On 24 March 2003, a huge sand storm was moving over Southern Iraq and on towards the Persian Gulf. A flight of four F-16s ...

Judy Hirst - U.S. Marine Corps, age 70; ... Iraqi troops ambushed her convoy and took them captive in Nasiriyah. Johnson sustained bullet wounds to her ankles and was captured by Iraqi forces.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The crash of a Marine Corps helicopter last year that killed five service members was ultimately caused by pilot error, but the use of night vision goggles and unsafe flying ...

Eight AAVs were destroyed during the Battle of Nasiriyah and 14 Marines and an Iraqi interpreter being transported by an AAV were killed when a roadside bomb exploded Aug. 3, 2005.

USMC Master Gunnery Sgt. Christian Villalobos, a KC-130J Super Hercules flight engineer with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft ...

In his book, Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Dick Camp writes of Natonski’s Nasiriyah assault: “In the ensuing four-day battle, Natonski’s Marines seized the ...

20th Anniversary of the Battle of An-Nasiriyah. CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (WITN) - Active and retired Marines gathered today to honor troops who lost their lives in the battle of An-Nasiriyah.

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) – March marks 20 years since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. It also marks the anniversary of one of the first large-scale battles during the operation w… ...

U.S. Marines from Task Force Tarawa keep a weary eye out after they saw a day of intense fighting March 23, 2003 in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ...

Iraq, March 2003: Amid a gusting sandstorm, Marines fire 60mm mortars north of An Nasiriyah, Iraq. he Marines are part of Task Force Tarawa made up from units from the 1st Marine Division and the ...