US 3rd Battalion 5th Marines "DARKHORSE"

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between 8 October 2010 and its April 2011 return home, 3/5 lost 24 marines while conducting Operation Enduring Freedom combat operations in Hemland province. Pray for your loved ones and post on this page if they made a difference of serving our country. Thank you for fan support.

The 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment leaves Afghanistan - Unit suffered more KIA / WIA than any other USMC unit in Afghan War taking on Sangin (march 27th 2011)

marines we're back home on March 28, 2011.Referred to as the 3-5, the 950-man Marine battalion experienced some of the highest casualty rates ever experienced by an American combat unit in the war in Afghanistan with 25 dead and 140 wounded

A year ago, nearly 1,000 U.S. Marine officers and enlisted men of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment deployed to restive Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. By the time their tour ended in April 2011, the Marines of the 3/5 known as "Darkhorse" suffered the highest casualty rate of any Marine unit during the past 10 years of war. This week, NPR tells the story of this unit's seven long months at war both in Afghanistan and back home. Second of seven parts The Marines... of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment remember Sangin in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province as different from anywhere else they'd fought. Sgt. Daniel Robert describes it as "hell." Lance Cpl. Jake Romo calls it "the Wild West." Lt. Col. Jason Morris says he'd heard it described as "the most dangerous place in Afghanistan." Morris was the commander of the Marines of the 3/5, known as "Darkhorse," and Sangin had been a battleground long before he arrived.

Nine Marines with a battalion that recently deployed to Afghanistan were killed during a four-day period last week, putting the Marine Corps on pace for its deadliest month in combat this year. Third Battalion, 5th Marines, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., suffered the casualties, Pentagon officials said. The unit deployed the last week of September, and is patrolling Sangin, a violent district that the Corps took over from British forces last month. The unit replaced 3rd Batta...lion, 7th Marines, out of Twentynine Palms, Calif., in northern Helmand province. With two weeks left in October, the Corps has lost 15 Marines and one corpsman in Afghanistan this month. The worst months for Marine deaths this year were June and August, with 17 each. Fifteen were killed in Afghanistan in February, when the Corps launched a major assault on Marjah, a Taliban stronghold and narcotics hub.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfwKlsOm17c

3/5 marines making they're way through Sangin , Afghanistan to cap an old british base.