Article: Marines exchange fire with Taliban in searing heat

Article: Marines battle Taliban in searing heat: ; ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  July 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Afghanistan - U.S. Marines hiked through searing heat and took fire from ... as thousands of Marines poured from helicopters ... election. One Marine was killed and ... Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. Several hundred Marines took positions ...

Article: Marines exchange fire with Taliban in searing ...
AP Online;  July 2, 2009 ;     700+ words ...U.S. Marines hiked through searing heat and took fire from ... as thousands of Marines poured from helicopters ... and the biggest Marine assault since the ... Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. Several hundred Marines took positions in ...

Article: Afghanistan meets Salisbury plain for two-week military training ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  July 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The searing heat of Afghanistan may have been absent, but swooping helicopters, rumbling ... rebels and support the fledgling Afghan government later this year. Royal Marines and soldiers from 3 Commando Brigade will be training alongside 1st Battalion ...

Article: War On Iraq - Front line Reports: Through dust and searing ...
The Independent on Sunday;  April 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... along this hellish piece of highway that the might of the US Marine Corps is pushing up from Nasiriyah towards the Iraqi capital ... other units are making the same drive from the east. But the Marines are making their advance here. At the start of the journey ...

Article: Tough battle in the searing heat.
Eastwood Advertiser (Eastwood, England);  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... games either home or away and - absurdly in view of the league saying three consecutive home games would give Boston an advantage - we have three home games on the trot when Matlock, Witton and Marine come to Eastwood from January 27 onwards.

Article: A near death in the unforgiving desert Scotsman journalist Emma ...
The Scotsman;  July 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the area. The atmosphere among the US Marines, Royal Irish troops and Afghan National ... July and I was out on patrol with the US Marines in Musa Qala in Afghanistan's Helmand ... was now a busy hotbed of trade. The US Marines were mentoring the Afghan National Police ...

Article: Suicide bomber kills three Paras; In the desert's searing ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... with only 57 in theprevious six months. It is unusual for suicide bombers to kill troops on the ground. The lastfatality was Marine Dale Gostick, who was killed near Sangin, Helmand provinceon May 25. He was blown up by a roadside bomb just as Mr Browne ...