Francis Piccoli is a US Military Major and Public Affairs Officer attached to the I Marine Expeditionary Force serving in Iraq, and serves as a spokesman for the unit, most notably during battles throughout Fallujah in 2004 Lineage Activated November 8th, 1969 at Okinawa, Japan as the I Marine Expeditionary Force Redesignated August 17th, 19780 as the I Marine Amphibious Force Relocated in April 1971 to Camp Pendleton, California Redesignated February 5th, 1988 as the I Marine Expeditionary Force Recent Service Persian Gulf War Participated in Operation... Fallujah (Arabic: فلوجة; sometimes transliterated as Falluja and less commonly Fallouja, Falloujah, Faloojah, Faloojeh) is a city of about 350,000 inhabitants in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69km (43 miles) west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Personal Life

Born in 1963, Piccoli lives in Woodbridge, Virgina where his children attend a Catholic school. 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In March of 2005 he reported to the Chicago Tribune that he no longer takes the Eucharist when he attends Mass, since he feels there is no room in his heart for forgiveness, a necessary trait to receive Communion in the Catholic tradition. "There's so much hatred in my heart," Piccoli was quoted as stating, though he added "I'll work at it, it's easier once you get out of a certain environment". 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Front page of the Tribune incorrectly reporting that Dewey won the 1948 presidential election The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains the leading newspaper of the Midwest of the United States. ... The Eucharist is either the Christian sacrament of consecrated bread and wine or the ritual surrounding it. ... Forgiveness has been described as a quality by which one ceases to feel resentment against another for a wrong he or she has committed against oneself. ...

Media Reports

In October of 2004, he went on record stating that "The I Marine Expeditionary Force is prepared to do anything that the Iraqi interim government asks us to do", following an announcement by interim leader Iyad Allawi that they were looking at attempts to pacify Fallujah and Ramadi which had proved troublesome for US forces in the past. October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lineage Activated November 8th, 1969 at Okinawa, Japan as the I Marine Expeditionary Force Redesignated August 17th, 19780 as the I Marine Amphibious Force Relocated in April 1971 to Camp Pendleton, California Redesignated February 5th, 1988 as the I Marine Expeditionary Force Recent Service Persian Gulf War Participated in Operation... Iyad Allawi Dr. Iyad Allawi (اياد علاوي) (born 1945) is the interim Prime Minister of Iraq. ... Fallujah (Arabic: فلوجة; sometimes transliterated as Falluja and less commonly Fallouja, Falloujah, Faloojah, Faloojeh) is a city of about 350,000 inhabitants in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69km (43 miles) west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. ... Ramădī (الرمادي) is a city in central Iraq, about 100 kilometers west of Baghdad. ...

In November of 2004, the Washington Post quoted Piccoli as stating that a house-to-house sweep of the city had turned up 3 Iraqi hostages, whose identities were never revealed. He later spoke to BBC correspondents and stated that Operation Phantom Fury was proceeding well, and that Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah were now limited to a strip of the city bordering the east-west motorway running down the centre of the city. He also told the journalists that the US forces intended to move against that position later that day. November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... ... This article is in need of attention. ... Fallujah (Arabic: فلوجة; sometimes transliterated as Falluja and less commonly Fallouja, Falloujah, Faloojah, Faloojeh) is a city of about 350,000 inhabitants in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69km (43 miles) west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...

During Operation Dawn, he went on record stating that "This is all going to come down to that young man, that 19, 20 year old corporal, lance corporal whether he's a soldier or a marine, leading his particular fire team or his squad through the city, house by house, block by block, room by room."