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1800:Cpl. Jennifer Pirante (12 September 2012).
646:β Southwest Asia β August 1990 β April 1991
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2965:11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
2858:26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
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2902:Marine Forces, Space Command
2791:Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
2666:History of women in the USMC
2636:Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
2427:Chaplain of the Marine Corps
2288:Marine Air-Ground Task Force
2272:Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary
2256:Marine Corps Systems Command
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2064:Under Secretary of the Navy
1725:The San Diego Union-Tribune
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517:Logistics combat element
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241:First Battle of Fallujah
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683:Operation Iraqi Freedom
638:Operation Desert Shield
610:I MEF Engineering Group
530:I MEF Support Battalion
508:Aviation combat element
221:Global War on Terrorism
64:more precise citations.
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2805:Marine Forces, Command
2348:Marine Raider Regiment
2009:I MEF official website
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2510:Vehicles and aircraft
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2573:Drum and Bugle Corps
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2468:Martial Arts Program
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1283:Thomas D. Waldhauser
1001:Bruce B. Knutson Jr.
715:adding missing items
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3071:4th Marine Division
2995:3rd Marine Division
2945:1st Marine Division
2828:2nd Marine Division
1523:George W. Smith Jr.
1403:Lewis A. Craparotta
878:George R. Christmas
689:β March 2003 β 2010
598:1st Marine Division
539:1st Radio Battalion
512:3rd Marine Air Wing
503:1st Marine Division
359:Robert C. Fulford.
330:1st Marine Division
2613:Marine Detachments
2543:Acronyms and terms
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2407:Historical Marines
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