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Operation
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Army Spc. Travis Morrone, Company A, 1st Battalion,
325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, carries an
armload of AK-47 assault rifles confiscated
during Operation Bulldog Mammoth in Abu Ghurayb,
Iraq, Dec. 4, 2003. The cordon and search mission
covered 2,400 apartments and 53 additional
buildings, resulting in the capture of hundreds
of weapons and 40 detainees. U.S. Army photo
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| Operation Bulldog Mammoth Strikes
Insurgents' Apartments |
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| By U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Stanis / 1st
Armored Division |
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ABU GHURAYB,
Iraq - Task Force 1st Armored Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team
from Fort Riley, Kan. conducted a brigade-sized cordon and search
of an Abu Ghurayb apartment complex, northwest of Baghdad Dec.
4, making it one of the largest military operations since President
George W. Bush declared an end to major combat operations in
May.
The operation was named Operation Bulldog Mammoth.
"Cordon and searches are normally at the platoon
and company level," said Maj. Dale Ringler, 3BCT operations officer. "Very rarely
do we (include) two battalions (plus supporting units) and make it a brigade-sized
operation." More |
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| Gamble's
Deployment Journal |
| WASHINGTON, Dec.
8, 2003 — Army Staff Sgt. Zeno
Gamble, a Gulf War veteran, is one of
the thousands of reservists who have
been called to active duty during Operation
Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring
Freedom. This week, Gamble
left his civilian job at the Pentagon
for Fort Bliss, Texas. He’ll spend
several days there before flying
out to Kuwait. During his
deployment in the Persian Gulf, Gamble
plans to share some of journal entries
with the readers of DefendAmerica.mil. |
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Dec. 1, 2003 —
Most of my friends and co-workers are
incredulous that I have been activated.
They thought this would never happen
to me. Heck, I never thought it would
happen to me either.
As
a civilian, I work in the Pentagon as
one of the writers in the Executive
Secretariat in the Office of the Secretary
of Defense. As an Army reservist, I
work for Master Sgt. Peter Judd, the
enlisted military assistant to the
secretary of defense. I love my work
and enjoy the responsibilities I am
given. More |
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| U.S. Defense Leaders Outline Conditions
for Success in Iraq |
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| By Donna Miles / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON,
Dec. 9, 2003 — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld today
outlined the conditions to be met for the coalition to achieve
its goals in Iraq: Iraqi self-governance, responsibility for
its own internal security and a growing economy that encourages
people "to come back to the country rather than leave."
Also critical, he told Pentagon reporters, is that Iraq
remain one country that does not pose a threat to its neighbors and that it "have
a governance system that is respectful of the diverse elements within the country – religious
and ethnic." More Briefing |
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| Black Market, Hoarders & Strike
Cause Gas Shortage in Iraq |
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| By Gerry J. Gilmore / American Forces Press
Service |
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WASHINGTON,
Dec. 9, 2003 — Black marketers, hoarding and a recently
ended transportation strike combined to cause a shortage of gasoline
in some areas of Iraq, a senior Coalition Provisional Authority
spokesman told reporters at a Dec. 8 Baghdad press briefing.
Senior CPA advisor Daniel Senor noted that a two-day strike by
Turkish truckers who deliver petroleum products south from a
northern Iraqi refinery to the cities of Mosul and Baghdad "caused
an enormous shortage in Mosul."
However, that strike has ended, Senor said. "So
the supply (of gasoline) has kicked in again, and we are continuing to
monitor that situation." About 3.5 million liters of gas
was recently trucked into Mosul, he noted. More |
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| Despite Challenges, Engineers Push
on with Bridge Mission |
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| By U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Liana Mayo / 244th
Combat Heavy Engineer Battalion |
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 TIKRIT,
Iraq - On a crisp November
evening, as shadows stretched along the banks of the Tigris River,
six soldiers from the 652nd Assault Float Bridge Engineer Company
climbed out of the multi-purpose boat and fanned out along
the
cliff.
While some pulled security, others pushed through
the tall reeds along the river’s edge to retrieve a pontoon that had escaped
its restraints when the river rose the night before. More |
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USS Germantown Contributes
To Maritime Interception Efforts |
ABOARD USS
GERMANTOWN, Dec. 9, 2003 (NNS) — Historically, amphibious ships
like USS Germantown have been responsible for putting Marines
on beaches around the world. Now, the San Diego-based ship is
deployed with a first-of-its-kind Expeditionary Strike Group,
and it has a new mission - to support Operation Iraqi Freedom
by joining coalition vessels in their search for smugglers in
the 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
Its new mission has allowed Germantown
to work alongside the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as coalition ships from Australia,
Great Britain and Italy, enforcing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1483, which
prohibits smuggling oil and other restricted cargo into or out of Iraq. More
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Secretary of Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
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“We
can expect that the terrorists will continue
to adjust their tactics. The road ahead,
I'm afraid, will be difficult, and dangers
do remain. But the coalition will prevail...We'll
continue taking the battle to the terrorists.
And...the coalition will stay as long as
it takes to finish the job, and leave only
when the task is finished.” |
| Remarks
during briefing, Dec. 9, 2003 |
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| Profile |
| U.S.
Army Sgt. Jon Links |
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 BAGRAM,
Afghanistan — A 26-mile run recently took a soldier
one step closer to a goal he has set out to accomplish
as a competition between friends while taking advantage
of the race's location to get ahead of the others.
U.S. Army Sgt. Jon Links
from the 416th Engineer Group participated in a Bagram
relay run that many troops on post had entered. More |
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 U.S.
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon Gray, aboard the USS Enterprise
in the Arabian Gulf, sends holiday greetings home to his
loved ones. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Justin N. McGarry |
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Eighth-Grade
Winners
Offer Their Insights |
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| WASHINGTON,
Dec. 10, 2003 — For eighth-graders, at the crossroads
between childhood and adolescence, freedom is about
making their own choices and, in the words of Kelly
Jackson from Euless, Texas, “becoming more
independent and spreading our wings for the first
time.” More |
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