We were able to talk with Colonel John A. Powell, Multi- National Security Transition Command Iraq (MNSTC-I) Assistant Chief of Staff, Health Affairs at a recent Bloggers’ Roundtable.

Col. Powell is working with Iraqi counterparts on improving medical capacity and building capabilities of the Iraqi security forces. He is also a native of America’s North Shore, as a native of Ogdensburg.

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The Bloggers’ Roundtable this morning interviewed Mr. Michael Ritchie, Director of the Command Interagency Engagement Group (CIEG), that is coordinating the US relief efforts to Georgia.

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She grew up a girl next door. Outgoing, athletic, snowboards and cheerleading. She joined the Army to pay for college.

Then someone taught her to jump out of perfectly good airplanes.

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Today’s Bloggers’ Roundtable was with Major General Rick Lynch, Commanding General, Multi-National Division Center (MND-C).
“Competent, capable, effective leadership” were the words that General Lynch used to describe the change in Iraqi security forces over the course of his deployment. He mentioned the NCO academies and other leadership training that local ISF has undergone.
With 40,000 Sons [...]

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About two weeks ago, nine million people began walking to Bibil Provice in Iraq. They came to Karbala to celebrate Arba’een, a Shia religious festival.
Col. Tom James, Commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division was there to see this event. As leader of Taskforce Vanguard, his troops were invited by the Iraqi security forces [...]

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Today’s Bloggers’ Roundtable interviewed Major General Michael D. Jones, Commanding General, Coalition Police Assistance Training Team - Iraq. His job is to assist and advise the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior on police operations.
The new Iraqi Police report to the Ministry of the Interior. They are organized in two sections, a National Police and then [...]

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Here are a series of graphs, up to date through the end of January, illustrating the deaths inflicted on Anti Iraqi Forces, AIF, terrorists and al Qaeda. Some of the grpahs compare the losses suffered by our forces in the same time period. In addition, our losses are restricted to those considered hostile, and the [...]

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The Department of Defense announced today that charges have been filed against six of the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in connection with the events of September 11, 2001.
The Defense Department announced today that charges have been sworn against six detainees at Guantanamo, alleged to be responsible for the planning and execution of the [...]

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UPDATE: Democrat and Chronicle
The scale of Sunday’s chain-reaction pileup on Interstate 390 is best described by the numbers:
Thirty-six tangled vehicles.
Twenty-five people injured, including one teenager who later died.
Wind gusts up to 37 mph and blowing snow made seeing past the hood virtually impossible. [snip]
Buses that were headed to the Rochester Institute of Technology to pick [...]

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This is the second part of my interview with Brigadier General Edward Cardon, Deputy Commanding General (Support) Multi-National Division-Center(MND-C), one-on-one. We last talked in a Bloggers’ Roundtable on January 24.
The General explained the governmental structure. The national ministries still set priorities for the nation. That control is exercised in ways as minor as how much [...]

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