I MHG News

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Marines remember one of their fallen

By Cpl. Daniel Angel

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - Service members gathered at Memorial Chapel here Dec. 3, to remember Capt. Warren Andrew Frank, 26, from Cincinnati, who was killed in combat in northwestern Iraq Nov. 25. Frank was a team leader with 5th Air Naval Gu...

[Submitted On: 12/17/2008]->Read More

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Marines Celebrate Birthday by Getting Ripped with 233 Reps

By Sgt. Jim Heuston

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - The Marines and Sailors of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group celebrated Marine Corps' 233rd birthday with an open invitation strength decathlon here Nov. 10. The Sentinel Strength Decathlon c...

[Submitted On: 11/11/2008]->Read More

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Navy ‘Doc’ only medic for miles in remote western Anbar

by Cpl. G.P. Ingersoll

BORDER FORT NINE, Iraq - He can be an intimidating sight to his patients, but as the Border Tansition Team 4222 corpsman, he's always there to help. At 6'3" and 210 pounds, Petty Officer 2nd Class John H. Holscher is a veritable tower of care...

[Submitted On: 10/31/2008]->Read More

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I MHG makes FY08 re-enlistment mission, Corps expands

By Cpl. GP Ingersoll

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Marines retook their oaths during ceremonies across the world this past year; inside Marine Air Stations and Iraqi Police Stations, beside the Pacific Ocean and the Euphrates River. With 8,243right hands raised, first-te...

[Submitted On: 10/25/2008]->Read More

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IWE brings Meaning to the Mission

Story by Sgt. Jim Heuston

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Brenda R. Trosset wanted more than to just say she went to Iraq. She wanted to get outside the comforts of base and have experiences that would enrich her life and career. Trosset's is a legal clerk with the St...

[Submitted On: 10/23/2008]->Read More

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Nonlethal techniques, ethics key to successful border operations

Story by Cpl. G.P. Ingersoll

BORDER FORT NINE, Iraq - Marines here spent Oct. 20 teaching desert wolves not to bite. The "Desert Wolves," 2nd Iraqi Border Police Battalion, 5 Brigade, 2nd Division attended nonlethal measures and detainee ethics and handling courses Oct. 20. ...

[Submitted On: 10/23/2008]->Read More

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Pump-house Flanders provides water, security to people of Greater Al-Nu’Amiyah

Story by Cpl. Sean P. McGinty

AL-NU'AMIYAH, Iraq - The pump-house has been here as long as Salah Farhan Muhammed can remember. Except for in the worst of times he said, the pump-house has pulled his villages water from the man-made canal that runs along...

[Submitted On: 10/17/2008]->Read More

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MHG records their first CFT

Story by Cpl. G.P. Ingersoll

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - He was one point from a perfect score. Too bad one point from perfect on the Physical Fitness Test is no guarantee for near perfection on the Combat Fitness Test, and Cpl. Jose M. Morales knew before the word "go" that the C...

[Submitted On: 10/10/2008]->Read More

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Voting made easy on Camp Fallujah

Story by Cpl. Sean P. McGinty

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - "Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost," said John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. So it is imperati...

[Submitted On: 10/10/2008]->Read More

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Marine Corps Martial Arts Program history is made on Camp Fallujah

Story by Cpl. Sean P. McGinty

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Since it's inception in 2001, the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program has churned out warriors and the Marines who train them. But on Camp Fallujah, a cadre of instructors from Multi National Force - West made MCMA...

[Submitted On: 10/07/2008]->Read More

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One Marine with many missions on his mind

By Sgt. Jim Heuston

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Getting the warfighter to the fight without a lengthy layover in Camp Taqaddum takes the coordinating expertise of the Marine Air Ground Task Force planning specialist. Sgt. Carlos Rodriguez Jr., MAGTF planning special...

[Submitted On: 10/06/2008]->Read More

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Stand-up comedians entertain troops at Camp Fallujah

Cpl. Sean McGinty

Scott Kennedy, Kenny Kane and Ron Morey, three comics participating in an Armed Forces Entertainment-sponsored tour of Iraq and Kuwait, joke with Sgt. Eric L. Alabiso, Multi National Force-West combat videographer, July 24, at the Chapel of H...

[Submitted On: 07/28/2008]->Read More

Command Leadership

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Commanding Officer, I MEF Headquarters Group (Fwd)

Colonel George H. Bristol

Colonel Bristol - a native of Rhode Island - enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1975 where he attained the rank of Sergeant. Commissioned in 1983, he attended The Basic School and the Infantry Officers Course and reported to 1st Marine Division ...

[Submitted On: 03/03/2008]->Read More

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Sergeant Major, I MEF Headquarters Group (Fwd)

Sergeant Major O.O. Weilbacher

Sergeant Major Weilbacher was born on 9 October 1958 in Kolonia Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia. He graduated from Kosrae High School in June of 1977. In September 1977, he moved to the United States and attended Eastern Oreg...

[Submitted On: 03/04/2008]->Read More

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Marines help Iraqis build for their future in Fallujah

By Cpl. Daniel Angel

FALLUJAH, Iraq - The I Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd) Headquarters Group is winding down civil affairs operations near Camp Fallujah as they prepare to move to Al Asad Air Base this fall. With less Marine involvement the Iraqis a...

[Submitted On: 10/22/2008]->Read More

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Landing support Marine sends cargo to final destination

By Cpl. Daniel Angel

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Cpl. Ron L. Mudica knows the sound of beating rotor blades well. He can call out the type of helicopter long before that sound becomes a deafening roar accompanied by a blinding cloud of dust. As the daytime cargo non...

[Submitted On: 10/14/2008]->Read More

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Iraqi Army improves diplomacy

By SSgt. Michael Hjelmstad

FALLUJAH, Iraq (August 20, 2008) - The increasing responsibility of Iraqi Army leadership includes growth in local diplomacy and law enforcement as Coalition forces continue to decrease their role in the security of al-Anbar province. IA Br...

[Submitted On: 08/23/2008]->Read More

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Marines train Iraqi citizen group to take over policing

By SSgt. Michael Hjelmstad

ZAIDON, Iraq(August 12, 2008) - Sixty-eight members of the Sons of Iraq, a citizen watch group trained in protecting the community here, took the next step in becoming law enforcement officers on Aug. 12. Distinguished leaders of the...

[Submitted On: 08/14/2008]->Read More

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Coalition medical team provides care to Al-Fayil

By Cpl. Sean P. McGinty

AL-FAYIL VILLAGE, Iraq (May 17, 2008) - Coalition medical personnel from Camp Fallujah visited the Al-Fayil village today and provided basic medical care. Sailors from I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, 22nd Naval Con...

[Submitted On: 05/17/2008]->Read More

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First line of defense: Multi National Force – West Marines ensure base security

By Cpl. Sean P. McGinty

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - For most serving aboard Camp Fallujah, the relative quiet on base nearly masks the fact there is a war going on just outside the gates. This is not the case for the service members of I Marine Expeditionary Force...

[Submitted On: 04/14/2008]->Read More

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15 years in the making: Marine become citizen

By Cpl. Daniel B. Angel

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - One Marine recently realized a family dream, 15 years in the making, by becoming a United States citizen, while deployed in Iraq. "Becoming a U.S. citizen is a big weight off my shoulders," said Cpl. Diego Rojas Silva,...

[Submitted On: 04/24/2008]->Read More

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I MHG implements, exemplifies combat conditioning

By Cpl. Sean P McGinty

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - Since the Commandant of the Marine Corps announced he was adding a combat fitness test portion to the current physical fitness test; many Marines are taking their training above and beyond a three-mile run, pull-ups and crunc...

[Submitted On: 04/13/2008]->Read More