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| Army's 1st Cavalry Div. Takes On Baghdad Responsibility |
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| By Jim Garamone / American Forces Press Service |
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BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 15, 2004 — Task Force Baghdad, made up mostly of the 1st Cavalry Division, has assumed responsibility for Baghdad and its environs from the 1st Armored Division.
Maj. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey handed over the responsibility to Maj. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli in a "no-fuss, no-muss" manner. "We weren't going to have a ceremony for this," said Army Lt. Col. Jim Hutton, the public affairs officer for Task Force Baghdad. "Our people have more important things to do." More |
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| Army Spec. Manuel Ramirez from the 647th Quartermaster Company based at Fort Bragg, N.C., hugs his wife Jessica after returning to Pope Air Force Base following a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Ramirez was among a small group of soldiers who returned home April 14. AFPS photo by Donna Miles 2 More Photos |
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Pope Families Welcome
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., April 15, 2004 — Balloons, hand-painted "welcome home" signs, ear-to-ear smiles and a few tears greeted airmen and a small group of soldiers who returned here April 14 following deployments in Southwest Asia.
"It's great to have them back," said Lt. Gen. William Welser III, commander of 18th Air Force at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., who greeted the plane. More |
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| Tenn. Reserve Unit Protects Camp Perimeter |
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CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq, April 15, 2004 — The morning light conquered darkness at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, as Reserve Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment prepare for their mission: protecting the camp’s perimeter.
Dawn. The Marines exit a seven-ton truck into a haze formed by the sun’s rays filtering through the dusty landscape. For now, they are a part of the Quick Reaction Force - ready to respond to any threat. More |
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| Navy Medics Assist Wounded Marines |
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CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq, April 15, 2004 -- "You're going to be all right. We're going to take care of you."
These were the consoling words echoed repeatedly as the sailors of Bravo Surgical Company, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group tended to wounded Marines from Operation Vigilant Resolve April 5. More |
Marine Combat Support
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FALLUJAH, Iraq, April 14, 2004 — Marines of Combat Service Support Battalion 1 fought fatigue, Mother Nature herself and a lack of necessary equipment and relied on their ingenuity alone to unearth a tank from an irrigation canal in northern Fallujah April 13, 2004. More |
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| USAFE Commander Visits Deployed Troops |
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SOUTHWEST ASIA, April 12, 2004 (USAFENS) — “Incredibly fired up” is what the United States Air Forces in Europe commander said he felt like after visiting deployed troops at a location here recently.
“Every time I come over here, I find the men and women who support this great Air Force of ours are motivated and focused. The reason why they’re motivated is because this is the front end of things,” said Gen. Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong, USAFE Commander. Story |
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| Honoring the Fallen |
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National Guard Video
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| ARLINGTON, Va., April 15, 2004 — Jeffrey Wershow died in Iraq in July. A year after the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Wershow became a National Guard icon. Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, is telling everyone he can about the 22-year-old infantry specialist from the Florida Army National Guard. More |
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| CAMP AL QAIM, Iraq, April 13, 2004 — Twenty-one-year-old Lance Cpl. Elias Torrez III, a radio operator, was driving back to base when his convoy was ambushed in the city of Sa'dah. More |
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U.S. Army
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 JUTIAPA, Guatemala, April 15, 2004 — There is a common thread when service members living and working on Base Camp Quetzal here discuss Army Staff Sgt. Erwin Kohlmorgen. They all have respect and a genuine fondness for him. More |
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| REUNION IN KUWAIT — U.S. Army Master Sgt. Margaret Bruner reunited with her son, 2nd Lt. Lee M. Bruner III, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, after 6 months apart. Master Sgt. Bruner, NCOIC for the 336th Finance Command, recently arrived in Kuwait from Concord, N.C. 2nd Lt. Bruner just returned from Bayji, Iraq, where he served with 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor, 4th Inf. Div., which is in the process of returning to Ft. Hood, TX. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Karima Mares |
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| Rescue Team Vital to Operations |
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 BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq, April 14, 2004 (AFPN) — Imagine riding along outside the safety of a base and suddenly a rocket-propelled grenade blows a hole in the ground next to a Humvee in your convoy. The blast causes the vehicle to crash and flip upside down. One of your drivers is stuck under the wreckage; you have no equipment to help get him out and are miles from any base. As the convoy commander, who do you turn to for help? More |
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Homemade Bomb
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| CAMP FERRIN-HUGGINS, Baghdad, April 14, 2004 (Army News Service) — April 2 will probably be a day Spc. Timothy Briggs never forgets. During a patrol, Briggs and his squad mates from Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, were heading east of their base camp when their up-armored Humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device. More |
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