Jun 30th, 2007
Staff Sgt. Jeremie Oliver, from Chesterville, Maine, shows off the protection that saved his life after being shot by an insurgent in the Baghdad neighborhood of Ameriya, June 17. Oliver, from Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, was in his Bradley Fighting Vehicle when he took the round to the chest. Oliver was later [...]
MNF-I
When the second largest cache of Operation Iraqi Freedom was found earlier in the month, not only did Mulit-National Division – Baghdad troops spring into action, but Coalition Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) teams also arrived on the scene.
Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment “Tomahawks”, attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st [...]
Jun 29th, 2007
Received this from a PAO:
Below is a great story from a senior leader currently deployed in Baghdad, Iraq.
I was in line at our deli this week with a 21-year-old PFC from the 82nd. He was soaked in sweat and had an M4 slung over his back and a big grin on his face. I started [...]
Distinguished Service Cross
DVIDS
By Staff Sgt. Reeba Critser, Third Army/U.S. Army Central Public Affairs Office
Alexius Martin, 9, looks at the Distinguished Service Cross presented to her grandfather by Third Army/U.S. Army Central Commanding General Lt. Gen. R. Steven Whitcomb June 15, 2007, in Chatsworth, Ga. Alexius is the great-great-grandniece of Third Army World War II hero [...]
DVIDS
By Pfc. Bradley J. Clark, 4th BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
FORWARD OPERATING BASE MAREZ, Iraq— Many children follow in their parents footsteps, but very rarely do the parents follow their in their children’s footsteps.
That was just the case when two members of the Edmondson family found themselves stationed on the same Forward Operating Base [...]
CentCom
The rehabilitation of the Basrah Railway Station is one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Gulf Region South (GRS) District efforts to build and develop the basic services and strategic infrastructure for Iraq.
“The $480,000 project provides a critical link for the country of Iraq and it ties the southern portion of the country [...]
AP / MSNBC:
The deaths brought to 99 the number of U.S. troops to die in Iraq this month, according to an Associated Press count. The toll for the past three months — 329 — made it the deadliest such period for GIs since the war began in March 2003.
Kinda says it all, doesn’t it?
When June [...]
CentCom
Coalition Forces and the local Iraqi Provincial Government opened a new water treatment plant on the western edge of Kirkuk province June 27.
The opening of the plant, attended by Coalition Forces and representatives of the Kirkuk Provincial Council, took place in Tal Adi Dhahab, introducing clean water to thousands of people throughout the province.
“It is [...]
Via NRO’s The Tank and the outstanding Confederate Yankee.
AP reported yeaterday:
Twenty beheaded bodies were discovered Thursday on the banks of the Tigris River southeast of Baghdad and a car bomb killed another 20 people in one of the capital’s busy outdoor bus stations, police said.
The beheaded remains were found in the Sunni Muslim village [...]