![]() ![]() Henner, a 22-year-old Marine from Rochester, N.Y., displays the Kevlar helmet he wore July 23, 2006, when he was shot in the head by an insurgent. At Camp Taqaddum, a main logistics base located between Fallujah and Ramadi, the Marines have converted an old Iraqi Air Force hangar into the processing center for those killed in the Sunni-dominated area west of Baghdad.Ĭontinue reading "Marine unit cares for fallen in Anbar" »Ĭpl. Called PRP for short, the units are made up of 51 reserve Marines and sailors from various units and job fields. The Marine Corps’ Personnel Retrieval and Processing units, formerly known as mortuary affairs, serve as a stepping stone on the journey home for those killed while serving in what is arguably the most dangerous province for U.S. The mission of PRP is to inventory the personal effects, identify the types of wounds sustained, and prepare the remains of service members killed in the Al Anbar province for transportation to Dover Air Force Base. Posted by sr at 10:03 AM | August 21, 2006ĬAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (July 20, 2006) - Marines of the Personnel Recovery and Processing unit at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, carry the remains of a fallen service member into a waiting aircraft at Camp Taqaddum’s airfield for transportation to the United States. Shrugging it off, he went back to sleep.Ĭontinue reading "Purple Heart recipients appreciative of their protective equipment" » The improvised explosive device his vehicle had just hit was only imagined. Miller, a Huntsville, Ala., native, recovering from shrapnel injuries to his wrist, said he believes that personal protective equipment he wore prevented serious injuriesĪL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq (Aug 24, 2006) - Snapping awake, the Marine realized it was all a dream. ![]() Trask, a Kansas City, Mo., native, said he believes personal protective equipment saved his hearing. Miller, 20, with Security Platoon, Combat Logistics Company 117, Combat Logistics Battalion 7, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Fwd), stand by a weapon mount similar to the ones they manned in separate incidents when the vehicles they were in encountered improvised explosive devices during operations in the Al Anbar Province. Marines had just bloodied their way through the first Battle of Fallujah and insurgency within the country was beginning to expand as sectarian clashes divided the nation. This is part one of a three part series.ĬAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - The violence in Iraq was reaching its pinnacle in 2004 when Chris Taylor received his deployment orders to Al-Anbar province. As the war in Afghanistan comes to an end, Marine leaders reflect on their service over the last decade and how combat has shaped them as leaders and as men. The realities of combat controlled and directed their growth, combining aptitude, instinct, and courage equally. Many of them are the progeny of conflict and survival, inflicted with the physical and psychological wounds of war. Bobby Yarbrough | Regional Command Southwest | Date: ĮDITOR'S NOTE: The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq influenced most Marines before they could even comprehend it. ![]()
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