Rat Patrol in Iraq: Air Wing Marines Fill Infantry Role

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Salem-News.com's Tim King rejoins his former Marine Corps aviation group to see Marines in Iraq performing a role normally filled by infantry units. Marines at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq are on a constant vigil, with combat patrols in their area of operation going around the clock. The unique part is that most of these Marines- doing the work of infantry platoons, have actually been pulled from other jobs in the Marine Air Wing that are related to aircraft and air support. The thing that separates Marines from the other military services is that even those with highly technical training and qualifications, are always able to take the Corps' most basic and often most important role, that of the infantryman, or 'grunt'.

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Uploaded: September 7th, 2008 @ 7:49 pm
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