yellowwing
09-22-06, 06:02 AM
Troops to arrive home from Iraqi-Syrian border
10:13 PM PDT on Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The Press-Enterprise (http://www.pe.com/localnews/desert/stories/PE_News_Local_H_return21.356cdb5.html)
TWENTYNINE PALMS - About 800 Marines and sailors from Twentynine Palms are returning from Iraq, where they have been deployed since March.
The troops, from the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, will be arriving today through Sunday at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. They have been stationed near the Syrian-Iraqi border.
The unit has seen extensive action since the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003, conducting combat operations, foot and mechanized patrols and house searches of suspected insurgents. The outfit has fought in Baghdad, Najaf and cities along with Euphrates River.
10:13 PM PDT on Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The Press-Enterprise (http://www.pe.com/localnews/desert/stories/PE_News_Local_H_return21.356cdb5.html)
TWENTYNINE PALMS - About 800 Marines and sailors from Twentynine Palms are returning from Iraq, where they have been deployed since March.
The troops, from the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, will be arriving today through Sunday at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. They have been stationed near the Syrian-Iraqi border.
The unit has seen extensive action since the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003, conducting combat operations, foot and mechanized patrols and house searches of suspected insurgents. The outfit has fought in Baghdad, Najaf and cities along with Euphrates River.