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Business Insider
May 3, 2017
At what would be named Fire Base Bell — in honor of Staff Sgt. Vincent Bell, a Marine who died in Afghanistan in 2011 — Palka and his Marines began to establish security and build bunkers to protect from enemy fire. The base was initially protected by 60 infantry Marines from Echo Company 2/6 armedÃÂ ...
Department of Defense
April 23, 2016
IRBIL, Iraq, April 23, 2016 — In a quiet, low-key ceremony yesterday, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff awarded Purple Heart Medals to four Marines wounded during the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant attack on Fire Base Bell in March. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford and a small party visited the 200-man unitÃÂ ...
Military Times
April 9, 2016
U.S. Marines with Task Force Spartan, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), on Fire Base Bell, Iraq, fire an M777A2 Howitzer at an ISIS infiltration route March 18, 2016. The Marines fired upon the enemy infiltration routes in order to disrupt their freedom of movement and ability to attack Kurdish andÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
April 1, 2016
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Marine task force at Fire Base Bell has taken more enemy fire as it aids the Iraqi Army in the battle to recapture Mosul, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. Steve Warren said Friday. Task Force Spartan, part of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was inserted into the fightÃÂ ...
CNN International
March 30, 2016
(CNN) When Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Louis Cardin of Temecula, California, was killed in an ISIS rocket attack in Iraq on March 19, the Pentagon announced the attack happened at a location called "Fire Base Bell." Now just days later that location has quietly been renamed -- with no public announcement.
Stars and Stripes
March 22, 2016
Staff Sgt. Louis F. Cardin, an artilleryman with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was killed and several other Marines were injured in the attack at the newly-established Fire Base Bell, where the American military has placed four 155mm Howitzer cannons alongside infantrymen in a “defensive” role, saidÃÂ ...
War on the Rocks
October 25, 2017
... s death, I remember the headquarters being told to no longer refer to the outpost where he had been killed by its former name, Fire Base Bell.
Task & Purpose
September 29, 2017
Editor's Note: This article by Hope Hodge Seck originally appeared on Military.com, the premier source of information for the military and ...
Task & Purpose
May 17, 2017
A contingent of artillery Marines recently arrived in Syria to support friendly forces isolating Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State, ...
Business Insider
May 3, 2017
At what would be named Fire Base Bell — in honor of Staff Sgt. Vincent Bell, a Marine who died in Afghanistan in 2011 — Palka and his ...
Department of Defense
April 23, 2016
IRBIL, Iraq, April 23, 2016 — In a quiet, low-key ceremony yesterday, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff awarded Purple Heart Medals to four Marines ...
New York Times
April 12, 2016
On the morning of Saturday, March 19, just two days after Sergeant Cardin arrived at the base, a group of American military advisers visited the Iraqi security forces at Kara Soar, which is less than a mile from Fire Base Bell. Col. Ahmed Jasim Aatyia, an officer in the 15th Division of the Iraqi Army, was at ...
Stars and Stripes
April 1, 2016
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Marine task force at Fire Base Bell has taken more enemy fire as it aids the Iraqi Army in the battle to recapture ...
CNN International
March 30, 2016
Fire Base Bell has come under repeated ISIS assault, since the attack that killed Cardin and wounded more than half a dozen U.S. troops.
Stars and Stripes
March 22, 2016
Fire Base Bell is “a few hundred meters” from the Iraqi base, Warren said, but it is not intended to be used in offensive operations against the ...
Task & Purpose
June 30, 2017
With deployments of Marines and soldiers to the battlefields of Iraq and Syria on the rise, there's one weapon system that's been putting in a lotÃÂ ...
Task & Purpose
May 17, 2017
A contingent of artillery Marines recently arrived in Syria to support friendly forces isolating Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State,ÃÂ ...
Business Insider
May 3, 2017
At what would be named Fire Base Bell — in honor of Staff Sgt. Vincent Bell, a Marine who died in Afghanistan in 2011 — Palka and hisÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
December 16, 2016
Marine artilleryman Staff Sgt. Louis F. Cardin was killed in March at the base, then named Fire Base Bell. Hume, who is also certificated as aÃÂ ...
Department of Defense
April 23, 2016
IRBIL, Iraq, April 23, 2016 — In a quiet, low-key ceremony yesterday, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff awarded Purple Heart Medals to four MarinesÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
April 1, 2016
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Marine task force at Fire Base Bell has taken more enemy fire as it aids the Iraqi Army in the battle to recaptureÃÂ ...
CNN International
March 30, 2016
Fire Base Bell has come under repeated ISIS assault, since the attack that killed Cardin and wounded more than half a dozen U.S. troops.
Stars and Stripes
November 1, 2016
Two HIMARS, each with six rocket tubes, were initially at Fire Base Bell, a small outpost near Makhmour, where a Marine was killed by incoming fire in March.
Stars and Stripes
November 1, 2016
Two HIMARS, each with six rocket tubes, were initially at Fire Base Bell, a small outpost near Makhmour, where a Marine was killed by incoming fire in March.
The Atlantic
October 18, 2016
This summer, someone at the Marine Corps' Fire Base Bell tweeted a picture of his Battelle DroneDefender, a directed-energy weapon that can disrupt a drone's control link and GPS navigation at a distance of 400 meters.
The National Interest Online
October 16, 2016
A photo taken on July 22 at Fire Base Bell outside Makhmour shows one such countermeasure, "DroneDefender," developed by Batelle.
The Fiscal Times
October 13, 2016
This summer, someone at the Marine Corps' Fire Base Bell tweeted a picture of his Battelle DroneDefender, a directed-energy weapon that can disrupt a drone's control link and GPS navigation at a distance of 400 meters.
The National Interest Online
October 16, 2016
A photo taken on July 22 at Fire Base Bell outside Makhmour shows one such countermeasure, "DroneDefender," developed by Batelle.
Nextgov
October 13, 2016
This summer, someone at the Marine Corps' Fire Base Bell tweeted a picture of his Battelle DroneDefender, a directed-energy weapon that can disrupt a drone's control link and GPS navigation at a distance of 400 meters.
The Fiscal Times
October 13, 2016
This summer, someone at the Marine Corps' Fire Base Bell tweeted a picture of his Battelle DroneDefender, a directed-energy weapon that can disrupt a drone's control link and GPS navigation at a distance of 400 meters.
Huffington Post
September 25, 2016
U.S. Marines with Task Force Spartan, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), on Fire Base Bell, Iraq, fire an M777A2 Howitzer.
NavyTimes.com
July 30, 2016
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - The last artillery Marine to receive a Purple Heart for injuries in a rocket attack in Iraq that killed a staff sergeant was honored by his comrades here Thursday.
Belleville News-Democrat
July 28, 2016
A tweet posted last week by Peter Singer, a co-author of the book Ghost Fleet and a strategist at the New America Foundation, shows his book couched up against what appears to be a Battelle DroneDefender anti-drone rifle in a tent at Fire Base Bell ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
July 27, 2016
Singer sent troops at Fire Base Bell in Iraq copies of of his sci-fi military thriller Ghost Fleet. As thanks, they sent him a snap of the Battelle Memorial Institute's DroneDefender rifle, which jams the communications links of small unmanned aerial ...
i-HLS
December 31, 1999
A Battelle DroneDefender anti-drone rifle was recently seen in a photo taken at the American Fire Base Bell outside Makhmour, Iraq.
Stars and Stripes
July 16, 2016
U.S. Marines with Task Force Spartan, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), on Fire Base Bell, Iraq, fire an M777A2 Howitzer at an ISIS infiltration route March 18, 2016.
DoD Buzz
July 1, 2016
The world learned the Marine artillery detachment had entered Iraq with news of tragedy: Staff Sgt. Louis Cardin, 27, was killed in a rocket attack at Fire Base Bell, a new outpost in Northern Iraq created shortly before the Marines occupied it. Cardin ...
Difesa Online (Comunicati Stampa)
June 14, 2016
Al-Qayyarah si trova circa 20 miglia ad ovest di Makhmour, dove le forze degli Stati Uniti operano dal Kara Soar Counter-Fire Complex, precedentemente conosciuta come Fire Base Bell. Contro la base, il 19 marzo scorso, i terroristi lanciarono un razzoÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
June 13, 2016
Al-Qayyarah is about 20 miles west of Makhmour, where U.S. forces are still operating out of Kara Soar Counter-Fire Complex, formerly known as Fire Base Bell. The base was the site of the Islamic State group rocket attack that killed Marine Corps Staff ...
Stars and Stripes
May 27, 2016
Keating was killed May 4 while rescuing fellow U.S. advisers who were ambushed by about 125 Islamic State fighters who had breached Kurdish defenses near Telskof, Iraq.
Huffington Post
May 22, 2016
In addition the US has established a fire base (Fire Base Bell/Kara Soar Counter Fire Complex) near Makhmour to provide artillery support for Iraqi troops.
Talk Media News
May 19, 2016
In March, Marine Staff Sgt. Louis Cardin was killed by incoming fire at an outpost known as "Fire Base Bell" as he supported Iraqi troops readying to retake the ISIS stronghold of Mosul.
Alaska Dispatch News
May 16, 2016
Indeed, recent reports in The Washington Post and the Military Times describe up to 200 Marines at Fire Base Bell in northern Iraq firing artillery daily in support of Iraqi troops and killing Islamic State terrorists.
Seacoastonline.com
May 15, 2016
Last month, a Marine was killed and eight others wounded when the Islamic State rocketed Fire Base Bell, located just 15 miles from the Islamic State.
Foster's Daily Democrat
May 14, 2016
Last month, a Marine was killed and eight others wounded when the Islamic State rocketed Fire Base Bell, located just 15 miles from the Islamic State.
Foster's Daily Democrat
May 14, 2016
Last month, a Marine was killed and eight others wounded when the Islamic State rocketed Fire Base Bell, located just 15 miles from the Islamic State.
Stars and Stripes
May 12, 2016
Al Qayyarah is directly to the west of Makhmour, where Marines have manned heavy artillery at Fire Base Bell used to provide overhead fire to help Iraqi forces advance against the villages south of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city.
Philly.com
May 12, 2016
Indeed, recent reports describe up to 200 Marines at Fire Base Bell in northern Iraq firing artillery daily in support of Iraqi troops and killing Islamic State terrorists.
Patheos (blog)
May 9, 2016
Indeed, recent reports in The Post and the Military Times describe up to 200 Marines at Fire Base Bell in northern Iraq firing artillery daily in support of Iraqi troops and killing Islamic State terrorists.
Rudaw
May 9, 2016
US Marines have also set up a frontline base that they call "Fire Base Bell" in the vicinity. The deployments are believed to be in anticipation of a planned offensive to liberate Mosul - Iraq's second-largest city and the ISIS stronghold in Iraq ...
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