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• The Corps has so many wonderful things going on and my goal is to keep Marines focused so that we can sustain those positive efforts. I'd like Marines to know that my position doesn't make me inapproachable. ...
• It's easier to make a recommendation to the Commandant because I understand the needs of Marines out in the fleet that need our support. My job is to be a link between the Commandant and the Marines of our institution, making sure that lines of communication are kept open.
• It's also my job to reiterate the Commandant's guidance policies to Marines so they know what is expected of them, and let them know what they can expect from the Corps. ... A Marine is the most precious resource our Corps has, and we realize we can't function without good Marines. We want Marines to also understand they can't function without an institution to care for them. ...
• Our recent visit to Macedonia, France, Italy and other European nations reaffirmed my faith in the very Marines the Commandant and I serve. ... We spoke with MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unit) Marines, embassy Marines, security force Marines, and fast company Marines. Regardless of their background or mission, we walked away feeling renewed and proud of the fine Marines who will carry our legacy into the next century.
• My message for Marines is to participate and be a leader. If you expect Marines to follow you, you must lead by example.

• Anti-terrorism Marines conduct cold weather training in Alaska.
• FORT RICHARDSON, ANCHORAGE, Alaska(April 18, 2002) -- The Marines of 1st Platoon, 1st Fleet Anti-terrorist Security Team (FAST) Company, have arrived in Alaska, for cold-weather training in preparation for Exercise Northern Edge 2002. ...
• The Marines had to hike uphill over two miles to the land navigation course starting point since their bus was unable to make it up an ice-covered hill near the airport. ...
• Split into teams of four, the Marines were given four points per team to locate on the land navigation course. ... Due to the lack of snowshoes available to the Marines, the Marines in each team fitted with snowshoes had to stomp a path through the waist-deep snow for other team members.
• Even with the lack of equipment and the Marines' inability to reach all the points plotted for navigation, Capt. ... Dyal, commanding officer of 1st platoon, 1st FAST, said his Marines accomplished their mission of learning.
• "I wanted the Marines to encounter challenging mountain terrain in cold weather. ... "The main thing I wanted was the Marines to adapt to the environment and operate, which they did. ...
• The Marines' cold weather training makes up the first of the three phases of the deployment's training plan. The second phase places the Marines in an exercise called Northern Edge '02, which will include a simulated war. The Marines will deploy to Valdez, Alaska for the nine-day, joint service exercise. First FAST Company's mission during Northern Edge will be to conduct harbor security in a foreign country. ...
• "I hope my Marines get a good feel for the cold weather and a little knowledge of how to take care of themselves out there," said Anglade, of Brooklyn, N. ...
• Sheffield, who has been with 1st FAST for five months, this deployment is exciting. ...
• Even though the cold environment is a first for almost all the Marines of 1st platoon, it's still just another day of training for them.

• 22d MEU (SOC) warriors refresh fast-roping skills.
• USS NASSAU – As I scooted to the open end of the CH-46 I said a quick prayer that I wouldn’t become one of those “This is why you don’t do this” stories senior Marines often tell. ...
• So when Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/8 asked if I wanted to learn to fast-rope, I was game. Fast-roping is an insertion method that is simply sliding down a thick rope from a hovering helicopter.
• Christopher Darwin, it can put a stick of Marines on an objective in less than a minute.
• “Fast-roping is another way to get Marines from onboard a helicopter into an objective in the event that a landing is not possible,” said Rainsville, Ala. ...
• Bravo Company had arranged for Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-162 (Reinforced) to back one of their CH-46 to the edge of the lowered aft elevator. Before I fast-roped the 40 feet into the hanger bay from the USS Nassau’s flight deck from the back of a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron – 162’s CH-46 “Phrog,” I went over it went over what we had taught us just minutes before.
• My stick of ten Marines had an even mix of fast rope veterans and virgins and we put everybody on the deck in 36 seconds.
• “Depending on the Marine, some pick it up fast and other have trouble with techniques,” Darwin said. ...

• FAST .
• 1 FAST conducting room clearing exercise (USMC Photo).
• The USMC's Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Teams (FAST), provide the both US Navy and Marine Corps with a dedicated force protection and anti-terrorist unit. ...
• The Corps decided to form a new unit of highly trained Marines dedicated to defending both US Navy and Marine Corps assets from terrorist attack. The new unit was designated as the Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, or FAST. ...
• Established in 1987, FAST Companies are equipped to perform security missions as directed by the Chief of Naval Operations. FAST Company Marines augment installation security when a threat condition is elevated beyond the ability of resident and auxiliary security forces. ...
• The Marine Corps uses FAST Companies to protect forces when a threat level requires it. Each company is well grounded in basic infantry skills. ...
• FAST Companies are primarily designed to conduct defensive combat operations, military security operations, and rear area security operations. ...
• Since their inception FAST Company marines have seen a heavy operations tempo, being deployed to participate in numerous training, security, and combat operations. ...
• In 1989 elements of 1st FAST were deployed to Rodman Naval Station, Panama as a response to a number of incursions by unknown intruders *(the intruders were believed to be members of a Cuban special operations unit who were attempting to sabotage US POL stockpiles located on the base)*. 1 FAST immediately commenced operations, conducting security patrols around the base perimeter, and establishing ambush positions along known avenues of approach. The FAST marines were successful in deterring further incursions, and on a number of occasions they took intruders, attempting to gain entry to the base, under fire. ...
• One of the USMC units selected for the operation was 1st FAST Co. ...
• 1st FAST had been operating in Panama for some time providing security at US naval installations; conducting training exercises; and gearing up for any possible terrorist attack directed at USMC or USN facilities in Panama. 1st FAST along with a detachment form the 2nd Light Armored Infantry (LAI) Battalion, another new USMC unit, were to conduct several joint combat missions together. ... provided speed, armored protection, and heavy firepower, while 1 FAST provided CQB skills necessary for operating in the tight confines of an urban environment. ...

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• Dog Company Six > Customer Review #1: Great book; great reading .
• Dog Company is the phonetic alphabet designation for D Company that was used by the U. ... Dog Company Six is the kind of book that many will want to read at least twice because its so good. Its a novel about Marines in combat written by a Marine combat veteran. ... The book begins with an inexperienced infantry captain struggling with fears and doubts about his ability to lead Dog Company into war in Korea. As Dog Company fights its way through the Inchon Invasion, the battle for Seoul and the Chosin Reservoir - some of the most honored and storied battles in U. ... Marine Corps history - the commander matures into a tough, capable and brave captain of Marines. ... Dog Company Six isnt just a book about war and killing. ... Dog Company Six isnt just a book for and about Marines. ...
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• There cant be all that many beautiful willing women waiting at the bar, although many Marines must wish for them.
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• LAVARACK BARRACKS, Australia(July 11, 2003) -- LAVARACK BARRACKS, Australia - A roar of two Australian C-130s, Echo Co, "the Big E" of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines based out of MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, took off towards its destination. ...
• After an eighteen hour flight with a stopover at Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Big E, with Marines attached from Weapons Company and H&S Company arrived in Townsville, Australia. ...
• Before starting training with the F88, the company participated in "Battle Physical Training. ...
• Battle PT is designed to make the company work as a team. If commands from the Aussie "PT Instructor" were not carried out fast enough, the entire company was made to get on their faces and do push-ups. ...
• Then, after a barbecue thrown by the Australians, the Marines went out on some eagerly awaited and well-deserved liberty. ...
• Once the Marines returned from their liberty, Echo Company resumed work and went to the Weapons Training Simulation System, the Australian version of the Marine Corps' Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer. ...
• While there, the Marines shot the Australian rifle qualification range. ...
• Following the WTSS training, the company's mortar and assault sections along with Javelin attachments split from the rest of the company. Those marines then conducted training with the 2nd Royal Australian Regiment at High Range Training Area, one of Australian's premier live fire training facilities. ...
• The Marines were able to watch a Mechanized Infantry combined armed exercise complete with support from machine guns, mortars, snipers, and danger close artillery. ...
• Meanwhile, the rest of the company was at Mount Stewart Training Area, Lavarack Barracks' own backyard training facility.
• During that time the Marines used the Australian ranges for a number of different activities. ...

• In some places I've just renamed an entry in Codex: Space Marines but in others I've made them up myself. ...
• Company Commander.
• Alpha company is made up of the chapters tactical squads, Bravo consists of the Bikers,Speeders and Assault squads. Charlie company is the Transport and Heavy Support division, Delta is the scout company and MJ12 consists of the Veterans. Company Commanders lead each the five companies into battle when needed, but most of the combat is led by the lower ranking Detachment Commanders. There is no actual Chapter Lord, the five company commanders govern the Dark Gladiators and Kaos Space as a commitee.
• Due to this form of government a company commander basically counts as a Force Commander and his statistics will be the same as in the Space Marines Codex. ...
• You may only have one Company Commander per 3,000 points or part there of in your army. A company commander counts as one HQ choice.
• Each detachment consists of 2 HQ units, 3 Elite units, 6 Troop units, 3 Fast Attack units and 3 Heavy Support units.
• A detachment commander counts as a commander in the Space Marines Codex.
• The MJ12 are the few Marines who have had the chameleon ability since they were ordained into the chapter. They have been trained in the arts of stealth since their transformation into Marines. ...
• The MJ12 troopers replace the Veteran Space Marines in the codex but they use the same statistics and options.

• Edwards Marines return from Caribbean drug sweep, training.
• – Seventy-four Marines and four helicopters returned to Edwards late Monday evening after nearly three weeks of training and law enforcement support in the Caribbean. ...
• The Marines, from Marine Aircraft Group 46 Detachment Bravo HMM-764, deployed with the 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Naval Reserve Center in Long Beach, Calif. ...
• B Peacetime Wartime Support Team member, the Marines supported Trinidad and Tobago law enforcement in the location and clearing of 122 marijuana fields with a Miami street value of more than $300 million in U. ...
• "Mainly what we were doing was inserting the Trinidad and Tobago defense forces into the marijuana gardens by means of fast-roping into a triple canopy forest," said Maj. ... Fast-roping is sliding down a rope from the helicopter from about 50 feet up, he explained, using only your feet as brakes. ...
• It gets tight when you're fast roping people in and you see trees above you. ...
• "Before we started the operation we did some ground training - fast-roping off towers. We brought ANGLICO with us, they did the ground training of the Trinidad forces, the police and the Drug Enforcement Administration before we went out, then we did training in the air - fast-roping - before we kicked off the mission. ...

• Pan Pacific Sea-Storm Company .
• Pan Pacific Amphibious Company .
• Pan Pacific Hover Armour Company .
• Pan Pacific Marine Infantry Company .
• 15th Light Armoured Cavalry Bn Independent Amphibious Armour Squadron 2 LGEV, 4 GEV Marine Artillery Battalion 1 Hvy Battery: 2 Troops of 2 HWZ each 1 Mdm SP Battery: 2 Troops of 2 MHWZ each Marine Engineering Company 9 ENG Squads, 3 GEV-PCs, 3 Hovertrucks 3rd Marine APC Squadron: 9 GEV-PC Hovercraft Transport Squadron 18 Hovertrucks 1st Marine AA Bty 1 Laser Tower, 2 Laser Turrets (field transportable, not mobile) .
• Organic hover transport capable of lifting one Coy and the HW units of the Support Company gives the Battalion good battlefield flexibility. ...
•  Argentinean Light Armoured Cavalry Regiment The Light Armoured Cavalry Regiments of the Argentinean Army are designed as fast highly mobile units trained to conduct scouting, raid and assault support missions. ...
• Maneuver Brigade HQ Company -- NDY Brigade Troops -- NDY Brigade Artillery -- NDY Brigade Support -- NDY 2 Mobile Battalions 1 Motorized Battalion 1 Fast Strike Company .
• Mobile Battalion Battalion HQ Company: HQ Lance: 1 GEV-HQ, 4 LGEV Guard Lance: 2 HGEV, 4 GEVs, 4 Infantry Platoons 1 Engineer Platoon, 1 Recon Platoon Transport Pool: 12 Hovertrucks 1st Company: 1st and 2nd Lances: 4 GEVs each 3rd Lance: 2 GEV-PCs, 2 Infantry Platoons, 2 Hovertrucks Recon Lance: 2 LGEVs, 1 LGEV-PC, 1 Recon Squad 2nd Company 1st Lance: 4 GEVs 2nd Lance: 4 GEVs 3rd Lance: 2 GEV-PCs, 2 Infantry Platoons, 2 Hovertrucks Recon Lance: 2 LGEVs, 1 LGEV-PC, 1 Recon Squad 3rd Company 1st Lance: 4 HGEVs 2nd Lance: 4 HGEVs 3rd Lance: 6 GEVs 4th Lance: 3 GEV-PCs, 2 Infantry Platoons, 1 Engineer Platoon, 2 Hovertrucks 4th Company 1st Lance: 4 GEVs 2nd Lance: 3 GEV-PCs, 3 Infantry Platoons 3rd Lance: 3 GEV-PCs, 3 Infantry Platoons 4th Lance: 3 GEV-PCs, 2 Infantry Platoons, 1 Engineer Platoon, 2 Hovertrucks 1st and 2nd are Line Companies, while the 3rd is a Heavy Company The 4th is a more defense company to grab and hold ground, deal with a counter attack, and replace losses in the other companies. ...
• HQ Lance: 1 GEV-HQ, 4 LGEV Guard Lance: 2 HGEV, 4 GEVs, 4 Infantry Platoons 1 Engineer Platoon, 1 Recon Platoon Transport Pool: 12 Hovertrucks 1st Company 1st and 2nd Lances: 4 GEVs each 3rd Lance: 2 GEV-PCs, 2 Infantry Platoons, 2 Hovertrucks Recon Lance: 2 LGEVs, 1 LGEV-PC, 1 Recon Squad 2nd Company 1st Lance: 4 GEVs 2nd and 3rd Lances: Each 3 GEV-PCs, 3 Infantry Platoons 4th Lance: 3 GEV-PCs, 2 Infantry Platoons, 1 Engineer Platoon, 2 Hovertrucks 3rd Company 1st Lance: 4 GEVs 2nd and 3rd Lances: 4 Hovertrucks, 4 Infantry Platoons 4th Lance: 4 Hovertrucks, 3 Infantry Platoons, 1 Engineer Platoon 4th Company 1st Lance: 4 GEVs 2nd and 3rd Lance: 4 Hovertrucks, 4 Infantry Platoons 3rd Lance: 4 Hovertrucks, 4 Infantry Platoons 4th Lance: 4 Hovertrucks, 3 Infantry Platoons, 1 Engineer Platoon Mechanized Infantry. 1st is a Line Company, just like in the Mobile Battalion. ... 2nd company being more mobile than 3rd or 4th, but those being cheaper. ...
• Fast Strike Company 1st and 2nd Lances: 4 GEVs each 3rd Lance: 6 LGEV-PCs, 2 Recon Platoons 4th Lance: 6 LGEV-PCs, 1 Recon Platoon, 1 Engineer Platoon I just love this one. ...
•  PanPacifc Sea-Storm Company HQ Lnc. ... : 4 Platoons Marines, 4 GEV-PC .
•  Pan Pacific Amphibious Company HQ Lnc. ... : 4 Platoons Marines, 4 GEV-PC 5th Lnc. : 4 Platoons Marines plus HeavyWeapons, 4 GEV-PC Support Section: 6 HoverTruck .

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• NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (March 28, 2001) – With a back drop overflowing with history, Marines here continue to provide security to this installation as it sits within a stone’s throw of a communist country. ...
• Since 1898, Marines have stood post here, watching Cubans watch them back, but 103 years later things are a bit different than when they started. ...
• Normally manned by Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) Company Marines, the 17. ...
•   “These Marines have committed themselves to coming to Cuba for a six-month deployment and have put their lives on hold. ...
• Most of the platoon’s Marines come from California, where the 23rd Marine Regiment is headquartered in San Bruno. ...
•   Both Marines report to Dixon.   FAST Marines rotate with the reserve Marines on the fence line every couple weeks, allowing them time for liberty and unit training before taking over security duties again. ...
• Twenty-nine of the platoon’s 54 Marines are trying to earn underwater diver certification while on liberty. ...
• Marines manning the fence line, however, find themselves with little time to enjoy the beauty of this tropical-weather island. ...
•   That is exactly what these Marines wanted to do when they came down here. ...
•   Marines have already put their skills to use in tracking down and detaining several Cubans seeking political asylum who have threatened the base’s perimeter. ...
• As the Marines stand post they are constantly reminded of the importance of their mission. ...
•   “Marines train all the time, and training can get monotonous. ...

• Marines Send Message During Awareness Day.
• The Hampton team (in white shirts) defeated the Marines from Norffolk's 1st Fleet Antiterrorism Support Team (FAST) Company in the title game.
• (June 3, 2000) – Area Marines showed they care about the community recently when they hosted the “5K Anti-Drug Awareness Day” at Mount Trashmore Park. ...
•   A basketball team representing Hampton’s Kecoughtan High School took first place, defeating Marines from Norfolk’s 1st Fleet Antiterrorism Security (FAST) Company in the championship game.
• The purpose of the Single Marine Program is to offer single Marines living in military barracks an organized recreational program, and the opportunity to have fun when they’re not on duty. ...
• “I think it’s a great opportunity for us to come out on a weekend and play some basketball against civilians,” said Theriot, a member of 1st Platoon, 1st FAST Co. ...

• This is the system Tucson Marines are helping to set up. ...
• "This system is the linchpin for why the war is going as fast as it is," said Maj. James Welling, commander of the Tucson-based Bulk Fuel Company A, under the 1st Force Service Support Group, 6th Engineering Support Battalion .
• "They needed this company and this battalion for the war plan to work," said Welling, 38, of Phoenix. ...
• The 25-mile section of fuel hose the Tucson Marines started work on Monday will soon connect to two other sections built by other Marine companies since the war began. ...
• The part of Iraq where the Marines are working - the military doesn't want the exact location mentioned - cuts through an area dotted with old land mines and unexploded bombs from the Persian Gulf War. ...
• Eric Martinez of Tucson noticed an unexploded tank shell left over from the first Gulf War, about 100 feet from a makeshift road where fellow Marines were installing a segment of fuel hose by laying it in a shallow trench. ...
• The military sweeps for mines, and so far there have been no injuries, but Monday's discovery was a sobering reminder of the care Marines must take, Martinez said. ...
• The other day, several Marines from this same encampment were injured in a multivehicle crash when they lost visibility in a sandstorm. ...
• Company A Marines will be responsible for guarding the fuel hose and patrolling several pumping stations after the installation. ...
• Cosme Guerrero 24, of Tucson, one of the Marines who will help set up the last section, said he feels proud to be part of the mission. ...
• Welling, the company commander, said the Tucson Marines are doing one of the most critical jobs in the military at the moment. ...

• Conflict with Iraq: Marines build fuel link to decrease time waiting for gas .
• Marines here are working on establishing a speedy fuel-moving system that would carry more than a million gallons of fuel a day into central Iraq and allow the war to progress at a previously impossible pace. ...
• Marines here are working on establishing a speedy fuel-moving system that would carry more than a million gallons of fuel a day into central Iraq and allow the war to progress at a previously impossible pace. ...
• , fills a 5-ton truck with fuel at a facility run by Bulk Fuel Company A under the First Force Service Support Group in southern Iraq on Saturday, April 5, 2003. ...
• Marines started work Monday on the third and final section of the longest fuel hose system ever used in a U. ...
• "This system is the linchpin for why the war is going as fast as it is," said Maj. James Welling, commander of the Arizona-based Bulk Fuel Company A, under the 1st Force Service Support Group, 6th Engineering Support Battalion "They needed this company and this battalion for the war plan to work. ...
• The part of Iraq where the Marines are cuts through an area dotted with old land mines and unexploded bombs from the 1991 Persian Gulf War. ...
• Company A Marines will be responsible for guarding the fuel hose and patrolling several pumping stations after the installation. ...
• Welling, the company commander, said the Tucson Marines are doing one of the most critical jobs in the military at the moment. ...

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• Stanley Associates prepositions Army, Marines for Iraq.
• In the Iraq conflict, some of these ships were used to help deploy troops, said George Wilson, executive vice president for the company. Stanley has a number of employees in Kuwait to help unload equipment and to support systems the company has developed for the Army and the Marines. ...
• , company specializes in logistics and supply chain management. While in the past that might have meant keeping track of military assets through the use of Paradox databases, today the company is using more complex technologies and systems to offer the services in-transit visibility. ...
• The company supports the prepositioning through two systems. ...
• In addition to the Army work, the company also supports the Marines through a coordinated suite of tools that helps the Marines plan their supply lines. ...
• The company also provides troops with computer-based training modules to get them up to speed on using the systems. ...
• The company is developing a suite of systems that includes: .
• All these components, when operated together, will allow the Marines to execute a mission supported by an automated information framework. ...
• In addition to this work, the company also is providing technical, logistical and operational support to the Marine Blount Island Command, which is the hub of the Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. ...
• For Stanley, the prepositioning support it offers to the Marines and the Army may offer an avenue for similar work with other services. The company has been talking to the Navy, Wilson said. ...
• Founded in 1966, Stanley Associates is a privately held information technology and professional services company, with a focus on transportation and logistics. ...
• Wilson said about 50 percent of the company's work is military-related. ...

• Marines arrive at Haiti: Photos.
• KEYWORDS: GONAIVES; GUYPHILIPPE; HAITI; LOUISJODELCHAMBLAIN; MARINES; METAYER; NRLF; PICTURES; PORTAUPRINCE God bless our troops! 1 posted on 02/24/2004 4:54:40 AM PST by Dubya's fan Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies To: Dubya's fan Navy has always lugged the Marines around. ... 6 posted on 02/24/2004 5:08:03 AM PST by cynicom Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies To: AppyPappy that makes more sense 7 posted on 02/24/2004 5:08:03 AM PST by InvisibleChurch (Remember, God made you special and He loves you very much!) Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies To: krb Not necessarily: The Marines at GTMO could have supplied a platoon, and Naval Air could've put them in there in about an hour. 8 posted on 02/24/2004 5:11:04 AM PST by Ken522 Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies To: Ken522 Do they have a FAST team at Guantanamo? 9 posted on 02/24/2004 5:16:42 AM PST by wordsofearnest (It ain't the whistle that pulls the train. ...
• 19 posted on 02/24/2004 5:51:34 AM PST by RightOnline Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies To: cynicom THe Navy always keeps a squadron of ships (Carib Ready Group) to haul Marines and their landing equipment .
• Just look at the different attitude coming out of Syria, Saudi Arabia and North Korea just to name a few, and that doesn't even include the complete rollover and throw his legs in the air that Colonel Buttboy did in Libya!!! 23 posted on 02/24/2004 6:34:52 AM PST by MarkDel Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies To: Ken522 These Marines are part of the FAST Company at MCB Quantico, .

• Rota Marines ready to react; change.
• But his Marines prove him wrong. ...
• Crabb, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Security Force Company Rota, says he’s impressed and a little disappointed. The group moved so fast, the scenario didn’t have time to fully develop.
• Although the exercise only tested the Marines with simulated situations, their quick response might help defuse critical moments in the near future.
• The company hopes it will be tasked for a major transformation in purpose and mission.
• The Navy may consolidate Marines from London and Naples, Italy, to Rota to create a rapid reaction force to protect Navy installations, ships and U. ...
• If approved, these Marines would deploy after an attack or the threat of one, to help security personnel on the ground guard Americans potentially in harm’s way.
• They would have to be fast, smart and ready to go any place in Europe, Africa or the Middle East on a moment’s notice.
• It would require Marines, accustomed to the mundane task of guarding sensitive buildings and checking ID’s on base, to always have their bags packed.
• Becoming a rapid reaction force would be one of the biggest changes since the company arrived in Rota 44 years ago.
• But most infantry-trained personnel in the company embrace the idea like a much-anticipated Christmas gift.
• "All of the Marines. ...
• Although the Secretary of the Navy and the Spanish government have not approved the consolidation, the company has doubled in size in the past six months, going from 60 to 120 Marines.
• Earlier this month, the company trained to protect a pier and guard a ship. ...
• The Marines want to be seen as a deterrent, a show of force.

• Marines settle into Baath complex.
• NASIRIYAH, Iraq - The former Baath Party compound that serves as Echo Company's headquarters is a mess.
• Nick Visconti, Echo Company's executive officer, is making it more secure.
• They were looking for holes in the wall, leftover weapons and places where barbed wire, sandbags or Marines should provide fortification.
• It was from one of these towers that Marines spotted four people approaching with AK-47s a few nights earlier.
• Flashlights with red filters that minimize light are used when the Marines read or move around.
• Driving yesterday to visit Echo Company platoons at two posts and then the Battalion Landing Team composed of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines out of Camp Pendleton, Calif. ...
• Children and adults smiled, waved and gave thumbs-up to the passing Marines.
• Geoff Rollings, Echo Company's commander. ...
• Some Iraqis have been very welcoming to the Marines. ...
• The Marines drive as fast as possible around town. Moving targets are difficult for snipers to hit, and fast-moving targets are even tougher.
• Unlike the Army, the Marines do not have large numbers of seven-ton trucks.
• It's particularly tough for Marines and other allied forces operating in areas such as Nasiriyah, southern Iraq and Kuwait. ...
• Marines from Albany, N. ...
• Brett Lieberman of our Washington bureau is in Iraq with the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines. The battalion's Echo Company is based in Harrisburg. ...

• Company E, 2nd Battalion, .
• 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division .
• Brigham was assigned as a fire-team leader in Company E, also known as Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines. Other Marines assigned to this company included SSgt. ...
• In December 1966, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion was participating in a search and destroy mission in the heavily populated and hotly contested region directly south of the major military base at DaNang. ...
• On the evening of 13 December 1966, several squads from Echo Company, including LCpl. ... The rest of the company was concealed not far away. ...
• " In the morning Echo Company moved from their ambush site to the south bank of the Song La Tho River, approximately 300 yards east of the completely destroyed railroad bridge that was located east of the town of Chau Lou. ... Further, the Marines along the riverbank were a bit uneasy because intelligence reports indicated the VC had concealed tunnels dug into the riverbanks that they entered from underwater. ...
• When they looked across the river, the Marines could clearly see two VC bodies lying in the bushes along the north bank.
• As the two Marines swam across the fast moving river, the Americans heard an enemy AK-47 rifle go off. All the Marines providing cover fire immediately opened fire in response. ...
• Four other Marines shed their rifle belts and boots before joining PFC Cummings in this portion of the search.
• Over the next several hours, the five Marines continued to examine the Song La Tho River from the point where LCpl. ... The remainder of the Marines patrolled both riverbanks looking for any trace of their friend in case he had surfaced out of view and was able to pull himself out of the river.
• Brigham and Del Cummings since June 1966, told the Marines that it was time to wrap it up. ... Bathurst said to the members of the company, "Brigham was a good Marine. ...

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• Pro's: Cheap assault units, infiltration, fast through difficult terrain, can be versatile (can equip for close combat shock troops, or just general i. ...
• Pro's: Cheap assault units, infiltration, fast through difficult terrain, can be versatile, maybe more flexible to your needs then tactical squads (can equip for close combat, heavy weaponry, snipers, shock troops, or just general i. ...
• Pro's: Can be very fast, stops guys inside getting pounded, can shoot out the lid (2 guys), cheap for what it can do, it can be used as cover (even if it gets destroyed), can repair itself if it becomes immobile, after finished being used you can tankshock or use it to be a crossfire after that squad wins in hand to hand, can tankshock.
• Pro's: Some flexible ranged ability (as chosen), can tankshock and cause crossfire's, can transport some, Can be very fast, stops guys inside getting pounded, can shoot out the lid (2 guys - I think), cheap for what it can do, it can be used as cover (even if it gets destroyed). ...
• Pro's: Better in assaults, can deepstrike, have jumppacks (fast unit), can have some flexibility with 2 guys (plasma pistol) to take out armored troops or low armor tanks (glance armor 13 max on a 6+).
• Pro's: Good armor save, higher toughness against shooting attacks, fast mobile firebase, can assault to some degree, excellent shooting ability against armor or troop (dependent on how fitted out).
• Pro's: Fast, good troop shooting ability, higher toughness against shooting attacks, has some antitank or high toughness/anti-armour troop killing power, good at assaults(can sweep advance longer then troops), flexible.
• Pro's: Very fast, mobile, very flexible to the situation(antitank ,armored troop, troop), if it moves 6" a turn it is hard to get damaged/hit from enemy shooting and assaulting. ...
• Pro's: Very fast, mobile, good long range antitroop (3x str 5 ap 4 hits, and a beefy frag missile) with the possibility of closer range antitank, fairly cheap for what it can do, if it moves 6" a turn it is hard to get damaged/hit from enemy shooting and assaulting. ...
• Pro's: Very fast, mobile, flexible to the situation(antitank or armor), cheap for what it can do, if it moves 6" a turn it is hard to get damaged/hit from enemy shooting and assaulting. ...

• Technology on the Fast Track.
• By brokering information and deals among government officials, intellectual property holders and venture capitalists, the military can speed up the process of getting useful tools into the hands of sailors and Marines.
• Dealing with the military can be an overwhelming and frustrating experience for a start-up company that is learning how to navigate one of the world's largest organizations in order to sell its products. ...
• But the CTTO provided us with a fast track to key decision makers who look at the technology to see if it meets internal requirements at low cost," said Debashis Pramanik, Vocera's senior product manager. ...
• "In one, the CTTO would invest in the company to help develop products that were specific to naval needs," explained Pramanik. ...
• "It would have taken us years for a company like Vocera to find the right people to initiate something like that. ...
• Venture capitalist In-Q-Tel, a not-for-profit company founded by the CIA, recommended Redwood City, CA-based Decru, which provides a firmware appliance for securing data in storage. The 75-employee company, founded in 2001, offers a gigabit-speed encryption appliance called DataFort.
• Like Vocera, Decru has benefited from the exposure provided by the CTTO, which expedited the process of bringing attention to the company's technology. ...

• A First Sergeant's Timeless Advice to Fellow Marines.
• "Watch your Marines' eyes. ...
• Teach your Marines how to give IVs. ...
• Grab a few young Marines when you can and let them call home. ...
• A first sergeant, in the Marines, is the top enlisted guy in a company of roughly 200 men.
• 9, to be precise, as Marines are about the day they become Marines.
• Berry and his men comprise Weapons Company of the 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment out of Camp Lejeune, N. ...
• In the Marines, Berry has 200 such responsibilities.
• "Never baby your Marines," he wrote in his list, which is being passed around on a listserv for retired military. ...
• Marines will not tell you they are sick until they go down hard. ...
• Berry's weapons company has 81 mm mortars, heavy machine guns, TOW and Javelin anti-tank missiles and scout-sniper teams. The men travel in a variety of vehicles, often in fast-moving convoys.
• "Big convoy on the hardball (paved road)? At night? Turn the lights on and go (as) fast as the slowest vehicle. ...
• Our vehicles never ran better because the Marines did not want to get stuck on the side of the road. ...
• "Get your Marines mail, even if it means shooting your way to them. ...
• "I can't even begin to say what an honor it was to serve beside these young Marines," he said. ...

• (Tactical Unbeliever Thresher) The marines have a strong garrison, but the ork hordes are innumerable! Can the marines survive 'till reinforcements arrive?.
• Squad Raziel: 2nd Tactical squad, 3rd Company. ...
• 9 Marines, srgt. ...
• Squad Tarshish: 3rd Tactical squad, 5th Company. ...
• 7 Marines, Veteran srgt. ...
• Squad Chasmal: 1st Tactical squad, 5th company. ...
• 5 Marines, Veteran srgt. ...
• Squad Cervill: 3rd squad, 9th Devastator company. ...
• 7 Marines, srgt. ...
• The orks' table edge was rolled randomly after the marines had set up. Luckily for the marines, they got the edge farthest from the TUT. ...
•   The orks started by deploying all their Fast Attack choices, of which there was one, the Wartrukk mob. ...
• The marines would not stand by watching the orks assault their fortifications. ...
• While the tankbustas stumbled through the woods and the Warboss tried to reach them, the Marines retaliated. ...
• Metatron returned to the TUT to organize the Marines' fire. ... Other marines couldn't get a line of sight. ...

• Marines.
• I got out of the Marines and came back home to Arkansas and been here ever since. ... Look forward to hearing from some of my old buddies, Ryan Velarde (How did Fast Company turn out buddy? ha ha ha), Scott "Hooch" Childs, Derek Sullivan and anybody else who wants to get ahold of me. ...
• Mawgan, I went to 1st Marines at Camp Horno, Camp Pendleton and stayed there until I got out of the Corps in February 1990. ...
• After leaving St Mawgan, I was sent to Fox co, 2nd Batt, 9th Marines, 1st MarDiv, and went to Okinawa in 1982. I got back in Dec of 1982 and was made the Carrer Planner's Assistant for HQ Co, 5th Marines. ... I am currently a dispatch supervisor for an alarm and patrol company in Los Angeles. ...
• Mawgan, Lorenzo went to 7th Marines at Camp Pendleton and went on a float to Thailand, PI, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. ...
• Mawgan Marines. ...
•  I work for a high-speed telecommunications company. ...
• I moved back to my hometown of Deadwood, SD and currently work for a company that distributes slot machines to Native American casinos across the country. ...
• I forget the exact name of the cab company (Carmen, Carmino), but the drivers were the best and could find you no matter where you woke up! .
• I was in the picture of the Marines marching through St. ...
• We have about 15 former Marines working here.

• I was selling shoes for Montgomery Wards when I joined "Easy" Company on November 20th, 1947, a month after my seventeenth birthday. ...
• Once we were told we were needed for the Korean "police action", things moved fast and furious. Being the company clerk, I put a lot of time at the Reserve Armory doing whatever had to be done. ...
• was 0143, clerk typist, I was assigned to headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines. ...
• This was interfering with my wedding plans, so I went to see my company commander. ...
• I returned to Tucson upon my release from active duty and went to work for an insurance company for a couple of years. ...
• After graduation, I was hired by the Prudential Insurance Company and transferred to their Los Angeles office. ...

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