Two Iraqi Army Soldiers pull multiple weapons and explosives from a hole during a cache find north of Lutifiyah Feb. 19. Photo by Pvt. Christopher McKenna, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs.
IED, Indirect Fire Cells Disrupted by Weapons Find
Saturday, 23 February 2008
By Pvt. Christopher McKenna
101st Airborne Division [...]
An M1-A2 Abrams tank is in a warehouse being upgraded for Soldiers in the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, at Camp Taji, Feb. 16. Civilian contractors with General Dynamics are currently modifying these tanks with the Tank Urban Survivability Kit, which increases the level [...]
Spc. Erin Hammer, from Manti, Utah, and Spc. Ronald Gardner, from Durant, Okla., both Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, pose behind munitions seized from a weapon cache in Jurf Nadaf, a village east of Baghdad, Feb. 10. Standing to the side is Sgt. 1st Class Maxwell Donahue, from Damariscotta, Maine. Photo by Maj. [...]
Al Qaeda Leader’s Diary Reveals Organization’s Decline
By Seaman William Selby, USN
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2008 – U.S. troops found a diary belonging to an al Qaeda in Iraq leader that has Coalition forces believing the terrorist organization is “on its heels,” a senior military official in Baghdad said this morning.
Soldiers of [...]
An inquisitive child checks out the army combat helmet chin strap on Staff Sgt. Jason Ferari, a Montoursville, Pa., native, who serves as platoon sergeant with 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, as he holds her during a stop [...]
Security Gains by Coalition Allow Families to Return to Zambraniyah
ZAMBRANIYAH — Nearly 1,000 residents returned to Zambraniyah throughout the last week of January after learning the area had been secured by Coalition and Iraqi forces. When heavy fighting in the Zambraniyah area broke out in early January, Coalition Forces advised families to evacuate the [...]
Crews Brave Enemy Fire to Save Soldiers
By Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Mills, USA
Special to American Forces Press Service
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2008 – Medical evacuation crews from Task Force Marne faced down enemy gunfire to deliver five injured soldiers in Iraq to safety Jan. 18.
The crews from the 3rd Infantry Division’s Company C, 2nd [...]
Soldiers Conduct Tailgate Clinic for Iraqi Workers
Jan. 17, 2008 – Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, conducted a tailgate health clinic in three areas within a brick factory compound in Nahrwan on Jan. 15.
At the factory, 489th Civil Affairs Company, a reserve unit from Knoxville, Tenn., along with medical personnel from Headquarters [...]
Lt. Col. Dennis Yates, battalion commander, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) and Col. Ahmed Ehbrahim Bedor, battalion commander, 1st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division (center) pose for pictures with three Baghdad residents who received free wheelchairs from the Iraqi Army in Schmook Village, [...]
Operation Marne Thunderbolt is the latest in a series of combat operations by Multi-National Division - Center, focused on pursuing the enemy and clearing al-Qaida safe havens southeast of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Helicopters from 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division are striking insurgents on a regular basis during Operation [...]
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