https://freerepublic.com/tag/frwnmarines/ en-us Sat, 8 Nov 2008 00:46:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128287/posts In this file photo, Marines gaze at a statue donated to the city of Ramadi by a local Iraqi contractor. Photo by Lance Cpl. Jerry Murphy, Regimental Combat Team 1. RAMADI — The days of kicking in doors and large scale operations are quickly becoming a thing of the past in Iraq. Instead, Coalition forces’ main focus is rebuilding Iraq and continuing to ensure Iraqi security forces have the means available to ensure post-Provincial Iraqi Control security.Now more than a month into their deployment, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, has been successful at picking... Multi-National Force - Iraq https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128287/posts#comment Sat, 8 Nov 2008 00:46:09 GMT