It Was Nicknamed "The Peace Corps Volunteers With Rifles.

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In Vietnam, It Was Nicknamed "The Peace Corps Volunteers With Rifles."

Anyone familiar with the Combined Action Platoons of the Vietnam War will understand what's going on here (In Iraq today). These Marines live, work, sleep, eat and bathe in the same neighborhoods they are helping to stabilize. In doing so, they're no longer driving in from a forward operating base, or FOB, outside the city and conducting patrols. Instead, they wake up in the morning, plan a patrol, then walk out into the neighborhood and greet the men and women sweeping their sidewalks or tending their shops. They're literally swarmed with children wanting a high five or a piece of chocolate. They visit schools, markets and local infrastructure projects to see how things are going. There are no interrogations or mean faces, just a neighborly walk through their district to check on the locals who sometimes know them by name. http://fightin6thma rines.vox. com/library/ post/the- old-new-way- of-conducting- counterinsurgenc y.html

Below are two links to some articles about the Marine Corps' Civil Action Programs.
http://www.capveter ans.com/unknown_ war http://home. earthlink. net/~life_ magazine_ 67

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http://www.Capveter ans.com