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• Iraq War in Anbar Province - A counter-insurgency campaign in western Iraq from 2003 to 2011, fought primarily between the United States Marine Corps and Iraqi insurgency, which decided the fate of the Iraq War. (Currently Editing)

• 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines - A United States Marine Corps battalion in the 3rd Marine Regiment, based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kāne'ohe. (Currently Editing)

• Battle of Badr - Muhammad's decisive defeat in 624 of his Quraish opponents in Mecca was a key event in Islamic History. (As of 4 October 2007^[update])

• Ran (film) - This 1985 Jidaigeki film based on William Shakespeare's King Lear took Japanese director Akira Kurosawa almost ten years to make. (As of 22 May 2008^[update])

• Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein's controversial science fiction novel about powered armor warfare from an infantryman's perspective. (As of 23 May 2007^[update])

• Triumph of the Will - Leni Riefenstahl's ground-breaking propaganda film about the 1934 Nazi Party Nuremberg Rally. (As of 5 October 2007^[update])

Good Articles

• Hood event - An incident following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq where a group of Turkish special forces operating in Iraqi Kurdistan were imprisoned by the 173d Airborne Brigade. (As of 15 April 2007^[update])

• Nawa-I-Barakzayi District‎ - A district in Helmand Province, Afghanistan that has seen heavy fighting between members of the United States Marine Corps and the Taliban, particularly during Operation Strike of the Sword in 2009. (As of 11 April 2010^[update])

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• Great Locomotive Chase - A raid during the American Civil War in Georgia where Federal soldiers stole the locomotive The General and attempted to destroy parts of the Confederacy's Western and Atlantic Railroad.

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  I hereby award Palm_Dogg this barnstar for his ceaseless pursuit of excellence on the difficult article Ran (film). Estarriol 10:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
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  Pepsidrinka awards this Barnstar to you for your excellent work at Battle of Badr.
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  Thanks for your excellent work on these Hawaiian battles, a fascinating and oft-overlooked corner of history. I hereby grant you, therefore, the "thinking outside the box" award. LordAmeth 22:44, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
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  I, Girolamo Savonarola (talk), hereby award Palm dogg the WikiProject Films Award for his/her valued contibutions to WikiProject Films. Awarded retrospectively for being instrumental in making an article of the WikiProject Films core list (Ran) into a featured article. Awarded 04:00, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
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  I, Girolamo Savonarola (talk), hereby award Palm dogg the WikiProject Films Award for his/her valued contibutions to WikiProject Films. Awarded retrospectively for being instrumental in making an article of the WikiProject Films core list (Triumph of the Will) into a featured article. Awarded 23:52, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
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  Thank you for quality articles on battles and wars, such as Iraq War in Anbar Province, for "ceaseless pursuit of excellence" on difficult articles, and for pictures instead of words, to raise awareness, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (31 March 2010)! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:20, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

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Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Lowering the flag on Zuikaku.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. ~~~~

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines - Afghanistan.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. ~~~~

Picture of the day

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Alonzo Gonzales with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, walks through an alley in Methar Lam, Afghanistan, looking for signs of sickness or disease. His clothing is patterned with MARPAT, a modern form of military camouflage.Photo credit: Cpl. James L. Yarboro, USMC

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