Political Quotes

“I rise today to honor some 30 members of the Armed Forces who were killed in action serving our country. Five years ago this week, 19 marines from the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment lost their lives while serving in Iraq. It was one of the most catastrophic IED attacks on our forces up until that time in the war. Eleven of those marines were from the Lima Company, an Infantry Reserve company with marines from Cincinnati, Chillicothe, Tallmage, Willoughby, Delaware, and Grove City, OH. Headquartered in Brook Part, OH, the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, known as the 3/25, deployed to Iraq on February 28, 2005. Upon arriving in Iraq, they were indispensable. They trained Iraqi security forces. They conducted critical stability and security operations in and around the cities of Iraq's Al Anbar Province. From May to August of that year, 5 years ago, they tracked down insurgents, disrupted enemy transportation routes, and seized weapons caches. They participated in Operation Matador to eliminate an insurgent sanctuary north of the Euphrates River. In doing so, they disrupted a major insurgent smuggling route and gained valuable intelligence. During Operation New Market, the Lima Company of 3/25 swept a hostile area near Haditha, Iraq. In June of 2005, during Operation Spear, they helped clear the city of Karabila and recovered Iraqi hostages and destroyed several weapons caches.”