Ali Al Abdilzahara, Zafaraniyah Essential Services president, and Sabah Alrobaiey, Diyala Neighborhood Council chairman, cut the ribbon to mark an important day for the children in Diyala. Approximately 1,000 students will walk through the gate of the renovated school when the school year begins Oct. 7.

Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, who assisted in the project, joined in the celebration.

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The shawls are being sent home to the families of fallen servicemembers and those heading home on emergency leave. The group and one or more military chaplains pray over each shawl before it’s sent, Jones said.

“As my brother says, ‘These shawls are like a hug made out of yarn,’” said Yearicks, a native of Gwinn, Minn. “Just the thought behind them can help to cheer up a heavy heart.”

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For Michelle Holmes, the secretary to Brig. Gen. Jefforey Smith, deputy commanding general – support, the 10th Mountain Division’s deployment to Iraq created a unique opportunity to share an experience that her husband, Roy, had already experienced five times – supporting military operations in a foreign land.

“I thought it would be exciting. It’s a chance to see what my husband [a first sergeant with 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment] does first hand,” said Holmes, a native of Fort Drum, N.Y.

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In the southern Rishad valley of Kirkuk province lies the remote village of Gaydah, located several miles off the nearest main road and even further from the nearest substantial city or district.

Already accustomed to seclusion, the village residents were surprised when Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division showed up in their community in February. The residents were more surprised when they announced that they would set up operations there; living and working with the residents for the next two months.

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The final two MIA’s from the Tenth Mountain Division are coming home. Sadly, as the others, they were found dead. You will note that Special Ops were looking for these guys right along and they found them.

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Stiletto is a one-of-a-kind, experimental vessel designed for high-speed special operative amphibious insertions operated by Army mariners assigned to the 7th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division in Fort Eustis, Va.

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Captain Sean P. McQuade, Staff Sergeant Christian C. Bryant and Sergeant Jose M. Rivas
Silver Star [three awards]
WTTI
Three Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team received Silver Star awards today for their actions while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom VII.
The Fort Drum ceremony, conducted by the soldier’s unit, [...]

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A good article from an embed with the Tenth. They’re headed home within a month or so, but they haven’t forgotten the two MIA’s.
By KAREN MC CARTHY, Special to the Times Union
From a makeshift office at Patrol Base Dragon, Capt. Shane Finn prepares for an air assault mission across the Euphrates River.
“Everything, every conversation [...]

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MNF-I
Weapons that once belonged to a missing Soldier and two others who were killed in action were recovered outside of an Iraqi’s house in Fetoah Village, Iraq Oct. 9.
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., followed Concerned Local Citizens to [...]

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Colonel Mike Kershaw. I command 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, which is known as the Commando Brigade — and we’re based out of Fort Drum, New York — currently is assigned for duty as part of Multinational Division-Center.
I’ve got the [...]

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