Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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The 1st Combat Engineer Battalion (1st CEB), a vital component of the 1st Marine Division based out of Camp Pendleton, California, played an incredibly dangerous and essential role during the war in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom).

Operating primarily in the volatile Helmand Province (including notorious hotspots like Sangin, Marjah, and Kajaki), their mission was simple to state but brutal to execute: clear the way so infantry units could move, survive, and hold ground.

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