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| Help Fight Terror |
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| NIGHT PATROL — U.S. Army Sgt. Thornbro with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Wurzburg, Germany, pulls security duty during a night patrol in a neighborhood of Tikrit, Iraq, March 15, 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste |
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| Coalition, Iraqi Forces Continue
Operations Despite Violence |
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| By U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, March 22, 2004 — Violence continues in Iraq, and coalition forces continue their efforts to kill or capture enemies of the coalition and the Iraqi people.
At a press briefing today in Baghdad, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy operations director for Combined Joint Task Force 7, provided details of various recent incidents and operations. In the 24 hours leading up to the briefing, Kimmitt said, the coalition conducted 1,336 patrols, 20 offensive operations and 16 raids, and captured 69 anti-coalition suspects.
In the northern zone of operations, coalition and Iraqi security forces conducted 75 patrols, three offensive operations, and detained nine anti- coalition suspects, Kimmitt said. More |
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Transportation, Supply Efforts
To Improve Logistics System |
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| By Gerry J. Gilmore / American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, March 22, 2004 — The Defense Department's top transportation and supply organizations have joined forces to fix a combat supply system that at times didn't perform well during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
As U.S. and coalition forces raced toward Baghdad last year, some units reportedly experienced a shortage of "bullets and beans" – an alarming state of affairs in the deadly serious business of waging war. More |
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| Terror
War 'Inescapable Calling Of Our Generation,' Bush Says |
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| By Rudi Williams
/ American Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON, March 20, 2004 — In his weekly radio address to the
nation, President George W. Bush told the American people that
the war on terror isn't a figure of speech, "it's the inescapable
calling of our generation."
Bush noted that terrorists are offended not merely by coalition
policies. "They're offended by our existence as free nations," he
said. "No concession will appease their malice. No accommodation
will satisfy their endless demands. No course of therapy will cure
them of their hatred." More Remarks |
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Remembering
the 3rd Infantry
Division's Thunder Runs |
| WASHINGTON,
March 18, 2004 — The "Thunder Runs" of
the war in Iraq seemed to come from nowhere. One day the
fighting was far to the south, and seemingly the next,
soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division were liberating Baghdad. More |
| 'A Year in Iraq' Images |
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Operation Iron
Promise Continues |
BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 23, 2004 — Operation Iron Promise is a Task Force 1st Armored Division operation targeting former regime elements and other extremists who pose a threat to the Iraqi people and stand in the way of a new Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command officials.
In addition to enemies captured, the Task Force seized 14 AK-47 assault rifles and a pistol, 20 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 30 mortar rounds, 100 mortar fuses and assorted small arms ammunition. More |
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MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Kaneohe Bay, March 19, 2004 -- After six months of being the "Eagle in the Sky" for the tactical defense of Expeditionary Strike Group 1, 25 sailors and two SH-60B Seahawks that make-up Detachment 1 of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 37 returned home, March 11. 
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — From the first day she seriously considered boxing almost three years ago, Staff Sgt. Charmaine Carrington felt she had what it takes to be one of the best female amateur boxers in the country. Flash forward to present day: that’s exactly where she is after winning the 145-pound championship at the U.S. Armed Forces Championship in December. 