US Marines' Iraq command ends; Biden in Baghdad (AP)

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AP - The U.S. Marines marked the end of nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday by handing the Army their command of Anbar province, once one of the war's fiercest battlefields but now a centerpiece of U.S.-Iraqi cooperation.




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[The Other Guy]

My hat goes off to the USMC.

On another note, do they come home now? Or are they deployed to Afghanistan, or what?

 

[03USMC]

They come home. Regroup. Go to Stan, even though we've declared defeat.

 

[A Can of Man]

Once they rotate back, they probably won't get deployed for a few years if they're rotating in and out like the other units.

 

[03USMC]

Quicker cause of the "Surge" 12 month turn around. Corps has a shorter OS time.

 

[PJ24]

Corps has shorter deployments than the Army. So they have a faster turn around. Sort of like the Air Force, depending on the unit they range from 3 mons to 9 mons (some can run longer, but those are specific careers), and you can always count on at least 3 mons at home (or so they tell me)! :?