The few, the proud: Marines deployed to Iraq celebrate 95th birthday of Marine Corp

[The Patriot]

Roughly 47, 000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn. A small portion of those are Marines. Among those Marines, there is a select group of men and women who have left their civilian lives behind to join in sustaining daily military operations to closeout the war in Iraq. They are the United States Marine Corps Reserve.

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