particularly during 2010 and 2011. Three years later, while the Taliban do still maintain a presence here, it’s now the Afghan National Security Forces who patrol and engage with the enemy, as is the case throughout Helmand province. The Marines still remaining here, a contingent of fewer than 300 from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th…

Video documentary: 1/5 Marines cover Sangin in 17 minutes

By Gina Cavallaro on December 1, 2011 Afghanistan, Infantry, Marines, Sangin

[HTML1] This video is a keeper. Using the unit’s motto “Make Peace or Die” as a title, Combat Camera from 1st Battalion, 5th Marines has produced and posted this high quality video documentary of the unit’s seven treacherous months in Sangin, a bomb-infested district in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. During the 2011 deployment from April through October, 1/5 fought hard and got dirty. The unit lost 17 Marines and had close to 200 wounded and still never stopped charging forward. The video is edited with arresting still images of Marines on patrol, talking with Afghans, watching explosions, crossing rivers and caring…

Brits leave Marines in charge of Sangin

By Dan Lamothe on September 21, 2010 Afghanistan, Infantry, Sangin, The CMC

Marine forces formally took over Sangin yesterday, assuming control of the former Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan from Great Britain’s 40 Commando, a Royal Marine unit that has been patrolling the area for months. The change is significant, even if it has received only limited attention in the U.S. mainstream media. The Brits are leaving Sangin, in northern Helmand province, after four years and 106 deaths — 36 of which occurred this year, according to a Daily Mail report out today. Their struggles to establish and maintain security in the district of about 50,000 people has contributed to growing discontent…

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