id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt mdp.39015090298962 Estes, Kenneth W. U. S. Marines in Iraq, 2004-2005 : into the fray by Kenneth W. Estes 2011 .txt text/plain 75997 5435 60 battles fought over the city of Fallujah, the eruption of the Sadr revolt in an-Najaf, continuous counterinsurgency operations throughout Iraq, and initial efforts on the part of Marines to cultivate and forge alliances with aircraft, supported the remaining units, and redeployed itself, leaving a special purpose Marine airground task force under Brigadier General Ronald S. The I MEF and 1st Marine Division operational planning teams worked on the force structure, framed the Marine Corps deployment with an Army brigade combat team, additional infantry battalions, a small boat detachment, and a requirement for counter-battery radars. Table 3-1: Marine Corps Forces In Support of Operations Iraqi Freedom II-April 2004 Toolan (left), commander of Regimental Combat Team 1, and 3d Battalion, 1st Marines, commander LtCol Willard Buhl, discuss progress made by their forces during Operation Vigilant Resolve. Colonel Tucker, the respective commanders of Regimental Combat Teams 1 and 7, had planned the assault operation with only four Marine infantry ./cache/mdp.39015090298962.pdf ./txt/mdp.39015090298962.txt