The Marines, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, were at the base training members of the 7th Iraqi Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pentagon and coalition officials acknowledged the day following the attack that the perimeter of an Iraqi A<\/span>army facility at Al Asad had been breached, but said the facility was quickly re-secured. Coalition forces were not involved in the effort, they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Friday’s announcement revealed that C<\/span>coalition forces had executed 26 airstrikes on IS targets in support of the Iraqi ground forces and provided surveillance and advisory assistance, but did not say which units or services had been involved in the effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Photographs released by CJTF-Inherent Resolve show Marines with Task Force Al Asad advising Iraqi troops, so it appears Marines the Corps <\/span>played a role in at least that element of the recapture of Al Baghdadi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Marines with Task Force Al Asad help advise and assist Iraqi Security Forces during ongoing ground operations in Anbar province, Iraq. U.S. and coalition forces work closely with ISF to build military capability and capacity through training in small-unit tactics, sustainment improvement and air-ground integration.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo Credit: Cpl. Carson Gramley\/U.S. Army Central<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Officials with the Marine task force SPMAGTF Crisis Response-CENTCOM <\/span>and Marine Corps Central Command did not immediately respond to questions about Marines’ role in the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The counter-IS offensive in Anbar will continue with C<\/span>coalition support, according to Friday’s announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Iraqi Security Forces now hold the gains they have made and are postured to retake additional territory from ISIL in the Anbar region,” officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A combination of airborne firepower and Iraqi ground forces was successful in pushing Islamic State militants out of Al Baghdadi, Iraq, officials with Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve announced Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":57655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":69,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[12,69],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2551],"class_list":["post-27912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-your-marine-corps"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"AYDCINDS7VAZVNWLCAJKHE37QA","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2015\/03\/06\/is-militants-pushed-out-of-village-near-marine-base\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635612526821725690-1800922jpg.jpg\")