February 8, 2007

Marines Develop Strong Bonds in Anbar


Story and photo by Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Sapp
2nd Marine Division

RAWAH — Marines here work together, eat together, live together, and have essentially become brothers.

But the bonds extend beyond themselves. In the past five months, Marines from the Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion have become a part of the city of Rawah.

Platoons of Marines, groups of about 30 men, rotate through the city of 30,000, about 15 miles northwest of Baghdad, as they control different patrol bases and check points with the help of Iraqi Security Forces.
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(Photo: Marines conduct a patrol through the city of Rawah, Iraq, in their Light Armored Vehicles and on foot, Jan. 18, 2007. The Marines have been conducting security operations in this city of roughly 30,000 people, 150 miles northwest of Baghdad, for the last five months.)

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