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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Mechanic Ensures Ramadi Communication
(12.26.2007) These days, he may not be under a military vehicle repairing it, but he is helping in another way by laying the communication wire to keep Ramadi connected.
Story by Spc. Ricardo Branch
3 images
World War II Veteran Visits Paratroopers in Afg...
(12.26.2007) “If there is anything such as hell on earth, it was that moment,” said the grey-haired, 90-year-old man at the front of the room.
Story by Sgt. Jim Wilt
5 images
Face of Defense: Airman Keeps Eye on Mission Wi...
(12.26.2007) When the time comes to drop a bomb, aircrews need to have confidence that their weapon will work properly, because lives on the ground can be at stake. That's where Air Force Staff Sgt. Erik Ryland, the s...
Story by Staff Sgt. Mike Andriacco
Assistant CMC Visits Leathernecks in Afghanista...
(12.26.2007) The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps made a quick stop at Camp Eggers today and passed a message from a modern day Marine Corps hero’s family to Kabul-area Marines.
Story by Staff Sgt. Luis P Valdespino Jr.
3 images
Iraqis Increasingly Side With Coalition, Colone...
(12.26.2007) The Iraqi people increasingly are siding with the coalition against extremists in their country, a unit commander there said.
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Afghan, U.S. Troops Deliver Aid to Villagers
(12.26.2007) Afghan national security forces, assisted by coalition forces, delivered tons of humanitarian assistance to hundreds of villagers in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
Courtesy Story
3 images
Street Festival Celebrates Reconciliation
(12.26.2007) Local Leaders with Iraqi security forces and Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers held a reconciliation street festival in the Saha neighborhood of the Rashid District, Dec. 23.
Courtesy Story
Iraqi Army, U.S. Troops Deliver Backpacks to Sc...
(12.26.2007) The troops who provide a security situation that allows Iraqi children to attend school are helping those same children here get the most of that experience.
Courtesy Story
Spreading Cheer: All American Chorus, Band Tour...
(12.26.2007) “Good tidings we bring from all at Fort Bragg, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. So bring us a C-130, so bring us a C-130, so bring us a C-130 and bring it right here. Cause, we won’t jump until...
Story by Senior Airman James Bolinger
3 images
Ironhorse Brigade Reflects on Progress in OIF R...
(12.26.2007) When the senior leadership and Soldiers of the 1st “Ironhorse” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, first arrived to Iraq nearly 15 months ago, the security situation here was quite different from the one ...
Story by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp
6 images
A Christmas Visit From the Brass: 82nd Airborne...
(12.26.2007) This Christmas, paratroopers in Iraq received a visitor from a cold and frozen place.
Story by Sgt. Michael Pryor
3 images
A Christmas Story: Paratroopers in Baghdad Enjo...
(12.26.2007) It was a bitterly cold night, and the heater in Spc. Adam Van Winkle’s Humvee was no match for the frozen air blowing in through the open turret. Van Winkle was sitting behind the wheel as the Humvee idled in the...
Story by Sgt. Michael Pryor
Field Artillery Troops Train Volunteers
(12.26.2007) When one thinks of a police force, he may think of a two-man team, patrolling through a neighborhood in their white-Chevy Monte Carlo, with blue and red lights, and the word “police” written on the side.
Story by Sgt. James Hunter
5 images
CJTF-HOA Senior Leadership Visit Downrange Troo...
(12.25.2007) It was not quite home for the holidays, but the troops downrange supporting the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa mission in Garissa and Shant Abaq, Kenya, were visited by senior leadership from Djibouti,...
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Mary Popejoy
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Baghdad Battlefield Circulation
(12.26.2007) As security continues to improve in Baghdad due to the increase of U.S. forces on the ground, paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, one of the first units to move deep into Bag...
Courtesy Story
Solar Panels Flood Baghdad Market With Light
(12.26.2007) Multi-National Division - Baghdad paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division assessed the impact of newly-installed solar-powered lights in the “Fish Market” area of Baghdad’s Adhamiyah...
Courtesy Story
Hope Grows in Salman Pak
(12.26.2007) Staff Sgt. Robert Butler expresses a range of emotions when someone asks him what he thinks about Salman Pak.
Story by Spc. Ben Hutto
9 images
Deployed Airmen Enjoy Gift of Pride
(12.26.2007) Thousands of miles away from home, Airmen in Afghanistan still found ways to celebrate the holiday season, all while providing continuous airpower and combat support for U.S. and coalition forces throughout the c...
Story by Capt. Michael Meridith
4 images
Crazy 98 Spends Christmas in Afghanistan
(12.26.2007) A small, blinking Christmas tree sits in the dining facility. Aside from a few other lights, it is the only symbol of Christmas on Forward Operating Base Wolverine.
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Dave Votroubek
3 images
Christmas Brings Tons of Mail to TF Bayonet
(12.26.2007) Soldiers from 458th Adjutant General Postal Company stationed here run the central mail hub for the entire Task Force Bayonet area of operations and are responsible for handling, sorting, and processing all incom...
Courtesy Story
3 images
(12.26.2007) These days, he may not be under a military vehicle repairing it, but he is helping in another way by laying the communication wire to keep Ramadi connected.
Story by Spc. Ricardo Branch
3 images
World War II Veteran Visits Paratroopers in Afg...
(12.26.2007) “If there is anything such as hell on earth, it was that moment,” said the grey-haired, 90-year-old man at the front of the room.
Story by Sgt. Jim Wilt
5 images
Face of Defense: Airman Keeps Eye on Mission Wi...
(12.26.2007) When the time comes to drop a bomb, aircrews need to have confidence that their weapon will work properly, because lives on the ground can be at stake. That's where Air Force Staff Sgt. Erik Ryland, the s...
Story by Staff Sgt. Mike Andriacco
Assistant CMC Visits Leathernecks in Afghanista...
(12.26.2007) The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps made a quick stop at Camp Eggers today and passed a message from a modern day Marine Corps hero’s family to Kabul-area Marines.
Story by Staff Sgt. Luis P Valdespino Jr.
3 images
Iraqis Increasingly Side With Coalition, Colone...
(12.26.2007) The Iraqi people increasingly are siding with the coalition against extremists in their country, a unit commander there said.
Courtesy Story
Afghan, U.S. Troops Deliver Aid to Villagers
(12.26.2007) Afghan national security forces, assisted by coalition forces, delivered tons of humanitarian assistance to hundreds of villagers in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
Courtesy Story
3 images
Street Festival Celebrates Reconciliation
(12.26.2007) Local Leaders with Iraqi security forces and Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers held a reconciliation street festival in the Saha neighborhood of the Rashid District, Dec. 23.
Courtesy Story
Iraqi Army, U.S. Troops Deliver Backpacks to Sc...
(12.26.2007) The troops who provide a security situation that allows Iraqi children to attend school are helping those same children here get the most of that experience.
Courtesy Story
Spreading Cheer: All American Chorus, Band Tour...
(12.26.2007) “Good tidings we bring from all at Fort Bragg, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. So bring us a C-130, so bring us a C-130, so bring us a C-130 and bring it right here. Cause, we won’t jump until...
Story by Senior Airman James Bolinger
3 images
Ironhorse Brigade Reflects on Progress in OIF R...
(12.26.2007) When the senior leadership and Soldiers of the 1st “Ironhorse” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, first arrived to Iraq nearly 15 months ago, the security situation here was quite different from the one ...
Story by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp
6 images
A Christmas Visit From the Brass: 82nd Airborne...
(12.26.2007) This Christmas, paratroopers in Iraq received a visitor from a cold and frozen place.
Story by Sgt. Michael Pryor
3 images
A Christmas Story: Paratroopers in Baghdad Enjo...
(12.26.2007) It was a bitterly cold night, and the heater in Spc. Adam Van Winkle’s Humvee was no match for the frozen air blowing in through the open turret. Van Winkle was sitting behind the wheel as the Humvee idled in the...
Story by Sgt. Michael Pryor
Field Artillery Troops Train Volunteers
(12.26.2007) When one thinks of a police force, he may think of a two-man team, patrolling through a neighborhood in their white-Chevy Monte Carlo, with blue and red lights, and the word “police” written on the side.
Story by Sgt. James Hunter
5 images
CJTF-HOA Senior Leadership Visit Downrange Troo...
(12.25.2007) It was not quite home for the holidays, but the troops downrange supporting the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa mission in Garissa and Shant Abaq, Kenya, were visited by senior leadership from Djibouti,...
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Mary Popejoy
1 images
Baghdad Battlefield Circulation
(12.26.2007) As security continues to improve in Baghdad due to the increase of U.S. forces on the ground, paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, one of the first units to move deep into Bag...
Courtesy Story
Solar Panels Flood Baghdad Market With Light
(12.26.2007) Multi-National Division - Baghdad paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division assessed the impact of newly-installed solar-powered lights in the “Fish Market” area of Baghdad’s Adhamiyah...
Courtesy Story
Hope Grows in Salman Pak
(12.26.2007) Staff Sgt. Robert Butler expresses a range of emotions when someone asks him what he thinks about Salman Pak.
Story by Spc. Ben Hutto
9 images
Deployed Airmen Enjoy Gift of Pride
(12.26.2007) Thousands of miles away from home, Airmen in Afghanistan still found ways to celebrate the holiday season, all while providing continuous airpower and combat support for U.S. and coalition forces throughout the c...
Story by Capt. Michael Meridith
4 images
Crazy 98 Spends Christmas in Afghanistan
(12.26.2007) A small, blinking Christmas tree sits in the dining facility. Aside from a few other lights, it is the only symbol of Christmas on Forward Operating Base Wolverine.
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Dave Votroubek
3 images
Christmas Brings Tons of Mail to TF Bayonet
(12.26.2007) Soldiers from 458th Adjutant General Postal Company stationed here run the central mail hub for the entire Task Force Bayonet area of operations and are responsible for handling, sorting, and processing all incom...
Courtesy Story
3 images
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