Marines return home from Iraq

Bravo Company is based here with a detachment in Galves-ton, Texas. They mobilized in December 2005, after conducting 45 days of training at Camp LeJeune, N.C. They deployed to Iraq in April of this year and conducted river and land combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Western Anbar Province of Iraq.

Bravo Company, also known as Dam Security Unit Two, was deployed to Iraq as a boat unit, trading in their AAVs for a 40-foot small unit riverine craft to patrol the Euphrates River.  Their mission was to patrol and ensure the security of the Hadithah Dam and deny the enemy movement on the rivers in the Al Anbar Province.  Other missions included patrolling the local roads ensuring the security and safety of these service roads for other military traffic.

Half of the company was deployed to Ar Ramadi to assist the Army with their operations in the local area, and to also provide security and deny anti-coalition forces movement on the river.

Several members of this unit were awarded the Purple Heart while in Iraq for non-life threatening injuries.

The reservists returned to Camp Lejeune in late October to conduct post-deployment out-processing which includes health assessments, family readiness briefs, return and reunion briefs, administrative records screening and equipment maintenance.