Colonel Michael Regner Holds Defense Department News Briefing Via Teleconference From Baghdad, Iraq

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REGNER: I'll just tell you that, having been a new commander recently, it's a great step up to be in the mess (ph), but to be able to see all of the hard chargers that are putting this fight together sustain the fight and trying to protect as many lives of young Marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen, as well as the very, very few civilians that we have seen, to date, just makes me feel really good that we've had as much success as we've had, even though, unfortunate, a few Marines and...

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Colonel Michael Regner Holds Defense Department News Briefing Via Teleconference From Baghdad, Iraq

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING VIA TELECONFERENCE FROM BAGHDAD, IRAQ

NOVEMBER 15, 2004

SPEAKERS: COLONEL MICHAEL REGNER, COMMANDER, 13TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT

BRYAN WHITMAN, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS

[*] REGNER: As the Marine Expeditionary Force operations officer, it is my responsibility to the commander, as well as my responsibility to the commanders that are actually engaged in the fight, to prepare them for all the necessities that they may face, to equip them, to make sure they've got the training, to make sure that they have what they need to, in fact, prosecute any type of enemy forces that place themselves in the way of freedom.

I think that in the Marine Expeditionary Force, we're very fortunate that we have the ground combat element that is fighting the daily fight, a Marine aviation wing that has delivered precise munitions for about the last four months, especially in the last two weeks.

And throughout all this, you really can't make it come together, again, in a Marine Expeditionary Force, if you don't have the l...

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