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Iraqi family says hello to Marine Lance Cpl.
Jason A. Luna, from Mobile Assault Company,
2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment. Luna was
patrolling the streets here during Operation
County Fair III. The event was held April 14
to assist citizens caught in the crossfire
between Marines and anti-coalition fighters
recently. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Paula M.
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RAMADI, Iraq, April 14, 2004 — A
week after some of the bloodiest fighting
since major combat operations were declared
over last year, Marines from 2nd Battalion,
4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
returned to the streets here April 14 to
extend a helping hand to the city's residents. More |
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Marines,
Ar Ramadi Officials Air Concerns
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Marines Fight Enemy in Western Iraq
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 CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq, April 20, 2004 -- Marines from the 1st Marine Division engaged enemy forces across the entire Al Anbar Province last week.
Marines saw action against enemy forces in Fallujah, where the cordon of the city remains in effect and offensive operations are still suspended, to Husaybah, a town on the border with Syria. More |
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Soldiers Train Iraqi Armed Forces Under Fire
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 TALLAFAR, Iraq, Army News Service, April 20, 2004 -- Amidst mortar attacks, fire fights at the front gate, drive-by shootings, and the ever-present danger of improvised explosive devices, a team of the 75th Division (Training Support) is training hundreds of soldiers of the Iraqi Armed Forces. More |
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Cavalry ‘Stalkers’ Cordon Abu Ghraib
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 BAGHDAD,
Iraq (Army News Service), April 19, 2004 — The stench of
rotting animal carcasses and decaying garbage filled the
air as truckloads of “Thunder Horse” Soldiers
rolled into the dark, desolate district of Abu Ghraib.
Before the sun rose April 18, the “Stalkers” of
Scout Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, were out the gate and on the road to
Abu Ghraib. More |
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| Marines
at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, put on their protective
rubber boots and get into their protective gear during
a training drill at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan. .The annual
training helps ensure the Marines are prepared to face
a nuclear, biological and chemical attack while deployed
in support of the war on terror. U.S. Marine Corps photo
by Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Sloan More Photos |
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| Marines Train
to Face NBC Attack |
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KINSER, Okinawa, Japan, April 16, 2004 — Exposure
to poisonous gases and other chemical agents during a nuclear,
biological and chemical attack is a threat to service members
deployed to various places around the globe in support
of the war on terrorism.
For this reason, Marines are required to conduct annual
nuclear biological chemical training, according to Cpl.
Michael L. Frantz, NBC specialist and noncommissioned
officer-in-charge of NBC Defense section, Headquarters
and Service Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group. More |
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Foundation
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Call Home From Iraq |
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(Army News Service, April 20, 2004) — Many
of the soldiers in Iraq are young parents and won’t
see their spouses or children for a year or more.
But soldiers will soon be able to more easily send
e-mail to or call their loved ones at home due to
the donation of millions of dollars of telecommunications
equipment and services to the Army. More |
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Join Army Team |
 FORT
CARSON, Colo. (Army News Service), April 20, 2004)
— A two-year partnership between the U.S. Army
and Professional Bull Riders was announced April
17, allowing the Army to field a three-member team
in PBR events. More |
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an On-line Thank You Note |
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| OPERATION HOMECOMING — Deputy
Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz (left) talks with Dana
Gioia, chairman, National Endowment for the Arts, at an
April 20 reception at the Women in Military Service for
America Memorial in Arlington, Va. The the event was held
to announce a program to teach
servicemen and women
how
to write about their wartime experiences. Information about
the program is available at www.operationhomecoming.org. NEA
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terrorists ... are tough and they're
sophisticated and they're smart, and we just
have to be tougher and smarter and more sophisticated
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Association of America/American Society of
Newspaper Editors conference,
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History Channel Host Visits
Marines in Afghanistan |
| POLE-E CHARKHI, Afghanistan, April 21, 2004 — Retired Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermey, host of the History Channel show, “Mail Call”, recently visited the Marines of the Afghanistan National Army Training Detachment. More |
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 KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss., April 21, 2004 — It is like father, like son in the Gutierrez family when it comes to conducting military training. Air Force Staff Sgt. Victor Gutierrez is serving as an instructor in the same course his father, Ernesto, taught during his military years. More |
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1st
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 BAGHDAD,
Iraq — Perhaps it contains
photos of a baby enjoying his first
birthday party, or a crayon drawing
of flowers from your six-year old.
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Marines
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Leading to Baghdad |
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| MAHMUDIYAH, Iraq, April
18, 2004 — The chain of
bridges on the outskirts
of this Iraqi city don't
appear to be much. But they
are just as crucial to the
success of the mission as
bullets or chow because they
link the bulk of coalition
forces in Baghdad with their
ammunition and food. More |
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WASHINGTON, April 20, 2004 — There is "no intention" to keep the 20,000 American soldiers extended in Iraq any longer than 90 days in the country and 120 days in the theater, Defense Department officials said today. 
BAGHDAD, Iraq
(Army News Service), April 21, 2004 — Engineers from Fort
Hood averted a possible riot after taking down posters
of anti-coalition cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. 
ROME,
N.Y. (AFPN), April 20, 2004 — Staff
at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Rome research
site here and the local community have collected
nearly 5,000 books, predominantly textbooks and
university-level literature, for donation to Baghdad
University in Iraq. 
