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Weekly Report, June 12, 2011

The following content summarizes a weeks worth of activity from Regional Command Southwest, commanded by Maj. Gen. John Toolan and coveringHelmand and Nimroz Provinces, Afghanistan. The content was created by Marine Corps Combat Correspondents, Combat Camera and personnel with UKmedia operations under Task Force Helmand. Feel free to forward our stories to family, friends and loved ones supporting those who are deployed.

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Boston native devises operation in volatile Sangin

Marines with the 81mm Mortar Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st

Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and partnered soldiers from the 1st

Tolay, 2nd Kandak, of the Afghan National Army, launched Operation

Kalawal Sunrise at day break, June 1.

Story by Cpl. Benjamin Crilly, RCT 8

Harvest Moon reflects fading Southern Helmand insurgency

Spring will no longer be a favorite time of year for Southern Helmand

insurgents because of counterinsurgency operations like the recent

narcotics interdiction conducted by Afghan National Security Forces,

with the support of Marines, soldiers and sailors of

Story by Sgt. Jesse Stence, RCT 1

ANA launch Operation 'Afghan Warrior' into Washir

The Afghan National Army have begun a large scale independent

operation to take back the district of Washir in Helmand province.

Story by 1stLt. Timothy Irish, RCT 8

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Safar Bazaars little mayor reaches Afghans

Lance Cpl. Robert Lemonte smiles as he patrols, at six in the morning,

down the main street of the Safar Bazaar. Hes not smiling because

someone told a joke; the Mansfield, Ind., native smiles because he

recognizes the shop owners who are opening up for the day. He smiles

because they smiled at him first.

Story by Cpl. Colby Brown, RCT 1

FOB Edinburgh Shock Trauma Platoon

Video package about the FOB Edinburgh Shock

Trauma Platoon in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Story by Sgt. Rachael Moore, 2ndMLG (Fwd)

ANA show they can teach their own

In an effort to help the Afghan national army sustain themselves in

future operations, coalition forces are implementing mentorship

programs to teach ANA soldiers different skills.

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

MLG (Fwd)

SecDef swings through Helmand during farewell tour

During his farewell tour of Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of Defense

Robert Gates stopped here, June 5, to praise service members and

field a variety of questions.

Story by Sgt. Jesse Stence, RCT 1

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Afghans graduate Explosive Hazard Reduction course

Afghan national army soldiers graduated the Explosive Hazard

Reduction course 11-4 held at Joint Sustainment Academy

Southwest aboard Camp Leatherneck, June 9.

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

New control tower for Bastion AirfieldThe RAF Air Traffic Controllers at Camp Bastion, the main UK base inHelmand province and the UK's fourth busiest airfield, have recentlymoved into a new state-of-the-art control tower.

Story courtesy of Task Force Helmand

RAF brother and sister serve together in Bastion

A brother and sister in the Royal Air Force have found themselves

serving together for the first time, at Camp Bastion in Helmandprovince.

Story courtesy of Task Force Helmand

Waterford Marine experiences improvements duringsecond tour to Nad Ali South

Before every deployment, Marines are trained up on the area ofoperation they will perform their duties to prepare them formission success.

Story by Cpl. Adam Leyendecker, RC(SW)

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