Defend America Photo Essay ~ Fallujah

Defend America ^ | April 16, 2004

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Fallujah Ambush

Lance Cpl. Richard A. Maria, a truck driver with Combat Service Support Company 113, guards his cargo - ammunition being rushed to support Operation Vigilant Resolve in Fallujah, Iraq - while his supply convoy halts momentarily April 6, 2004. Later that night, the convoy was ambushed by insurgents. Eight service members were wounded and several vehicles crippled, stopping the convoy for more than 12 hours before it could continue on to the Marine base of Camp Fallujah. The ammunition survived the attack. Maria is a 21-year-old native of Linden, Calif. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Bill Lisbon

Marines and soldiers begin to load a crippled truck April 7, 2004. The vehicle was damaged the night before when a convoy carrying supplies to Marines in Fallujah, Iraq, was ambushed by insurgents. Eight service members were wounded and several vehicles severely damaged. Nearby a metal container of mail burns after being hit with a rocket-propelled grenade. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Bill Lisbon

A Marine patrols a berm April 6, 2004, that overlooks the stretch of road where a supply convoy was forced to halt for more than 12 hours after being ambushed by insurgents the night before, in Iraq. The convoy, loaded with critical supplies for Operation Vigilant Resolve, was attacked with roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun fire. Eventually, the troops and their vehicles got back on the road and reached their final destination, the Marine base of Camp Fallujah. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Bill Lisbon

Lance Cpl. Nicholas R. Bruce, a landing support specialist with Brigade Service Support Group 7, stands watch over a convoy delivering critical supplies to Fallujah, Iraq, in support of Operation Vigilant Resolve April 6, 2004. Later that night, the convoy was ambushed by insurgents. Bruce is a 20-year-old native of Blythewood, S.C. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Bill Lisbon

Fallujah Duty

Infantrymen from 1st Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, look on from a rooftop as M-1A1 tanks from 1st Tank Battalion fire on buildings where enemy snipers took positions. The company entered Fallujah, Iraq, April 6, 2004, to combat enemy fighters who were attacking Coalition Forces from the city. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen

A Marine with 1st Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, watches over a terrorist captured with tools used to make improvised explosive devices April 6, 2004, in Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen

Machine gunners with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, return fire at insurgents firing from a mosque in Fallujah, Iraq, April 6, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen

Machine gunners with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fall back for repositioning after a brief firefight with insurgents inside Fallujah, Iraq, Apr. 6, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen

An infantryman with 1st Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, aims into the city as the company takes heavy small-arms fire from the enemy in Fallujah, Iraq April 6, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen

Marines with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol into Fallujah, Iraq April 7, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen

Marines with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol into Fallujah, Iraq April 7, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen

A Marine with 1st Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, acts as a "Guardian Angel" in Fallujah, Iraq Apr. 8, 2004, keeping watch over fellow Marines on a patrol. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen

Sgt Jeremy Miller, a squad leader with 1st Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, draws a floor plan of a building the platoon seized Apr. 7, 2004, in Fallujah, Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen

Capt. Doug Zembiec, commanding officer of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, gives orders to his men over a radio prior to leaving their secured compound for a short patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, April 8, 2004. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jose E. Guillen

 

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[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Lance Cpl. Richard A. Maria, a truck driver with Combat Service Support Company 

113,  guards his cargo - ammunition being rushed to support Operation Vigilant Resolve

in Fallujah, Iraq - while his supply convoy halts momentarily April 6, 2004.

 

Later that night, the convoy was ambushed by insurgents.

 

 

Warriors at work.

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[blackie]

Great pix ~ Bump!

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

[F14 Pilot]

PING!

[MEG33]

God bless them.

[Diogenesis]

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also
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[Clara Lou]

If I were that Marine walking along the top of the berm, I think I'd look at this picture and decide never to do it again. He makes a perfect target silhouetted against the sky.

[A.A. Cunningham]

You want him to low crawl back and forth along the top of that berm? You don't know much about SMEAC, tactics or following orders.

[68skylark]

I thought the same thing when I saw that picture. If it were me, I'd try to find a way to get off that crest.

[68skylark]

Really good pictures -- we can always count on great posts from you.

[McGavin999]

OH NO, their mail truck burned?

[Clara Lou]

You want him to low crawl back and forth along the top of that berm? You don't know much about SMEAC, tactics or following orders.
I'm not there, and I'm not in the military doing his job. I just know that I wouldn't be walking along the top of that berm if there were any other way I could do the job. Would a C. O. actually order a man/woamn to expose himself like that?

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the essay, RC. Nice to see Our troops in action.

[DoughtyOne]

Go guys! My thoughts are with you.

[Shooter 2.5]

I really want to tell our guys to keep their heads down. I just cringe when I see a soldier or Marine sticking his body up so far.

I don't want to be an Armchair Ranger but what happened to air support with each convoy?

[Happy2BMe]

> > Warriors at work . .

And YOU are one of them - keep up the grat work - promotion is coming.

:~)

[Happy2BMe]

Come look - ping.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Would a C. O. actually order a man/woamn to expose himself like that?

Depending on the surrounding terrain and the tactical situation, yes.

[A.A. Cunningham]

I learned day 1 during my training with the Marines that you never stand atop a ridge.

Unless you were billeted with 4th Battalion on Parris Island, I don't believe you.