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	1st Marine Expeditionary Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force is a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) of the United States Marine Corps primarily composed of the 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and 1st Marine Logistics Group.
		Among Marines, it is common to pronounce I MEF as "eye mef", "first mef", or "one mef".
		Deploy and employ expeditionary ready, air-ground task forces in response to Component Commander taskings to operate in Joint/Combined Operations, to conduct small scale contingencies and win in combat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1st_Marine_Expeditionary_Force (293 words)

	I Marine Expeditionary Force
		I MEF was activated on 8 November 1969 at Okinawa Japan as the I Marine Amphibious Force.
		During the Operation Desert Storm, the 1st and 2d Marine Divisions, the ground maneuver elements of the First Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), were positioned along the northern boundary of Saudi Arabia with the mission to attack north into Kuwait.
		The 1st Marine Division was made up of units from the 1st Marine, 3d Marine, 7th Marine, and 11th Marine regiments (as well as units of other Marine regiments assigned to the 1st Marine Division).
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usmc/i-mef.htm (1127 words)

	DefenseLINK News: 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Creating 'Fallujah Brigade'
		WASHINGTON, April 30, 2004 — The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force is putting together the first battalion of a new Iraqi brigade being formed to restore and maintain order in the western city of Fallujah, a coalition military spokesman announced at a Baghdad news conference today.
		Marines will continue to maintain a strong presence in and around Fallujah, Kimmitt said, until the new unit has demonstrated it can man designated checkpoints and positions.
		Iraqi security forces will work inside Fallujah as order is restored to help police in their investigations to identify those responsible for the March 31 killing and mutilation of four American contractors and the Feb. 14 attack on Fallujah's police station, the general said.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Apr2004/n04302004_200404303.html (727 words)

	Marines to Deploy for Possible War with Iraq (1st Marine Expeditionary Force)
		Spokesmen at 1st Marine Expeditionary Force headquarters in Camp Pendleton, Calif., confirmed that an order to deploy "elements" of the big force was received this week, but would not say how many or exactly when and where they would go.
		Several hundred Marines from Pendleton and#8211; part of the command element for the expeditionary force and#8211; are already in Kuwait, arriving in November for last month's Internal Look exercise and to help plan for possible action against Iraq.
		The primary striking power of the expeditionary force is the 1st Marine Division, which has infantry and armored units, along with artillery and support troops.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/816307/posts (1187 words)

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		Ruslan Androschuk 24 Ukrainian peacekeeping forces Kolodianka, Ukraine Androschuk was injured during a battle for a Tigris River bridge in Kut, Iraq, and died during evacuation to the Ukrainian military base in Kut on April 6, 2004 Capt.
		Evan Asa Ashcraft 24 Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) West Hills, California Killed when his vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade during an ambush of a military convoy north of Hawd in northern Iraq on July 24, 2003 Cpl.
		Tamario D. Burkett 21 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Buffalo, New York Killed in operations on the outskirts of Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23, 2003 Sgt.
	www.cs.pitt.edu /mpqa/demo/database/docs/www_cnn_com/iraq-cnn_com-0 (5285 words)

	Marine Killed in Accident, Soldiers Uncover Weapons Caches : ArriveNet Editorials : Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Armed Forces Information Service (ArriveNet Editorials - Dec 07, 2004) -- A Marine assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force was killed today in a motor vehicle accident while conducting security and stability operations in Iraq's Anbar province, Multinational Force Iraq officials reported.
		Seven people were captured by 1st Infantry Division soldiers in a Dec. 6 raid conducted to kill or capture anti-Iraqi force cell leaders.
		On Dec. 5, three U.S. Army members serving with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force were killed in two separate incidents while conducting security and stability operations in Anbar province.
	editorials.arrivenet.com /government/article.php/3043.html (606 words)

	DefenseLINK News: 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander Praises Unit, Plans Final Turnover
		After five months of stabilization and security operations, the 1st MEF transferred four of five provinces in southern Iraq to the Polish-led Multinational Division Central-South on Sept. 3.
		Since Marines usually don't participate in nation building and have no consolidated doctrine for it, a set of guidelines was developed.
		Chief among these was for Marines to treat Iraqis as they would like to be treated were the situation reversed.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Sep2003/n09092003_200309097.html (494 words)

	The Battle of Iraq - U.S. & Coalition Casualties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Rudy Salas -- 20 -- 1st Light Armored Reconnais- sance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force -- Baldwin Park, California -- Died due to a non-hostile vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on May 20, 2004.
		Brud J. Cronkrite -- 22 -- 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division -- Spring Valley, California -- Died May 14, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds he received when a rocket-propelled grenade was fired into a building near him during a security patrol in Karbala, Iraq, on May 13, 2004.
		Philip I. Spakosky -- 25 -- 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Division -- Browns Mill, New Jersey -- Died May 14, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds he received when he was shot by a suspected sniper in Karbala, Iraq, on May 13, 2004.
	www.albertarose.org /fallen/04_may.htm (3451 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Iraq Casualties
		Lance Cpl. Abraham Simpson, 19, of Chino, Calif.; 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Killed Nov. 9 in Anbar province.
		Jarrod L. Maher, 21, of Imogene, Iowa; 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Died Nov. 12 as a result of a non-hostile gunshot wound at Abu Ghraib.
		Both Marines were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A52983-2004Nov15?language=printer (1010 words)

	I MEF Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		All together, approximately 100 yards of the popular beach was packed with Marines and their tools of war for the 5th Annual Operation Appreciation.
		Marines from Battery C, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division answer questions civilian patrons had regarding the M777 155 mm howitzer during Operation Appreciation.
		King added that the active-duty Marines and equipment were meant to give the civilian patrons an up-close-and-personal look at what Marines do for a living.
	www.i-mef.usmc.mil (624 words)

	Democratic Underground Forums - 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (USA) in full retreat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		According to a BBC reporter on NPR's Morning Edition, the 1MEF is in full retreat back to the Iraq-Kuwait border after meeting "very stiff resistance" on the drive to Basra.
		The bush teams knows that if the world realizes the Iraqi forces are nothing more than a nuisance than a threat, the world will rebel against the bush team.
		And not to far in the future, the marine band will be playing and the medal ceremony will begin.
	www.democraticunderground.com /duforum/DCForumID61/19530.html (344 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		The MEF has overall command of all Marine units in the Persian Gulf region and it includes elements of the 1st Marine Division and the 1st Marine Regiment plus Marine aviation units.
		On January 7, 2,100 Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is part of the 1st MEF, departed San Diego aboard the amphibious assault ships USS Tarawa, USS Duluth and USS Rushmore.
		The 1st MEF began to head home in August and September 2003 and transferred authority for five provinces in southern Iraq to a Polish-led multinational force on September 3, 2003 at Camp Babylon, Iraq.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/coalition/deployment/marines/expeditionary.html (414 words)

	The Smokers Club, Inc. - The Smoking Marine
		The Marines, concluding Miller could be a threat to himself or to his teammates in any future combat situation, granted him an early but honorable discharge.
		Such are the unvarnished sentiments of Marine Lance Cpl. James Blake Miller, 20, a country boy from Kentucky who has been thrust unwittingly and somewhat unwillingly into the role of poster boy for a war on the other side of the world from his home on the farm.
		The Marine, later identified as Lance Cpl. Blake Miller of Kentucky, drew this reaction from Mary Ann Ferguson- Rich of Tallmadge: ``He is a young man and yet all the world weariness of someone at the end of a long, difficult life looks out at us from his eyes.
	www.smokersclubinc.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=584 (5689 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Marines -- all members of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force from Camp Pendleton -- were in a military convoy when they were killed on Monday, base officials said.
		Gardner was assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 1st Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.
		The others were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.
	www.officer.com /news/IBS/kgtv/news-2363136.html (248 words)

	washingtonpost.com:
		1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
		1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Killed in enemy action in Anbar province.
		Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Abu Ghraib, a western suburb of Baghdad.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A9441-2004Dec17?language=printer (200 words)

	LP: The War in Iraq: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties
		Marvin A. Camposiles 25 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division Austell, Georgia Died when he was electrocuted while performing routine generator maintenance in Samarra, Iraq, on April 17, 2004 Spc.
		Adolfo C. Carballo 20 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division Houston, Texas Died of shrapnel wounds he received when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the Humvee he was traveling in near Baghdad, Iraq, on April 10, 2004 Pfc.
		Christopher R. Dixon 18 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve Columbus, Ohio One of four Marines killed when their amphibious assault vehicle struck a roadside bomb during combat operations against enemy forces in Karabilah, Iraq, on May 11, 2005 Pvt.
	www.libertypost.org /cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=96847 (4659 words)

	invasion of Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Securing the oil infrastructure was considered important in order to prevent Saddam Hussein's forces from using it as a smokescreen to disguise the movement of his troops.
		of the invading forces were not limited to the Iraqi military as civilian men, Women and children resident withing the combat zones were also casualties but numbers are unknown, probably in the thousands.
		The idea that US forces did not guard the museum because they were guarding the Ministry of Oil and Ministry of Interior is apparently true.
	www.findthelinks.com /politics/invasion_of_Iraq.htm (1524 words)

	United States Marine Corps - Marines.mil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Marines fighting the ongoing war on terrorism face enemies that are adaptive, decentralized and elusive.
		Marines operating here are helping to rebuild the city and get the local citizens back on their feet, but they do not hesitate to kick in a door once in a while to search for insurgent activity.
		Marines from B Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine R...
	usmc.mil /marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/releaseview/...?opendocument (588 words)

	The Association Admiration Aggregation
		Marshall was killed when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his Humvee at the head of fuel and ammunition convoy that was resupplying soldiers during the second 'thunder run' south of Baghdad, Iraq, on April 8, 2003.
		One of 10 Marines killed when a homemade bomb made from four artillery shells exploded at an abandoned flour factory used as a Marine outpost in Falluja, Iraq, on December 1, 2005
		One of four Marines killed when their Humvee was struck by a roadside bomb during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 15, 2006
	www.theassociation.net /cgi-bin/cwload.cgi?page=iraq5 (8113 words)

	Book Review: Ruff's War
		Ruff's War: A Navy Nurse on the Frontline in Iraq, by Cdr.
		On March 31, 2003, after more than a month in the Kuwaiti desert, Bravo Surgical Company headed north into Iraq to support the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		As an echelon-two surgical company, their casualties came directly from the front and included a steady flow of "sucking chest wounds, charred flesh, shattered bones" and head injuries.
	www.military.com /opinion/0,,78391,00.html (590 words)

	Small Aircraft Crashes Near 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
		According to Major Garrett reporting from the Pentagon, a small aircraft - perhaps a Cessna-type aircraft - has crashed near the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.
		Originated from Iraq and could be one of these crop-duster like drones capable of carrying chemical and/or biological agents.
		I believe the US has stated it would respond with overwhelming force, or words, phrases, concepts to that effect.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/869776/posts (741 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- In Memoriam: The Fallen
		1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton.
		During Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was attached to the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.
		During Operation Iraq Freedom, he was attached to the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/passages/20050531-9999-mz1m30fallen.html (1927 words)

	Knight Ridder::About Knight Ridder::Quality Journalism::Great Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Baghdad and the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, 3rd Infantry Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, Task Force 3-7
		Central Command and the 1st Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment
		First Marine Expeditionary Force, 3rd Infantry Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, Task Force 3-7
	www.knightridder.com /about/greatstories/war/journalists.html (282 words)

	Defense Tech: November 2004 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		U.S. forces -- including the 82nd Airborne's Task Force Pathfinder -- have been using the vehicles since the beginning of the year.
		If there is a Gulf War II syndrome, it may have the same roots as the mystery illness that struck the veterans of Gulf War I: depleted uranium, or D.U. That's the ultra-hard, apparently toxic material American forces have been using for years in their anti-tank shells.
		For years, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has been working on a millimeter-wave beam that penetrates a 64th of an inch beneath the skin.
	72.10.47.119 /archives/2004_11.html (11351 words)

	1st Marine Aircraft Wing
		Ie Shima, Okinawa (May 5, 2006) -- The high-pitched whine becomes louder as the AV-8B Harrier II attack jet screams over the ocean towards a simulated aircraft carrier...
		MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay (May 5, 2006) -- Hawaii Marine is the weekly publication for all Marines stationed on MCB Hawaii and includes news for all 1st Marine Air Wing personnel aboard MCAF Kaneohe Bay...
		MCAS Iwakuni, Mainland Japan (May 5, 2006) -- Station Marines and sailors are scheduled to get underway to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, to participate More News from Iwakuni
	www.1maw.usmc.mil (147 words)

	NoodleFood: November 2004
		However, once they are convinced that war is justified on grounds of national interest or national honor, their sole concern is achieving victory at the lowest cost to American forces.
		It is the obvious duty of American leaders to crush the forces arrayed against us as quickly, thoroughly and professionally as possible.
		Probably as a result of frontier warfare, Jacksonian opinion came to believe that it was breaking the spirit of the enemy nation, rather than the fighting power of the enemy's armies, that was the chief object of warfare.
	www.dianahsieh.com /blog/2004_11_01_monthly.html (7393 words)

	Official Website for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A picturesque Southern California day set the stage for a classic Marine Corps tradition as Col. James B. Seaton III took over command of Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, from Col. J.C. Coleman.
		Major Gen. Michael R. Lehnert, Commanding General for Marine Corps Installations West, but positive remarks for both Colonels Coleman and Seaton, noting their letters from Gen. Michael W. Hagee.
		Cobra Ki’s roller-coaster ride began with a lopsided thumping against the undefeated standouts from 3rd Marines.
	www.cpp.usmc.mil /?homepage.htm~Main+Frame (274 words)

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