thedrifter
08-14-07, 08:09 PM
3/6 to return from Iraq on Thursday
Staff report
Posted : Tuesday Aug 14, 2007 19:00:25 EDT
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — About 170 Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based Marines and sailors are scheduled to return Thursday following a seven-month deployment to Iraq.
Members of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, recently turned over their battle space west of Fallujah in the Habbaniyah region, according to a II Marine Expeditionary Force press release. Security responsibility was shifted to local Iraqi security forces.
The battalion conducted both independent and joint counterinsurgency operations with 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, and Iraqi police in the towns of Husaybah, Sadiqiyah, Bidimnah and the western Fallujah Peninsula, according to the release.
The Marines played a major role in engaging the Albu Issa tribe, which ultimately led to the dismantling of al-Qaida and its influence in the greater Fallujah region, the release states.
The battalion also established the initial Iraqi Provincial Security Forces in the Fallujah Peninsula area and assisted in the establishment of the Habbaniyah Police Academy.
Ellie
Staff report
Posted : Tuesday Aug 14, 2007 19:00:25 EDT
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — About 170 Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based Marines and sailors are scheduled to return Thursday following a seven-month deployment to Iraq.
Members of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, recently turned over their battle space west of Fallujah in the Habbaniyah region, according to a II Marine Expeditionary Force press release. Security responsibility was shifted to local Iraqi security forces.
The battalion conducted both independent and joint counterinsurgency operations with 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, and Iraqi police in the towns of Husaybah, Sadiqiyah, Bidimnah and the western Fallujah Peninsula, according to the release.
The Marines played a major role in engaging the Albu Issa tribe, which ultimately led to the dismantling of al-Qaida and its influence in the greater Fallujah region, the release states.
The battalion also established the initial Iraqi Provincial Security Forces in the Fallujah Peninsula area and assisted in the establishment of the Habbaniyah Police Academy.
Ellie