Regional Command Southwest - May 22 Roundup

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May 22, 2011Weekly report

The following content depicts a weeks worth of activity from Regional Command Southwest, commanded by Maj. Gen. JohnToolan and covering Helmand and Nimruz Provinces, Afghanistan. The content was created by Marine Corps Combat

Correspondents, Combat Camera and personnel with UK media operations under Task Force Helmand. Feel free to forward ourstories to family, friends and loved ones supporting those who are deployed.

Featured Stories

Sgt. Maj. Kent Spends Final Days of

Farewell Tour with Marines in

Afghanistan

There is a certain presence around the Marine who

has led hundreds of thousands of men and women

throughout the past 35 years (Read Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. Katherine M. Solano, RC(SW)

Linguists Essential Part of Female

Engagement Team Mission

Members from both the U.S. and U.K. Female

Engagement Teams met for training at the Afghan

Cultural Center here, May 16. The purpose of the

meeting was to share information, advice and

experiences...(Read Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. Katherine M. Solano, RC(SW)
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Pendleton Helicopter Squadrons

Transfer Authority in Afghanistan

The Vipers of Marine Light Attack Helicopter

Squadron 169 are scheduled to transfer their

responsibility of providing close air support inRegional Command Southwest to HMLA-267(Read Story)

Story by Cpl. Rashaun X. James, 2nd

MAW (Fwd.)

RC(SW) Commanding General VisitsGeorgian Soldiers

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of

Regional Command Southwest, visited Combat

Outpost Shukvani to meet with key leaders (Read

Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. Bryan Nygaard, RC(SW)

400 U.K. Personnel to Leave

Afghanistan by New Year

This comprises personnel released by the end of the

task for HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps plannedfor February 2012, the return of RAF Regiment

personnel from the Kandahar Airfield force

protection task (Read Story)

Story courtesy of Task Force Helmand
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Through the Ranks:

Lance Corporal

Rocks crunch under the boots of a Marine walking

a seemingly endless patrol route. He scans 360degrees for suspicious activity as the sun slides

beneath the horizon. Its getting late; if he wasnt

on patrol it would be dinner time (Read Story)Story by Cpl. Colby Brown, Regional Combat Team 1

Task Force Belleau Wood, AfghanPartners Help Villagers Open School

Marines from 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine

Regiment, stationed out of Houston, work

alongside Afghan National Army soldiers and

other coalition forces to help the village of Now

Abad open its first school (Watch Video)Story by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Ross, RC(SW)

British, Afghan Soldiers on Five-day

Patrol

Before sunrise, A Company, 4 SCOTS, and their ANPcounterparts set off from their base at Checkpoint Said

Abdullah carrying everything they would need for the

duration of the operation, including kit, ammunition,

water and food... (Read Story)

Story courtesy of Task Force Helmand
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Afghans Trust ISAF with their

Children

A three-year-old Afghan boy and a 14-year-old girl

were treated and medically evacuated from the district

of Sangin by coalition forces Tuesday... (Read Story)

Story by 1st

Lt. Timothy Irish, Regional Combat Team 8

Realizing the American Dream in the

Marine Corps

Sgt. Ivan Vega-Pacheco, a fire team control chief with

2nd Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, moved to

Chicagos Humbolt Park... (View Video)

Story by Lance Cpl. Daniel A. Wulz, RC(SW)

New Weapons Instructor Course Holds Hope for

Self-sufficient Afghanistan

The sound of an M16 rifle, its functions, parts and operations is

anything but unfamiliar to Marines. However, to the Afghan National

Army soldiers enrolled in the Small Arms Weapons Instructors Course,

they are learning the sound for the first time aboard Camp Leatherneck,

May 1June 16(Read Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. Daniel A. Wulz, RC(SW)
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Joint Engineering Effort Builds

Bridges Between U.S. Army, Marines

In early February, Marines from the 3rd Light

Armored Reconnaissance Battalion found

themselves in a difficult predicament with a vehicle

stuck in the rising waters of Afghanistans Helmand

River(Read Story)

Story by Cpl. Rashaun X. James, 2nd

MAW (Fwd.

Congress Gets Acquainted with MLG

Congressional representatives from different states

visited the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward)

aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 16 to

meet with military leaders and local government

officials to discuss(Read Story)

Story by Staff Sgt. Theresa Seng, 2nd

MLG (Fwd.)

For additional stories from around Regional Command Southwest,

see the links below:

Regional Command Southwest

2nd Marine Division

RCT-1

RCT-8

2nd Marine Aircraft Wing

2nd Marine Logistics Group

Task Force Helmand

Task Force Helmand on Facebook

Task Force Belleau Wood on Facebook

Regional Command Southwest FaceBook
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