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VOLUME 73 EDITION 35
Mortarmen launch rounds downrange
Photo by Pfc. Jackeline M. Perez Rivera
Hurricane Irene knocked down several trees at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Visitors Center, Aug. 27.
CPL. ED GALO
2nd Marine Division
Mortarmen new to 2nd Marine Division spent Aug. 18 honing their skills on range MP-5, to get 60 mm mortars on target. The day of training took place as a way to refine the skills of mortarmen, the majority of whom recently graduated from their military occupational specialty school, by ensuring they have the knowledge to guide 60 mm mortars on target. The Marines setup their mortars and performed gunline-procedures and the various steps involved to sight-in and bombard targets. As the Marines launched mortars down range, Marines serving as forward observers radioed in the grid coordinates of the impacts. The mortarmen then used that information to adjust fire and get rounds on target. “We want to make sure they can get rounds downrange as fast as possible to get the mission complete,” said Cpl. Anthony Gonzales, a mortarman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. “They need to be very precise.” The training also served as way to prepare mortarmen from 1st Bn., 2nd Marines for their upcoming deployment with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion is scheduled to attach to the 24th MEU in September and form into its battalion landing team. “This is the basics,” said 1st Lt. Justin Nabozna, the platoon commander for Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. “We have to work our way up to MEU operations. If we have proficient 60 mm mortarmen then the battalion landing team’s ground combat element will have three mortar section, that they can task out to each company to use in the offense, defense and patrolling.”
PFC. JACKELINE M. PEREZ RIVERA Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Now that Hurricane Irene has passed through Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, base officials have been working around the clock to pick up the damage caused by the storm. The base has experienced loss of power, fallen trees and what preliminary estimates place as $2.4 million in damages. Preparation for the hurricane included meetings to discuss setting up shelters and what resources were available to service members and civilians who live aboard the base. Base residents were also in-
formed of shelters near their areas, what emergency supplies to have and handy tips for when the hurricane hit. “We have a base destructive weather plan and that’s been set for years,” said James Mahoney, the deputy director of maintenance and operations with Public Works aboard the base. “It’s been finely tuned over the course of several hurricanes and tropical storms.” For Marines who lived in the barracks, windows were taped so that if one shattered, the glass would not scatter and injure them. Sandbags were filled and laid out in front of all the doors on the first floor to prevent water from entering in the case of a flood.
According to Col. Daniel J. Lecce, MCB Camp Lejeune commanding officer, the base was very fortunate. “We took some hits but no injuries, no deaths,” said Lecce. “I think we fared very well.” Lecce added that it is never too early to prepare for a hurricane. “There’s not much to do once it’s here, but before, that’s where you make your money and I think we really did that,” said Lecce. While information was passed through Marines’ respective chain-of-commands, Atlantic Marine Corps Communities did their part by informing their residents. SEE IRENE 7A
Photo by Pfc. Jackeline M. Perez Rivera
(Above) Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, assist with cleanup on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on Aug. 28 after Hurricane Irene. Photo by Lance Cpl. Victor A. Barrera
(Right) Lance Cpl. Gerald Mangual and wife, Lisa, look at their 6-month-old son. The Manguals stayed at the shelter at Lejeune High School because they felt their children would be safer there.
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Photo by Lance Cpl. Bruno J. Bego
Marines with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) place culvert denial systems on drainage pipes along Route 606, recently, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
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LANCE CPL. BRUNO J. BEGO
2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward)
One of the most trafficked roads in the country, Route 606, consists of 218 kilometers of paved road and connects Farah, Herat and Chaghcharan provinces, while winding its way into Iran. Marines and sailors with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), installed several reinforced culvert denial systems recently, to counter the damage
done by improvised explosive devices placed by enemy insurgents in the drainage pipes lining the road. “We placed 10 culvert denial systems, and we had to replace a whole culvert after it was blown up,” said Sgt. Moses S. Ruiz, a combat engineer with 7th ESB. “The systems are going to protect the locals in the area as well as all the commercial traffic on the road.” The operation lasted four days and included 33 miles of Route 606. The cages will greatly assist Afghan National Army soldiers and coali-
tion forces with security operations in the area. Perhaps more importantly, the systems will also provide the locals with a safer passage of travel as they maintain their livelihoods. “Hopefully we can help the locals,” said Lance Cpl. Michael S. Adams, a combat engineer with 7th ESB. “They use this road to transport their goods to local markets on a daily basis so they can have money for their families. “I think this will make the insurgents’ life a little bit harder and our job a little bit easier,” Adams concluded.