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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, April 2, 2009

KANE'OHE BAY
3rd Battalion Marines, sailors leave Sunday for Iraq duty

Approximately 150 Marines and sailors of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment at Kane'ohe Bay will leave Sunday for a seven-month deployment to al Asad, Iraq.

The Marines and sailors are the third of three groups replacing the 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment — also stationed in Hawai'i — and will participate in the continuing stabilization and security efforts, officials said.

The battalion, nicknamed "America's Battalion," will be deploying approximately 1,000 Marines and sailors to Iraq in April.