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Secretary of the Navy visits Afghan training center

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabusvisited Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest aboard Camp Leatherneck,

Helmand province, Sept. 20, to witness first-hand the ongoing training of 

 Afghan National Security Forces. (more) (watch video) 

By Cpl. Daniel Wulz, Regional Command Southwest 

 A sandstorm, IED and the squad that overcame

GARMSIR DISTRICT, Afghanistan - In late May, an explosionchanged the lives of a squad of Marines in Charlie Company, 1st

Battalion, 3rd Marines.(more) 

By Cpl. Colby Brown, Regimental Combat Team 5  

Commandant of t he Marine Corps visits RCT-5

Marines and sailorsCAMP DWYER, Afghanistan - Gen. James F. Amos,

Commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks to Marines and

sailors with Regimental Combat Team 5 while Sgt. Maj.

Michael P. Barrett, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, looks

on here, Sept. 22.(more) 

By Regimental Combat Team 5  

Weekly Report, September 24, 2011

The following content summarizes a week’s worth of activity from Regional Command Southwest, commanded by Maj. Gen. John Toolan and coveringHelmand and Nimroz Provinces, Afghanistan. The content was created by Marine Corps Combat Correspondents, Navy Mass Communication SpecialistsCombat Camera and personnel with UK media operations under Task Force Helmand. Feel free to forward our stories to family, friends and loved onessupporting those who are deployed.

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Coalition forces deny insurgency movement, money in Afghanistan 

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Afghanistan -- Military experts

have long-deemed limiting the enemy’s movement as vital to an effective

campaign.(more) 

By Cpl. Brian Adam Jones, 2 nd Marine Aircraft Wing 

Gunners develop Afghan Army skills

Commando Gunners from 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery have helped

the Afghan National Army (ANA) develop patrolling, casualty-handling and

searching skills to the extent that the ANA can now run checkpoints and carry

out patrols on their own. (more)  A UK military operations news article  

Through the Lens: A Photographer’s View of a British P atrol

NAHR-E SARAJ, Afghanistan -- Join a combat correspondent for a look at

photography on patrol alongside gunners with the British Army’s 29

Commando, 3 Commando Brigade. (watch video) 

By MC2 Jonathan Chandler, Regional Command Southwest  

 ‘Lone Star Battali on’ finishes Afghan deployment, passes torch to

 ‘New England’s Own’ 

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – As the summer sun set on Camp

Leatherneck, Helmand province, Sept. 13, it also set on 1st Battalion, 23rd

Marine Regiment’s time in Afghanistan. (more) (watch video) 

By Cpl. Bryan Nygaard, Regional Command Southwest 

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Toolan thanks money-saving 2nd MLG Marines

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Two money-saving Marines

with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) Circuit Card Repair

section were recognized for a job well done during Maj. Gen. John

A. Toolan’s visit to the Intermediate Maintenance Activity lot aboard

Camp Leatherneck, Sept. 17.(more) 

B y Sgt. Justin Shemanski, 2 nd Marine Logistics Group  

 Voices of Religious Tolerance speak in Garmsir

GAMRSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan — More than

100 district and community leaders from Helmand province

attended the Voice of Religious Tolerance reunion shura here,

Sept. 14.  (more) 

By Cpl. Colby Brown, Regimental Combat Team 5  

Lifeline: Marine KC-130Js resupply the fight in Afghanistan

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - When supplies run thin at forward

operating bases peppering the Helmand River valley, reassurance often

comes with the strong hum of a Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules.(more) 

By Cpl. Justin Boling, 2 nd Marine Aircraft Wing  

Plymouth soldiers use advice from Devon Police in Helmand

For the past few months a group of Commando Gunners have been

putting the advice they received from civilian police in the UK into

practice as they mentor members of the Afghan Police in Helmand. 

(more) 

 A UK military operations news article  

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Marines train police of Now Zad to independence

NOW ZAD, Helmand province, Afghanistan - In the wild west, a

sheriff and his deputies brought justice to an otherwise lawless land.

Hollywood has depicted a small group of men with long rifles and

badges fighting against gangs of unruly outlaws usually wanting

something from the town and taking it by force.(more) (watch video) 

By Lance Cpl. Clayton Vonderhae, Regimental Combat Team 8 

 Afghan government, coalition forces build for a

better education

GARMSIR DISTRICT, Afghanistan - Pencils, paper and

backpacks are piled high in the corner of a school office.

Down the hall, local children eagerly wait on the edges of 

their seats. The District Governor, District Chief of Police

and local Kandak Commander, aided by elders and local

farmers, grab fistfuls of pencils, stuff the backpacks full and

walk to the entryway of the classrooms. (more) 

By Cpl. Colby Brown, Regimental Combat Team 5  

Eye in the sky, RCT-5 conducts air interdiction drill

CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Marines with

Regimental Combat Team 5 and Charlie Company, 1st Battalion,

25th Marine Regiment, conducted an Air Interdiction Force

exercise here, Sept. 18. (more) 

By Staff Sgt. Andrew Miller, Regimental Combat Team 5 

HIM ARS battery adds long-range fire support to the

battlefield

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province - Task Force Leatherneck 

provides plenty of artillery support for its ground units throughout itsarea of operations – M777 A2 howitzers do an excellent job of 

providing indirect fire in most cases.(more) 

By Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde  

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Marine David Fairbrother killed in Afghanistan

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that MarineDavid Fairbrother, of Kilo Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines, waskilled in Afghanistan on 19 September 2011. (more) 

 A UK military operations news article  

Gurkhas train new elite Afghan police teams

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Soldiers from 2nd Battalion TheRoyal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR) have been training new, elite teams of 

 Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan.(more) 

 A UK military operations news article