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Jacksonville's Desert Dispatches

Run Date: 03/11/2003
Readers pose questions about life in Camp Fox
By PETER WILLIAMS
EDITOR'S NOTE: Freedom Eastern North Carolina correspondent Peter Williams has just returned from assignment with Camp Lejeune-based troops deployed to the Persian Gulf region. This is his response to some of the questions posed by readers about conditions at Camp Forx and in Kuwait.

Run Date: 03/04/2003
Differences between Kuwait, U.S. go beyond a nightstand
By PETER WILLIAMS
EDITOR'S NOTE: Freedom Eastern North Carolina correspondent Peter Williams has been on assignment with Camp Lejeune-based troops deployed to the Persian Gulf region.

Run Date: 03/03/2003
Safety saves lives at Camp Fox
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait - What is a 25-year-old philosophy major from the University of Virginia doing in the middle of the desert? Capt. Marta Levries is the headquarters and services company commander and camp commandant of Transportation Services Battalion of 2nd Force Services Support Group.

Run Date: 02/23/2003
Just best Marines in Kuwait
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait - She's a wife, a mother and a sergeant major in the United States Marine Corps.

Run Date: 02/21/2003
Civilians deploy with Marines
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait - They all three used to wear the eagle, globe and anchor. Today, they still wear a camouflage uniform for their desert duties, but instead of "U.S. Marines" on cloth tape over the left pockets of their fatigues, it says "Technician."

Run Date: 02/21/2003
Corporal makes sure the mail goes through
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait - During Operation Desert Storm, Tessa Rice wrote letters to her uncle in the Army. Today, she's a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps who helps deliver similar letters to a new generation of warriors at Camp Fox.

Run Date: 02/21/2003
Fog, of all things, rolls in over Camp Fox in Kuwaiti desert
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait - The desert showed us a new element today - fog.

Run Date: 02/20/2003
2nd FSSG meets Kuwait challenge
By PETER WILLIAMS
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part series of an interview in Kuwait with Brig. Gen. Michael Lehnert, commander of 2nd Force Service Support Group from Camp Lejeune.

Run Date: 02/20/2003
Mobile PX brings a taste of home to Marines
By PETER WILLIAMS
EDITOR’S NOTE: Freedom Eastern North Carolina correspondent Peter Williams is on assignment with Camp Lejeune-based troops deployed to the Persian Gulf region. He plans to file occasional columns that offer personal insights on life with troops

Run Date: 02/20/2003
Old-hand warrant officer gives camp a good grade
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait — Chief Warrant Officer 4 Steven McAlister didn’t expect to be here.

Run Date: 02/20/2003
Front lines not new experience for TV reporter from Charlotte
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait — The families of Marines and sailors don’t have an exclusive franchise when it comes to worrying about loved ones in a combat zone.

Run Date: 02/19/2003
Marine support moves may be the largest ever
By PETER WILLIAMS
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series stemming from an interview in Kuwait with Brig. Gen. Michael Lehnert, commander of 2nd Force Service Support Group from Camp Lejeune.

Run Date: 02/19/2003
'Club 32' eliciting smiles from troops missing home
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait — This is a dry country.

Run Date: 02/19/2003
It really does rain in Kuwait
By PETER WILLIAMS
EDITOR’S NOTE: Freedom Eastern North Carolina correspondent Peter Williams is on assignment with Camp Lejeune-based troops deployed to the Persian Gulf region. He plans to file occasional columns that offer personal insights on life with troops

Run Date: 02/18/2003
Marines try to streamline mail
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait - Marines and sailors from Camp Lejeune are paying a personal price of being deployed in the Kuwaiti desert, but one thing they don't have to pay for is the price for a stamp. It's free. Outbound letters from this camp of some 4,000 people usually leave with the wo

Run Date: 02/18/2003
British forces share territory with area personnel in Kuwait
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait — Americans are not alone in the desert.

Run Date: 02/18/2003
NBC drills teach life-saving lessons
By PETER WILLIAMS
EDITOR’S NOTE: Freedom Eastern North Carolina correspondent Peter Williams is on assignment with Camp Lejeune-based troops deployed to the Persian Gulf region. He plans to file occasional columns that offer personal insights on life with troops

Run Date: 02/17/2003
Marines, sailors seek a higher power
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait — As more and more Marines and sailors from Camp Lejeune pour into Camp Fox, more and more are seeking help from a higher power.

Run Date: 02/16/2003
Marines surprised by desert camp
By PETER WILLIAMS
CAMP FOX, Kuwait - When deploying to a remote Kuwaiti desert, troops brace for the worst. Members from the 2nd Force Service Support Group at Camp Lejeune certainly did. But what they found at Camp Fox, their new post near the Iraqi border, impressed even the most senior troopers.

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