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Archive: September, 2007

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3/4 conducts small unit leadership training

The fire team leaders of 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, completed the Tactical Small Unit Leader Course Sept. 14 at Combat Center Training Areas Lava and West.The Marines spent three weeks brushing up on basic infantry small unit tactics, marksmanship and weapons training.“This is a trial for the Marine Corps,” said Staff Sgt. Paul V. Cooke,

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‘Spartans’ fire howitzers one last time before transitioning to HIMARS

As technology advances throughout history, old ideas and equipment retire to pave the way for the new.The Marines and sailors of 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., are retiring their old M198 howitzers to make way for the newly-developed High Mobility Artillery Rocket System.“In our current

3/23 endures Mojave Viper for first time

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (Sept. 13, 2007) -- Marine reservists from across the country came together as 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, completed the Mojave Viper pre-deployment training aboard the Combat Center Sept. 13 in preparation for their deployment to Iraq in support of

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