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US Marines evaluate Georgian soldiers
September 20, 2011By David J. Smith / Georgian Security Analysis Center / Potomac Institute for Policy Studies / -- For a week last month, US Marines of the 2nd Combat Engineering Battalion and Georgian soldiers of the 33rd Infantry Battalion joined forces in Operation...
80% of U.S. Marines shot in Iraq died because of inadequate body armor
August 17, 2011The Army improperly tested new bullet-blocking plates for body armor and cannot be certain that 5 million pieces of the critical battlefield equipment meet the standards to protect U.S. troops, the Defense Department's inspector general found. The Pentagon...
US Launches Massive Offensive in Afghanistan
July 02, 2009About 4,000 U.S. Marines descended on Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan Thursday, launching the first major operation under U.S. President Barack Obama's new strategy to stabilize the country. The U.S. troops and about 650 Afghan troops and...
U.S. Marines, Afghan Forces Launch Major Offensive In Helmand
July 02, 2009By Abubakar Siddique A massive military offensive involving thousands of U.S. Marines has been launched against Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province, considered by many to be the country's most insecure region. With thousands...