3/5 brings the fight to Fallujah
Navy NewsStand
Story Identification #: 2004111032129
Story by Lance Cpl. Miguel A. Carrasco Jr.
AL FALLUJAH, Iraq (Nov. 10, 2004) -- Marines of Company K, 3rd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment led an assault on insurgents near Fallujah, Nov. 8.
This occurred the evening after Interim Iraqi President declared martial law on the city of Fallujah and the surrounding areas, which means any male outside their home between the ages 15 to 50, is believed to have hostile intent. All residents were told to stay indoors.
"The mission of the battalion is to remove the insurgents from the city and provide a stable Fallujah for the Iraqi people to live in," said Sergeant Major Rudy Resto, the battalion sergeant major for 3/5.
Approximately 60 local families were transported out of the town for their own safety, as Company K pushed through. The Marines were met with little resistance from insurgents using small arms fire.
"As the battle wages on we knew that this area would receive small arms fire from insurgents so we cleared the Iraqi people out of the area in order keep them from being exposed to any undue risk," said Capt. Paul J. Batty, 33, a native of Park City, Utah, and the information operations officer for 3/5.
After clearing the Iraqi people out of the buildings in the surrounding area the Marines searched the buildings for any possible booby traps or improvised explosive devices.
"The Marines of 3/5 successfully accomplished the mission to set up security around the area and establish the necessary facilities to continue to carry out the mission at hand," said Resto, 43, a native of Rockland, N.Y.
The battalion is continuing its efforts near Fallujah to eliminate the threat of insurgents and to give the city back to the Iraqi people.
"All of the companies in our battalion will be pushing forward to weed out all of the insurgents in Fallujah," said Resto.
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