War operations update: Marines prep for long Iraq deployment; far-flung fifth hunts down foes

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The US Marine Corps has released more details of the forthcoming deployment of large numbers of Marines to Iraq and Afghanistan to relieve Army units stretched thin by extended deployments. A Marine Air-Ground Task Force centered on the 1 Marine Expeditionary Force would employ to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with approximately 21,000 Marines and sailors including approximately 1,500 Marine Reservists, primarily in the area patrolled by the 82nd Airborne Division.

International Affairs, Management dynamics, Military Exercises & Maneuvers, Military Action, Armed Forces, Management, Powers and duties, Company business management, Military operations, Military maneuvers

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Sea Services strikes for Iraqi freedom

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The contact between Navy ships and Navy and Marine Corps aircraft enabled the United States to hit targets in Iraq during the initial strikes of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Iraqi capital was hit on 20 March 2004 by 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched by four surface ships and two submarines in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.

All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, Dept of the Navy, US Navy, Ordnance & Accessories, Defense industries, Usage, Strategic aspects, United States. Navy, Armaments, Military weapons, Iraq War, 2003-

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Air strikes hit Afghan front lines

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American naval aircraft continued their attacks against Taliban and Al-Qaeda targets in Afghanistan. The aircraft carrier USS 'Carl Vinson' kept up its scheduled flights as the USS 'Enterprise' departed, relieved by the USS 'Theodore Roosevelt.'

Military aspects, Air warfare, Sea-power, Sea power, Afghanistan Conflict, 2001-

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