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RCT-6 Marines take over for RCT-8 in northern Helmand

By Dan Lamothe on January 5, 2012 Afghanistan, Infantry, Korea, Sangin

The regimental headquarters that has overseen infantry operations in northern Helmand province, Afghanistan, for the last year is headed home. Regimental Combat Team 8, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., has been replaced in Afghanistan by Lejeune’s RCT-6, said Marine officials in Afghanistan. Like RCT-8, RCT-6 will be based out of Camp Delaram II in northeastern Nimroz province, overseeing operations in Sangin, Kajaki, Musa Qala and other nearby districts. For RCT-8, commanded by Col. Eric Smith, it has been a long deployment in which several units have seen continued combat. Most recently, they included 1st Battalion, 6th Marines; 3rd Battalion, 7th…

RCT-8 Marines take over for RCT-2 in Afghanistan

By Dan Lamothe on February 7, 2011 Afghanistan, Infantry, Sangin

There’s a regimental headquarters overseeing operations in volatile northern Helmand province, Afghanistan. Regimental Combat Team-8, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., took over for Lejeune’s RCT-2 on Sunday. Photographs of the relief in place ceremony are posted here. The regiment operates out of Delaram II, a forward operating base in neighboring Nimroz province. Commanded by Col. Eric Smith, it will oversee operations in most of northern Helmand province, including violent Sangin district, where dozens of Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., have died since October. Other units that fall under RCT-8 include Lejeune’s 1st Battalion, 8th Marines,…

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