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April 3, 2011Weekly report

The following content depicts a weeks worth of activity from Regional Command Southwest, commanded by Maj. Gen. JohnToolan and covering Helmand and Nimruz Provinces, Afghanistan. The content was created by Marine Corps CombatCorrespondents, Combat Camera and personnel with UK media operations under Task Force Helmand. Feel free to forward ourstories to family, friends and loved ones supporting those who are deployed.

Afghan Border Patrolmanexemplifies leadership

Wali Jan has been serving in the Afghan Border

Police for the past five years and is currently

enrolled in the non-commissioned officers

course at the Joint Security Academy Southwest

(Read Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. Bryan Nygaard, RC (SW)

Unclogging arteries brings

lifeblood back to Zaranj

Twenty kilometers of newly excavated

canal reopened in Zaranj, Nimroz province,Afghanistan. (Read Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. Daniel Wulz, RC (SW)

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High maintenance vehicles run by

high performance Marines

Assault Breacher Vehicle platoon, 1st CombatEngineer Battalion, adapts and overcomes

obstacles (Read Story)

Story by Cpl. John McCall, 2nd

MarDiv

Operation Watchtower: Fox

Company searches for insurgents,

finds peace

Fox Company concluded the three-day

operation, March 25, without firing a single

shot (Read Story)

Story by Sgt. Jesse Stence, RCT-1

Relics of defeat: Marines uncover

insurgent caches

Like tomb raiders, the Marines unearth the

deadly treasures of those who no longer rule

Helmand province(Read Story)

Story by Sgt. Jesse Stence, RCT-1

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RCT-8 spreads goodwill to neighbors

Marines with RCT-8 left the security of ForwardOperating Base Delaram II and made a short

journey to the village to spread goodwill to the

neighboring area by distributing toys and candy to

children and talking to the village elders (ReadStory)

Story by Lance Cpl. Clayton Vonderahe, RCT-8

KC-130J Harvest Hawk: Marines

teach old plane new tricks

One of the U.S. militarys most seasoned aircrafthas found a new purpose as a one-of- a- kind

weapon for the Marine Corps in support of troops

on the ground in Afghanistan (Read Story)

Story by Staff Sgt. Christopher Flurry, 2nd

MAW

Untouchables touch down: New

River support squadron lands in

Afghanistan

Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 accepted

authority of support operations for the air combat

element of RC Southwest (Read Story)

Story by Lance Cpl. Samantha Arrington, 2nd

MAW

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Joint operations increase resupplies,

ease burdens

The Air Delivery Platoon, 2nd Marine LogisticsGroup (Forward) completed its first air drop with

the Air Force since the beginning of operations in

Afghanistan (Read Story)

Story by Staff Sgt. Theresa Seng, 2nd

MLG

Helicopter Support Team delivers

Bobcat to FOB

Helicopter Support Team, Landing Support

Detachment, Headquarters and Support Company,

2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) attached a

bobcat to a Sikorsky CH-53E (Read Story)(Watch Video)

Story by Lance Cpl. Bruno J. Bego, 2nd

MLG

Video by Sgt. Rachael Moore, 2nd

MLG

Irish Guards continue to drive out

insurgents

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards have furtherstamped their authority on an insurgent-occupied area

of Helmand's Nahr-e Saraj district (Read Story)

Story courtesy of Task Force Helmand

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British Army medics train Afghan

nurses

Three British Army medics serving inAfghanistan's Helmand province have begun

teaching their skills to a group of Afghan nurses(Read Story)

Story courtesy of Task Force Helmand

For additional stories involving Regional Command Southwest,

see the links below:

Regional Command Southwest

2nd

Marine Division

RCT-1

RCT-8

2nd

Marine Aircraft Wing

2nd Marine Logistics GroupTask Force Helmand

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