Logistics Marines take on insurgency to entrench Iraqi Army in Ramadi

Photo By Cpl. Daniel Redding | Marines patrol the interior of Combat Outpost Falcon shortly after arriving to emplace over 300 concrete barriers June 26, 2006. The five Marines, a part of Combat Logistics Detachment 115, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, out of Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, aided the Army's 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division in securing the combat outpost, a part of increased security operations in Southern Ramadi. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl. Daniel J. Redding. 060626-M-7799R-013. Released.)  

RAMADI, IRAQ

06.30.2006

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1st Marine Logistics Group

RAMADI, Iraq - In recent days, the tempo of security operations have significantly increased in this insurgent stronghold.

As U.S. and Iraqi forces push further into the city they plan to hold the ground they take by setting up small outposts on the insurgents' doorstep.

Under sporadic small-arms, rocket and mortar fire, five Marines emplaced over 300 concrete barriers in 27 hours to provide secure borders for a new Iraqi army outpost in this capital city of the Al Anbar province.

The Marines, from Combat Logistics Detachment 115, utilized heavily armored forklifts, commonly referred to as TRAMS, to help the U.S. Army secure a heavier presence of Iraqi Security Forces in the most dangerous city in the region.

Combat Logistics Detachment 115, part of Combat Logistics Regiment 15 at nearby Camp Taqaddum, a sprawling logistics base east of here, was recently mobilized to help the Army's 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, build several outposts in the city.

• Date Taken: 06.30.2006
• Date Posted: 06.30.2006 11:00
• Story ID: 7016
• Location: RAMADI, IQ