“Six years since President Obama declared an end to the American combat mission in Iraq, the Marine Corps continues to serve a ‘righteous’ mission in the country, advising Iraqi forces on how to reclaim territory held by the Islamic State, senior Marine Corps leaders say. Marines have been ‘intimately involved’ in helping Iraqi security forces retake broad swaths of the country from the terror group, Marine Brig. Gen. Rick Uribe told Marine Corps Times on Sept. 21.”

Source: Marines buttress Iraqi forces to defeat ISIS