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| Secretary
of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld talks to
members of his traveling staff during
a flight to Southwest Asia, May 12, 2004.
Rumsfeld and Air Force Gen. Richard B.
Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, are making a surprise trip to
the region to visit the deployed troops.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force
Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison Jr. Photo Essay Archive |
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Marines Return to Fallujah; Joint
Patrols Highlight Cooperation |
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| By U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jose E. Guillen
/ 1st Marine Division |
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FALLUJAH, Iraq, May 12, 2004 — Marines returned to the
center of Fallujah May 10 only to find a peaceful reception.
It was a stark contrast to the gunfire and rocket attacks they
experienced a month ago.
Marines and Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldiers,
along with Iraqi police, patrolled through the city. It was a mission that was
carried off without a single shot fired, despite fears that it would erupt in
more gunfire. More |
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Marines,
Military Agencies
Contribute to Iraq Improvement Projects |
FALLUJAH,
Iraq, May 12, 2004 — U.S. Marines and Coalition
personnel are participating in numerous developmental
projects in Iraqi cities in the Al Anbar Province,
according to Combined Joint Task Force 7 officials.
One of the projects involves the contracting
of crews to clean up a main route through the
center of Fallujah.
Marines also began several large projects for
Nassir Wa Al Salaam City. They include a communications
center initiative worth $36,000, renovations
to Al Faris School valued at $35,000, a women's
clinic project worth $25,000, repairs to Jabhat
Al Shaabe Primary School worth $8,000 and an
excavation and backfill project valued at $7,000. More |
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Army's
3rd Brigade Combat
Team Completes Al-Hather School |
BAGHDAD,
Iraq, May 12, 2004 — An opening ceremony
for the Al-Hather Secondary School in southern
Baghdad took place May 7, marking the completion
of United States-funded renovations to the
school, according to Combined Joint Task Force
7 officials.
The $57,500 renovation had been under way since
late March, said 2nd Lt. Stephen Jaworski, Emergency Response Program coordinator
for the 161st Infantry's 1st Battalion. The school will serve more than 700 students
and have a staff of 30 teachers, Jaworski said. More |
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| Iraqi
Firefighters Complete Training Course |
BAGHDAD,
Iraq, May 12, 2004 — The U.S. Agency
for International Development and the Coalition
Provisional Authority announce the completion
of a three-week training course for 30 Iraqi
firefighters from the Baghdad International
Airport Fire Department. The firefighters attended
the Aviation Rescue and Firefighters Training
course held in Muscat, Oman.
The course was conducted according to International
Civil Aviation Organization standards and attendees received the organization's
airport certification. Over the past 20 years, only seven of the 86 Iraqi firefighters
have attended a recognized course, previously given in Lebanon. More |
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| Ministry
of Housing, Development Transitions to Full
Authority |
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| Afghans Seeking Own Army of One |
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| By U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample /
American Forces Press Service |
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KNOX, Ky., May 12, 2004 — Afghanistan is looking for
young men to fill the ranks of its army, and Fort Knox’s
U.S. Army Recruiting Command is lending a hand.
In February, a joint four-person mobile training team
from the recruiting command and the Soldiers Support Institute landed in Kabul,
Afghanistan to help the Afghan National Army strengthen its own recruiting command,
develop a program of instruction for the Afghan National Army recruiting academy
and develop the required doctrine to support training. More |
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Commissaries Welcome
Guard, Reserve Families |
| FORT LEE, Va.,
May 10, 2004 — For the next two months, time will be suspended
at the Carlisle Barracks, Pa., commissary. Suspended from the
ceiling that is, as historical posters featuring Guard and Reserve
members welcome Guard and Reserve families to unlimited shopping
privileges. The celebration also kicks off a Defense Commissary
Agency informational campaign to bring the commissary benefit
message to Guard and Reserve families. More |
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Secretary
of Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld |
| "In
Iraq we have liberated 25 million people from
the tyranny of a brutal dictator. In a few weeks
we'll hand over power to Iraqis, an interim government
that will shortly be operating under a constitution
that will guarantee freedom to all Iraqi people." |
| Town
Hall Meeting, May 11, 2004 |
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U.S.
Marine Corps
Cpl. Molly A. Muldoon |
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CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C., May
13, 2004 — Cpl. Molly A. Muldoon,
assigned to Marine Tiltrotor Test and Evaluation
Squadron 22, became the first woman Marine
to qualify as a V-22 Osprey crew chief
May 3. More |
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U.S.
Air Force
Airman Fredy Pasco |
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 MCCONNELL
AIR FORCE BASE, Kan., May 13, 2004 —
From the capital of Peru to Wichita, Kan.,
the only zampoña player here is
sharing his gift of music with the Air
Force. Airman Fredy Pasco spends his off-duty
time filling the air with the sound of
an Inca instrument known as the zampoña. More |
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Air
Force 'Dust Devils'
Repair Busy Runway |
 TALLIL
AIR BASE, Iraq, May 10, 2004 — Dust
off, surveillance, supply deliveries,
transient personnel, and rotators
home, are just a few of the air
missions that come in and out
of Tallil. Each require the critical
ability to land on a viable and
operational runway. More |
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Communications
Experts
Keep Marines in Touch |
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ASAD, Iraq, May 10, 2004 — The
communications and electronics
maintenance Marines of Marine
Wing Communications Squadron
38, Marine Air Control Group
38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing,
were some of the first troops
to arrive here in early February
in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom. More |
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EVERETT,
WASH., May 12, 2004 (NNS) — As
part of the Pocket Flag Project, Naval
Station Everett’s USS Ford played
host May 7 to seven local Girl Scout
troops. The purpose of the scouts'
frigate visit was to bestow upon the
Ford’s crew 300 folded pocket
flags to remind them of home while
on their upcoming deployment. 
