Posts Tagged With: Norm Cooling
23 October 2006: Change of Command
LtCol. Nathan Nastase (L), SgtMaj William Stables (C), LtCol Norm Cooling (R). Marine Corps Base Hawaii. October 2006.
“The outgoing Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Norman C. Cooling, conducted a change of command ceremony with incoming Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Nathan I. Nastase.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 October to 31 December 2006 Read more
19 – 20 October 2006: Battalion Memorial Services
“The Battalion conducted a Memorial Service at the Base Chapel to remember and honor the fallen Marines from the deployment to Iraq in support of OIF.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 October to 31 December 2006 Read more
1 – 5 October 2006: Homecoming
“The Battalion Main Body redeployed to the Marine Corps Base Hawaii from Kuwait.” Source — 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 October to 31 December 2006 Read more
September 2006: Operation Guardian Tiger IV
Weapons Company conducted Operation Guardian Tiger IV in Baghdadi. Source — First Marine Division Press Release Read more
3 June 2006: FOB Haqlaniyah Attack
“In the afternoon of June 3, outside the Marines forwarding operating base located in the violent city of Haqlaniyah, three insurgents armed with automatic rifles and wearing face masks opened fire on Marines working in front of the barrier-laden base.The Marines returned fire and two minutes later, another squad of Marines flooded the streets outside the forward operating base… and launched an overwhelming counter-attack that resulted in two of three insurgents dead within 10 minutes.” — Source: 1st Marine Division Press Release