Before Dr. Jason Huang became a major in the U.S. Army, he faced tanks at Tiananmen Square, served three years of house arrest, signed daily confessions to the Chinese police, was blacklisted by the government, had himself declared mentally ill, used a fake passport to enter the United States and became a political refugee, an American student, an American citizen and eventually a neurosurgeon at Strong Memorial Hospital.
Photo: Sergeant Shaun Meyers shows off a carp he caught in a fish farm pond in the Khidr area, Iraq.
Photo: Utilitiesman 3rd Class Nicole Grieve and Construction Electrician 3rd Class Thomas Wierzloicki feed cable through pipes to aid in the construction of a multipurpose building…
Problem With Being Unemployed
May 30th, 2008
One of the problems with being unemployed for over a year is waking up and wondering “What the hell day is this?”
Sons of Iraq killed nine enemy insurgents today during a firefight at a checkpoint near Owja, south of Tikrit, May 29.
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo set up a web site for consumers seeking restitution from Dell Inc.
The promise of a prosperous future for Iraq took one step closer to becoming a reality as the Sarafiyah Bridge linking the Rusafa and Karkh districts of Baghdad was reopened May 27 after being rebuilt.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was present for the opening event, which featured live music, several speeches and a ribbon cutting on the bridge’s road way.
Businesses and residences of southwest Baghdad will soon benefit from the recent completion of electricity transmission lines and the energizing of a major substation today.
The al-Rasheed 400kV substation was energized May 28, 2008 on the 400kV electrical grid only a few days after the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity completed the hook up of a new 11 kilometer 400kV transmission line to the station.
Baghdad Update: 5-29-2008
May 29th, 2008
Here are some military reports covering the on-going action in Baghdad.
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