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Our Best: Sgt. Cheryl Hamilton
Hundreds of deployed troops – plus civilian contractors and local national employees – swarm the dining facility at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, every evening, eager to fill their stomachs with a hot meal. But regardless of what’s featured on the night’s menu, one Army cook is ensuring that these troops are first fed a healthy smile. “You just never know what someone may be going through,” said Sgt. Cheryl Hamilton, a food service specialist assigned to the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Best: Military Women
A playground for Taba
U.S. Soldiers joined local government and police officials near here recently in the village of Taba to officially open a new playground for local children. The $49,000 playground, which took less than a month to complete, is made up of three slides, a large play tower, monkey bars, a field for soccer and multiple picnic tables for the more than 100 families who live in the area. The idea for the playground originated from multiple meetings between … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Our Best: Staff Sgt. Happiness Aghedo
Staff Sgt. Happiness Aghedo never dreamed about joining the United States Army as a child. Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, Aghedo, a logistician assigned to Headquarters Company, 203rd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, said she had all she ever wanted in her birth country. One of twelve children, Aghedo grew up in a loving family that placed education as a high priority. Aghedo was pursuing her degree in International Studies at … Read entire article »
Filed under: Immigration, Military, Our Best: Military Women
Easter in Iraq
More than 250 service members and civilians celebrated Easter with a candlelit mass Saturday at St. Elijah Monastery, the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq. The mass was one of three Christian services scheduled at the monastery for Easter weekend. “This is the second time we’ve done this,” said Capt. Patrick Van Durme, the battalion chaplain with the 1-19th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division and a Dansville, N.Y., native. Van Durme said turnout for the event … Read entire article »
Filed under: Catholic Church, Iraq, Rebuilding, Religion, War on Terror
Kaya Jones entertains in Iraq
The men and women stationed at Contingency Operating Station Endeavor in Iraq were recently treated to the hotness that is former Pusseycat Doll Kaya Jones. Former Pussycat Doll, Kaya Jones entertained the Soldiers assigned to Contingency Operating Station Endeavor, Iraq, Feb. 24. Jones and her dance team danced and sang for an appreciative audience for over an hour, before signing autographs and posing for pictures with their audience. “We love you,” said Jones. “We miss you back home. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Music and Performers
New school for Al Khanik
After joint efforts from both U.S. Army and Iraqi officials, a new school officially opened during a ceremony, March 2, in the village of Al Khanik, Iraq. The school, which has been under construction for four months, was built with the village’s future in mind and to house the students in the growing community. “The old school had only three classrooms, said Arif Jabbar Mutar, the chairman of Tikrit City Council. “It’s not enough to absorb all … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Surge Over By Month End
Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, are redeploying back to Fort Stewart, Ga., this month. The 2nd BCT deployed in May 2007 as the fifth surge brigade. Its mission was to block accelerants from entering Baghdad, protect the local population, defeat sectarian violence, continue to increase the capacity of the Iraqi Security Forces, foster local governance and economic systems, and to set the conditions for long-term self-reliance. The 2nd Brigade, as part of Multi-National Division Center, primarily conducted operations southeast of Baghdad, which included population centers in Abu Waitha, Hawr Rajab, Adwaniyah, Madhariyah and Sayafiyah. “The security environment created by the 2nd BCT operations and our efforts in enabling an increased Iraqi Army role in the area set the conditions for the local citizens to step up … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, Surge 2007, War on Terror
Last Surge Brigade Scheduled to Come Home
The last of the five Army brigades to deploy with the “troop surge†in Iraq will return in July after a 13-month deployment, during which soldiers detained more than 800 terrorist suspects and helped foster Iraqi self-governance. he 3rd Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team has operated in the Arab Jabour area of southeastern Baghdad, where the number of attacks plummeted from about 30 a week when they arrived in May 2007 to about one a week now. “All in all, it’s been a very successful operation for us,†Army Col. Terry Ferrell, 2nd Brigade Combat Team commander, told reporters at the Pentagon today via video teleconference from Forward Operating Base Kalsu, in Baghdad. President Bush announced the temporary 33,000-troop surge in January 2007 to tamp down violence in Iraq and help prepare … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Surge 2007, War on Terror
South Baghdad Economy Booming Again
Welcome to Andrew Sullivan’s readers. A “war widow” could be the result of the 11 year war with Iran, the first Gulf War or the current conflict. Please don’t make the assumption that all war widows are recent. When Capt. Shawn Carbone first took a good look at the south Baghdad area economy, he found it similar to his studies of America during the Great Depression of the 1930s. “Most of the historically strong businesses were gone, said Carbone, economics team leader for the Baghdad-7 embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team. “The owners had left; packed up. The businesses were shut down and there was mass unemployment across the board.†There were many reasons for the economic troubles of Iraqis in the area which 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, took control of in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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