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| MEDICAL
CARE — U.S. Army Maj. Jonathan Leong, a surgeon with the
173rd Airborne Brigade, treats a local Iraqi man in a temporary
medical clinic set up in a small Iraqi primary school in
northern Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Dec. 30, 2003.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe |
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1st Armored Div. Commander
Optimistic About Iraq’s Future |
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By Jim Garamone / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 2003 — The
commander of U.S. troops in Baghdad, delivered an upbeat assessment
today of the future in and around Iraq's capital city.
In a Baghdad press conference, Army Brig. Gen. Martin Dempsey,
commander of the 1st Armored Division, said he is optimistic about
the future of Iraq. "We have only one New Year's resolution.
And that is, as the word suggests, to remain resolute in our work
to establish a safe and secure environment for the Iraqi people," Dempsey
said.
The general briefed reporters on
Operation Iron Grip, the ongoing division effort against cells
of Saddam Hussein regime loyalists. The primary targets are the
former regime cell structure. Intelligence gleaned from Saddam's
capture told the division that 14 cells operate in the city, linked
by a financial and planning network. More Briefing |
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| Small
Business Loans Bring
Temporary Relief to Reservists |
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| By Staff Sgt.
Michelle Thomas / Special to American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 2003 — Overseas deployments are always tough
on families. Naturally, the initial focus falls upon the emotional
cost of separation. But, for Guardsmen and reservists who own small
businesses, the cost involved in a deployment takes on a whole
new meaning.
For the past two years, the U.S.
Small Business Administration's Military Reservist Economic Injury
Disaster Loan program has provided loans to eligible small businesses
to cover operating costs that can't be met after a key employee
is called to active duty in the reserves or National Guard. Often
the "key employee" is the
business owner, whose family left behind depends on the income
generated from the company. More |
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| Defense Officials Announce
Military Commission Panel |
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| By Jim Garamone / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON,
Dec. 30, 2003 — Trials of detainees accused of terrorist
acts came a step closer today, following three moves announced
by senior Pentagon officials. The Defense Department announced
the selection of key personnel associated with military commissions
and the issuance of a new instruction that creates a Military
Commission Review Panel.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has designated
four people to serve on the panel: Griffin B. Bell, former U.S. Attorney General;
Edward G. Biester, a judge with the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, Pa.;
William T. Coleman Jr., a former Transportation secretary; and Frank Williams,
the chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. More Briefing |
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U.S. Defense Dept. slides with facts &
figures on reconstruction efforts in Iraq. |
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| Transformation |
| Cebrowski: 'People Advancing
New Ideas' Vital to Transformation |
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 2003 - If
you ask retired Navy Vice Admiral Arthur Cebrowski
why service members and Defense Department civilian
employees should care about efforts to transform
the military, he is neither hesitant nor uncertain
in his response.
"There are two ways of looking at it. First,
with so much transformation going on today, and so
many efforts so broadly dispersed throughout the
operating forces, all of our people - soldiers, sailors,
airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen and civilians -
have the opportunity to get in on the ground floor," Cebrowski
said. "They have the opportunity to not only
see change take place in front of their eyes, but
to actually make it happen." More |
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Army Reserve Chief
Outlines Changes in Mission |
BAGRAM, Afghanistan, Dec. 31, 2003 - Chief
of the Army Reserve Lt. Gen. James R. Helmly spoke with soldiers
at a town hall meeting here, discussing changes in the mission
of the Army Reserve and Army National Guard.
During a recent visit with deployed troops, Helmly, the Army
Reserve’s commander since 2002, conveyed the appreciation
he and his staff have for Reserve and National Guard soldiers. More |
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Army's Old Guard Deploys
To Support War on Terror
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CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti,
Dec. 30, 2003 (Army News Service) — Army Old Guard
soldiers, from Fort Myer, Va., arrived at Camp Lemonier,
Djibouti, Dec. 17, and have begun engaging in training and
tactical missions.
Soldiers from B Company, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment
(The Old Guard) have been deployed in support of the Combined
Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and the Global War on Terrorism. More
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Task
Force 'All American'
Captures Enemy Personnel |
AR RAMADI, Iraq, Dec. 31, 2003 -
During the last 24 hours, the 82nd Airborne Division
and its subordinate units, also known as Task Force “All
American,” conducted 205 patrols, 17 of which were
joint patrols with Iraqi forces, and carried out 14 offensive
operations, according to U.S. Central Command officials.
One enemy was killed and 39 were captured
during these operations. More |
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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 30, 2003 — Just
days after the capture of Saddam Hussein by coalition forces,
1st Armored Division soldiers continued driving forward to
help liberate the Iraqi people from terrorist activity in their
own backyard. 
BAGHDAD,
Iraq (Army News Service), Dec. 29, 2003 — A U.S.
soldier shared her knowledge about health-care management
with Iraqi doctors and other health-care professionals
during an Iraqi Forum in Baghdad earlier this month.
