Posts Tagged ‘Helmand River’

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  Future of Garmsir in Afghan Hands

  From the Trenches, Highlights  //  May 15th, 2012  //  By Cpl. Reece Lodder

  America’s Battalion Completes Final Helmand Tour GARMSIR DISTRICT, Afghanistan — In the fall of 2004, the Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment began a challenging  journey that took them to the Middle  [Read more...]

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  Operation Tageer Shamal

  From the Trenches, Highlights  //  May 14th, 2012  //  By Cpl. Reece Lodder

  GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan - The heart of Garmsir district is safe. For the past five years, coalition forces have operated with Afghan National Security Forces to defeat the insurgency in the central Helmand River  [Read more...]