The Quarter Deck With Gunny Saenz

The Division is moving quickly and now it finds itself in a traffic jam. Staying awake has started to become an issue.

First Lieutenant John Vincent Power

Music:

Marine Corps Band

Wolfpack is on the hunt and they have found their prey.

Captain Everett Parker Pope

Guest: Walter Ramos GySgt "RET"

Music:

Marine Corps Band

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The divisions Tempo is getting hectic but that will not stop the Marines.

Private George Phillips

Music by:

Marine Corps Band

As we can see the Iraqi Fighters do not want to play fair.

Private First Class Wesley Phelps

Music by Marine Corps Band

The tempo is picking up but we must adapt and overcome

.Platoon Sergeant Mitchell Paige

Task Force Ripper Is A Force To Be Reckoned With.

Private Joseph William Ozbourn

All the planning is paying off and the Division os Rocking and Rolling.

Sergeant Robert Allen Owens

March 22, 2003 The 1st Marine Division starts moving west.

Private First Class John Dury New

RCT 7 is now handling their buisness along with the UK ForcesPrivate Robert Miller McTureous, Jr.

RCT 5 is kicking some ASS on their way to Bagdad.

Captain Joseph Jeremiah McCarthy

The attack is moving along and Task Force Ripper is handeling their buisness.

Gunnery Sergeant Robert Howard McCard

THe fighting has begun and the 1st MArine Division will not be outdone.

Private First Class Leonard Foster Mason

It is time, 11th Marines puts steel on target and the Iraqi Army did not know what hit them.

First Lieutenant Harry Linn Martin

Mortar fire continues and the Division is getting anzious to head into Iraq and take care of business.

HAPPY 248th BIRTHDAY MARINES!!!!!!!

First Lieutenant Jack Lummus

Private First Class Jacklyn Harrell Lucas

It is now March 20, 2003 and the Division is ready for a fight. The Iraqi Army is getting very anxious on what is going to happen and what the Marines are capable of doing once they come across the border.

Background Music:

USMC Band

The time is up and Saddam said I am not leaving, What are you going to do about it?

Second Lieutenant John Harold Leims

It seems just like yesterday that I sat there waiting for the word to be given for us to load the first fire mission and send the rounds, down range.

Second Lieutenant John Harold Leims

The time is getting closer and Blue Diamond is Ready

The time has come and the Marines of the 1st Marine Division are ready!

Sergeant Elbert Luther Kinser

Music by the UNited States Marine Corps Band

Time to KNock down the Burms

Platoon Sergeant Joseph Rudolph Julian

It looks like the Division is finally going to put all the training to the test. Here we go time to rock and roll.

Private First Class Douglas Thomas Jacobson

The current mission final rehearsal has now come into place. All the units are there or on their way and all they will need is to waite on the order from the President Of The United States Of America.

Private First Class Arthur J. Jackson

The 1st Marine Division has finalized the plan for all the logistical nightmares the they will soon face.

First Lieutenant William Deane Hawkins

What is going on in the Corps? THe 1st Marine Division is getting closer and closer to D Day.

Corporal Louis James Hauge, Jr.

Teamwork is always something that you have to have especially in the military when it comes to an objective that you must complete. The Division working together now will have their first look at the battle space using UAV systems.

Sergeant William George Harrell

The Division had to use deception because they knew the Iraqis were watching. But of course they used it to their advantage.

First Lieutenant Robert Murray Hanson

The 1st Marine Division is starting to make sure that all the weapons are accurate as the day gets closer to head into Iraq.

Private Dale Merlin Hansen

The 1st Marine Division found a way to help them to detect and NBC attack. It required new Marines to be attached to the different Battalions.

Private First Class Henry Gurke

Today marks 45 days since the fire on our house and I am happy to say that the reconstruction is coming along. The Demolition should be complete by next week and then the transformation will start. We are back in a portable studio setup.

Sergeant Ross Franklin Gray

It has been 18 days since our house was on fire.

What the hell!!! Can you believe the things that can happen from one day to the next.

The 1st Marine Division Is Getting Their Leggos On. What better way to understand maneuvers than creating vehicles out of Legos and using a large terrain model?

Private First Class Harold Gonsalves

The 1st Marine Division is preparing to conduct urban operations since the Iraqi Army was making headlines about focusing its defenses on this. Whether true or not the Division knew that eventually, this would end up happening sometime in the near future.

Major Robert Edward Galer

Training In Twenty-Nine Palms. Always a great adventure getting out there and enjoying the four seasons on the same day.

Private First Class William Adelbert Foster

The 1st Marine Division is using sand tables and legos to imagine their plan.

Hero Highlight

Captain Joseph Jacob Foss

With The 1st Marine Division In Iraq, 2003 "No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy"

Hero Highlight

Captain Richard Eugene Fleming

1st Marine Division continues to Update its plan as the day gets closer to making a move into Iraq.

Corporal John Peter Fardy

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The 1st Marine Division continues to make changes and refine its plan. Now with the addition of highway one to their advantage.

Private First Class Harold Glenn Epperson

The 1st Marine Division has just received a wonderful gift that will make the plan so much easier and faster to get to Bagdad.

Captain Henry Talmage Elrod our Hero Highligt

The 1st Marine Division is refining the Fire Support Planning as they get closer to "G" day.

In our Hero Highlight we, Honer Colonel Merritt Austin Edson