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Protective Berms Come Down In Fallujah
Heavy equipment operators from Combat Logistics Battalion 5 and combat engineers from Regimental Combat Team 1 completed leveling berms here on Oct. 19, 2008. The Marines spent about a week leveling approximately five miles of protective dirt mounds that extended along the sides of Wolverine Way, a road stretching from Camp Baharia to the edge of the city of Fallujah. The project serves two purposes: to provide better visibility for Marines who occupy an observation post on the road and to make the area look more normal for the local Iraqis, said Staff Sgt. Bryan Spencer, platoon sergeant, Operations Platoon, Engineer Company, CLB-5. “We’re going all the way down this road to get rid of all the berms and get it looking nice again,†said Spencer, from Texarkana, Texas. The Marines worked from dawn … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Leaders Near Bagram See Problem, Solution
Here’s a follow up on this story: Controlled Burn Allows Drainage Repairs Australian Maj. David Bergman, Mine Action Center officer in charge, and U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jayson Blunck, MAC operations non-commissioned officer, stand with village elders over a tunnel that allows Coyote Creek to run under the flightline at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 25, 2008. The elders were invited to the base to examine the status of the creek, which causes simultaneous floods and droughts in nearby villages. Photographer: Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez People in the rural villages surrounding this former Soviet air base in eastern Afghanistan that’s now being used for the headquarters of coalition operations in Afghanistan have been upset about an enigma surrounding an important creek for some time. Coyote Creek, as it is known on the base, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Earthquake in Dallas for Halloween
The folks in Dallas got an early Halloween treat today when two earthquakes rattled the city. At 9:25 there was a small quake recorded at 2.5 on the Richter scale, centered near Grand Prairie. At 10:01 an earthquake measuring 3.0 was recorded just south of Irving, Texas. The Dallas Morning News reports no damage from either quake. The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics reports in its Texas Earthquake FAQ: Q: Have earthquakes occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth in historic times? A: No. The closest earthquakes were both very small; on 18 September 1985 one with magnitude about 3.4 occurred in Valley View, Texas, about 80 km north of Fort Worth; one with magnitude about 3.3 occurred on 20 March 1950 in Chico, Texas, about 70 km northwest of Fort Worth. Recently, an earthquake with magnitude … Read entire article »
Filed under: Science
Royal Marine Reservist Awarded George’s Cross
UK MoD: The George Cross ranks with the Victoria Cross as the nation’s highest award for gallantry and was instituted in 1940 to recognise actions of supreme gallantry in circumstances for which the Victoria Cross was not appropriate. Thus, it may be awarded to civilians, as well as members of the Armed Forces for acts of gallantry not in the presence of the enemy, including, for example, military explosive ordnance disposal personnel. LCpl Croucher was part of the Commando Reconnaissance Force tasked on 9 February 2008 to conduct reconnaissance of a compound in which it was suspected that Taliban fighters manufactured Improvised Explosive Devices. LCpl Croucher was at the head of the team as they moved silently through the darkened compound when he felt a wire go tight against his legs. This was … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Heroes, Our Allies, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
Army Major Aids Congo Rebels
The eastern Congo is awash with rebels and militias, as well as troops of the Democratic Republic and the UN forces sent to the region. Twenty plus rebel / military groups have been noted in various parts of the region. The two major rebel factions in the Goma region are the FDLR and the CNDP. The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) consist of several thousand Hutu tribesmen who fled Rwanda after their genocidal hold on that nation was overthrown. Laurent Nkunda heads a rebel army of Tutsis, National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), which consists in part of the remnants of two brigades of the national army. The region has been subject to military invasion from Rwanda and Uganda in the last decade, and enemies of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Original writing, Reporting
MND-B Soldiers Turn Abandoned Carnival into Park
Dover Park, as it is known by Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, sat abandoned for years; located in the Qahira neighborhood of the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, its carnival rides were unusable and the land was overgrown with weeds. “It was your typical abandoned park here in Iraq,†said 1st Lt. Rosita Rodriguez, a civil affairs team chief with Company C, 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B. Two months later, the refurbished park was completed and handed over to the local neighborhood council Oct. 28. “This is our first park in Qahira. We never had one before,†said Mohamed Madaloom, the Qahira Neighborhood Assistance Council chairman. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Local Renovations Benefit Village
Renovations to a government office building to improve services offered to residents of Muhallahbiyah, a village outside of Mosul, are scheduled to be completed Oct. 31. The Al-Jansia office, a city administration building, will soon reopen and allow citizens to apply for much needed services from the government. The project, which began mid October, will make needed repairs to the doors windows and building structure. The electrical wiring and lighting will also be upgraded. “The reopening of administrative offices throughout Mosul is a major step to re-establishing the Iraqi government and bringing some sense of normalcy to the people,†said Capt Tia Winston, public affairs officer, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Vietnam nurse remembers John McCain
My responsibility was to care for my own countrymen only. But [North Vietnamese leader] Ho Chi Minh advised people to show compassion and to save the enemies. So I told myself that I had to fulfil my duty. He was very pale, his eyes were closed, he didn’t utter a sound. I even didn’t know whether there was any hope for him. But I felt a pulse, and when I fed him with some medicinal syrup, he managed to swallow. He did not bleed and I didn’t detect any broken bones. He lay there in my clinic for a good 20 minutes until they came to take him away. That evening, when I left the clinic, an old man came to me and yelled at me for ‘caring for an enemy’. I told him I … Read entire article »
Filed under: Odd News
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