A Regimental Combat Team is a group of Marines, trained to conduct hidden movements and long-range target strikes, tasked as a battalion’s quick reaction force to serve as the first Coalition forces responders to any emergency.
On Feb. 16, more than 170 Marines recently returned from a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan will visit 16 wounded warriors from their unit who had to be evacuated for injuries sustained in theatre.
On Dec. 7, in the Now Zad district of northern Helmand province, there was an unnoticed but significant step toward transition in Afghanistan. On that day, several local government officials attended a shura, a meeting between Afghans, to discuss security on the key road into the Now Zad district. This was the first gathering of Afghan government officials addressing a regional problem ever held in northern Helmand province.
