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Monday, December 24, 2007
Kirkuk IPs: Dangerous, Most Sought After Occupa...
(12.24.2007) One thousand, three hundred, and eighty two Iraqis begin their morning navigating through check-points: enduring searches. They are as young as 20, traveling by foot, bus, bike - the “lucky” ones by car. Their jo...
Story by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson
7 images
Kirkuk IPs: Dangerous, Most Sought After Occupa...
(12.24.2007) Pt. 2 of a 3 part series: Once Selected, Transformation from civilian to Iraqi police recruit is swift.
Story by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson
10 images
Bastogne Brigade’s ‘King of Battle’ Doing Much ...
(12.24.2007) The long and storied history of the United States Field Artillery dates back to 1775, when Henry Knox was appointed Chief of Artillery of the Continental Army.
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny
21 images
Soldier Killed in Iraq Remembered
(12.24.2007) Known to many as the man who could get things done, Sgt. Samuel Kelsey was remembered Dec. 16 as a hero who died while trying to help a fellow Soldier who was wounded in an improvised explosive device attack.
Story by Pfc. Amanda Mcbride
3 images
Kirkuk IPs: Dangerous, Most Sought After Occupa...
(12.24.2007) One thousand, three hundred, and eighty two Iraqis begin their morning navigating through check-points: enduring searches. They are as young as 20, traveling by foot, bus, bike - the “lucky” ones by car. Their jo...
Story by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson
7 images
Soldiers Light Up Holiday Season
(12.24.2007) It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in southern Baghdad.
Story by Pfc. Nathaniel Smith
2 images
ISV’s Back in the Game in Saydiyah
(12.24.2007) Iraqi security forces began manning checkpoints in Saydiyah, a neighborhood in southwest Baghdad in the province of Rashid, in an effort to bring security and stability to a troubled area of Baghdad, Dec. 12.
Story by Pfc. Nathaniel Smith
2 images
Iraqi Army Brings Smiles
(12.24.2007) Iraqi soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized) brought smiles to the faces of children at a local elementary school in Jerf Al Mila, northwest Baghdad, Dec. 17, by delive...
Story by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp
5 images
Automatic Soldiers Give to Iraqis During Holida...
(12.24.2007) Recent initiatives to incorporate Concerned Local Citizens have dramatically changed how small units conduct combat operations. With security and stability spreading throughout the country of Iraq, many units are...
Courtesy Story
Hidden Baghdad: Paratroopers Find a City on the...
(12.24.2007) Sgt. Nicholas Hardebeck’s platoon was about midway through its afternoon patrol when the sound of explosions began echoing from a nearby street.
Story by Sgt. Michael Pryor
Truman, Artic Assist Stranded Sailors
(12.24.2007) Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and fast combat support ship USNS Artic (T AOE 8) rescued seven mariners adrift in a raft at approximately 10 a.m. today, in the central ...
Courtesy Story
3 images
Let There Be Light: Solar Lights Make Baghdad M...
(12.24.2007) Up until recently, the Rabi fish market – a thoroughfare crowded with little shops and stands in northeast Baghdad – cleared out when the sun went down. But these days, things are different. Thanks to the illumin...
Story by Sgt. Michael Pryor
3 images
Iraqi Double Amputee Walks Out of Hospital
(12.24.2007) Standing upright and walking on her own is something 20-year-old Soham Hassan Ka-Naan, a young woman from Khargulia, never thought she would be able to do again.
Story by Sgt. Natalie Rostek
5 images
Iraqis Receive Free Medical Care
(12.24.2007) Local residents formed a lineup in Al-Alwaya police station Dec. 12, not because they were in trouble with the law but to receive free medical care.
Story by Spc. Grant Okubo
1 images
Iraqis Receive Free Medical Care
(12.24.2007) Local residents formed a lineup in Al-Alwaya police station Dec. 12, not because they were in trouble with the law but to receive free medical care.
Story by Spc. Grant Okubo
2 images
(12.24.2007) One thousand, three hundred, and eighty two Iraqis begin their morning navigating through check-points: enduring searches. They are as young as 20, traveling by foot, bus, bike - the “lucky” ones by car. Their jo...
Story by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson
7 images
Kirkuk IPs: Dangerous, Most Sought After Occupa...
(12.24.2007) Pt. 2 of a 3 part series: Once Selected, Transformation from civilian to Iraqi police recruit is swift.
Story by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson
10 images
Bastogne Brigade’s ‘King of Battle’ Doing Much ...
(12.24.2007) The long and storied history of the United States Field Artillery dates back to 1775, when Henry Knox was appointed Chief of Artillery of the Continental Army.
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny
21 images
Soldier Killed in Iraq Remembered
(12.24.2007) Known to many as the man who could get things done, Sgt. Samuel Kelsey was remembered Dec. 16 as a hero who died while trying to help a fellow Soldier who was wounded in an improvised explosive device attack.
Story by Pfc. Amanda Mcbride
3 images
Kirkuk IPs: Dangerous, Most Sought After Occupa...
(12.24.2007) One thousand, three hundred, and eighty two Iraqis begin their morning navigating through check-points: enduring searches. They are as young as 20, traveling by foot, bus, bike - the “lucky” ones by car. Their jo...
Story by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson
7 images
Soldiers Light Up Holiday Season
(12.24.2007) It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in southern Baghdad.
Story by Pfc. Nathaniel Smith
2 images
ISV’s Back in the Game in Saydiyah
(12.24.2007) Iraqi security forces began manning checkpoints in Saydiyah, a neighborhood in southwest Baghdad in the province of Rashid, in an effort to bring security and stability to a troubled area of Baghdad, Dec. 12.
Story by Pfc. Nathaniel Smith
2 images
Iraqi Army Brings Smiles
(12.24.2007) Iraqi soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized) brought smiles to the faces of children at a local elementary school in Jerf Al Mila, northwest Baghdad, Dec. 17, by delive...
Story by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp
5 images
Automatic Soldiers Give to Iraqis During Holida...
(12.24.2007) Recent initiatives to incorporate Concerned Local Citizens have dramatically changed how small units conduct combat operations. With security and stability spreading throughout the country of Iraq, many units are...
Courtesy Story
Hidden Baghdad: Paratroopers Find a City on the...
(12.24.2007) Sgt. Nicholas Hardebeck’s platoon was about midway through its afternoon patrol when the sound of explosions began echoing from a nearby street.
Story by Sgt. Michael Pryor
Truman, Artic Assist Stranded Sailors
(12.24.2007) Nimitz-class nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and fast combat support ship USNS Artic (T AOE 8) rescued seven mariners adrift in a raft at approximately 10 a.m. today, in the central ...
Courtesy Story
3 images
Let There Be Light: Solar Lights Make Baghdad M...
(12.24.2007) Up until recently, the Rabi fish market – a thoroughfare crowded with little shops and stands in northeast Baghdad – cleared out when the sun went down. But these days, things are different. Thanks to the illumin...
Story by Sgt. Michael Pryor
3 images
Iraqi Double Amputee Walks Out of Hospital
(12.24.2007) Standing upright and walking on her own is something 20-year-old Soham Hassan Ka-Naan, a young woman from Khargulia, never thought she would be able to do again.
Story by Sgt. Natalie Rostek
5 images
Iraqis Receive Free Medical Care
(12.24.2007) Local residents formed a lineup in Al-Alwaya police station Dec. 12, not because they were in trouble with the law but to receive free medical care.
Story by Spc. Grant Okubo
1 images
Iraqis Receive Free Medical Care
(12.24.2007) Local residents formed a lineup in Al-Alwaya police station Dec. 12, not because they were in trouble with the law but to receive free medical care.
Story by Spc. Grant Okubo
2 images
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