Great news about the shooting of unarmed civilian Iraqis that the big bad Blackwater guys supposedly did in 2007. All charges have been dropped. The federal judge went so far to say that the charges were “contradictory, unbelievable and lacking in credibility.”
A federal judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security [...]
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Photos by Sgt. Travis Zielinski
The sun rises as Soldiers of Company F, 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, wait in the early morning for two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to pick them and bring them to a nearby town to conduct a patrol, [...]
Paratroopers, Iraqi Security Forces Assess Security in Salman Pak
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Spc. Jonathan “Tito” Taylor of Clarksville, Tenn., leans against a rock wall as an Iraqi girl overlooks his shoulder during a combined foot patrol, Sept. 13, in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, located 30 miles southeast of Baghdad. Iraq army soldiers and [...]
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Haggerty (left), of Greenville N.C., a platoon leader with B Company, 120th Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, headquartered in Whiteville, N.C., meets with Iraqi army Capt. Ahmjad of 4th Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Brigade, 17th Division Iraqi army about ongoing operations in the area, Aug. 8.
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U.S. Army Sgt. Angel Luscano, center, and his crew, all assigned to 3rd Brigade, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pose for a photo at the battalion’s mechanic shop on Forward Operating Base Marez, Iraq, July 7, 2009. Luscano and his crew are responsible for the maintenance and repair of [...]
U.S. Soldiers pray before a mission in Kirkuk, Iraq, May 18, 2009. The Soldiers are from Golf Company, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Heavy Combat Brigade Team, 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas. (DoD photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati, U.S. Army/Released)
Spc. Michael Brien (left), of Bradford, Pa., and Staff Sgt. Corey Bukousky, of Harrisburg, Pa., both with Company C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team patrol along a canal at the edge of Taji market, north of Baghdad, May 4.
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Spc. Aaron Gardner (left), of Saint Mary’s, Pa., leads a patrol of [...]
U.S. Soldiers from 1st Platoon, 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment provide security during a patrol in Sa’ada, Iraq, July 7, 2008. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Seeber, U.S. Navy. (Released)
U.S. Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Task Force Mech., Multi-National Force – West speak with an Iraqi soldier about their current mission in the Jazeerah Desert in Iraq July 3, 2008. Marines with the task force are conducting disruption missions as part of an operation to prevent foreign fighters from entering the area. [...]
My friend, lobyazoo, an old 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) war-horse sent the following in from one of my favorite publications, The Patriot Post. Loboyazoo knows a great story when he sees one and he knows well the Valor of the special acts of the men noted below.
Thanks Joe!
Profiles in Valor—Memorial Day 2008
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