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Iraqi
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| U.S. Army Major Trish Morris cheers with her squad of Iraqi females, June 17, 2004, as they watch their male counterparts graduate at a ceremony in Amman, Jordan, where they have been training. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Ashley Brokop Photo Essay Archive |
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| Task
Force Aids Local Medical School, Hospital |
| TIKRIT, Iraq, July 8,
2004 — Task Force Danger soldiers delivered
medical supplies, textbooks and journals
to the Tikrit Hospital and Tikrit University
Medical School July 7, according to 1st Infantry
Division officials. Story |
| Iraqis Lay Building Blocks of Construction Trade |
| CAMP RAMADI, Iraq, July 6, 2004 — Before beginning the Iraqi Construction Apprentice Program, Sabbar Motar Hommadee used to spend his days looking for any kind of employment he could find. Since June 12, Hommadee and 14 fellow Iraqis have been learning the construction trade from Navy Seabees. Story |
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| Gitmo Detainees to Receive Status Review |
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| WASHINGTON, July 8, 2004 — Within 10 days, all 594 detainees held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be informed of their right to contest their status under new procedures. Story |
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| Personnel System to Increase Efficiency |
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| WASHINGTON, July 7, 2004 — The new National Security Personnel System will improve the working environment within the Defense Department while creating a more satisfied, more productive workforce. Story |
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| Tongans Join Marines
in Al Anbar Province |
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| CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq,
July 4, 2004 — Approximately 45 Royal Marines from the
Kingdom of Tonga have arrived in Iraq to augment the 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force in the Al Anbar Province. Story |
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First...Or Else! |
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David Kitzman / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| I have been working
on the infrastructure reconstruction of Baghdad
International Airport for the past seven
months. During this time, we have given the
airport a new telephone system, refurbished
a fire station, satellite communication,
radio communication, a checkpoint, runway
repairs and painting, power generation, refurbishing
the aircraft traffic control tower and substation
repairs. Story |
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| Team Rescues Kitten From Palace Wall |
 BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 8, 2004 — In the sprawling Al Faw Palace at Camp Victory where leaders are tough and business is serious, a group of concerned officers led a team in a kitten rescue July 8.
The public affairs staff had heard a family of kittens meowing in the ceiling for a couple of days, but said they were surprised to hear a faint meow in one of the pillars outside on the second floor balcony. Story |
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Massachusetts Youths Seek
'Cell Phones for Soldiers' |
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WASHINGTON, July 8, 2004 — A Massachusetts brother and sister have set their sights on megabucks to make it easier for all deployed U.S. service members to call home. Story |
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Corps 'Living Legend'
Visits Marines in Afghanistan |
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE RIPLEY, Afghanistan, July 8, 2004 — Former Marine James Webb, a writer for "Parade" magazine and author of the Vietnam War classic "Fields of Fire," spent several days with the Marines and sailors as they continued their hunt for Taliban and anti-coalition militia in central Afghanistan. Story |
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Marine Celebrity Lends
Talent To Recruiting |
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RECRUITING STATION ALBANY, N.Y., July 2, 2004 — In support of Marine Corps recruiting efforts, 'American Idol' alumnus, Marine Lance Cpl. Josh Gracin served as co-host of ‘Kicks Country 94.3 FM,' speaking about the Marine Corps and serenading the community with songs from his self-titled debut album. Story |
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 Sign an On-line Thank You Note |
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| Transformation |
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Marines Test New
Kevlar Shorts in Iraq |
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| CAMP RAMADI, Iraq, July 5, 2004 — Marines here from 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment are currently testing lower body armor developed by the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. Story |
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U.S.
Army
Col. Roger McClellan |
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 TAJI,
Iraq, July 7, 2004 — The 39th Brigade
Combat Team added another bird to its
flock, when Roger McClellan, of Collierville,
Tenn., was promoted to the rank of
colonel. Story |
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| Kiowa Crews Patrol Baghdad Skies
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| CAMP COOKE, Iraq, July 8, 2004 — The best feeling for a ground soldier patrolling in Baghdad is the overhead cover provided by a team of Kiowa Warrior helicopters. Story |
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Signal
Battalion Continues
To Sharpen the Sword |
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| BAGHDAD,
Iraq, July 7, 2004
— With redeployment
approaching
and
temperatures well
over 115 degrees
Fahrenheit, the 141st
Signal Battalion
continues training
in order to keep
soldiers’ warrior
skills sharp. Story |
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Water
Purifiers Keep
Lejeune Battalion Alive |
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MAHMUDIYAH, Iraq,
July 6, 2004 — Cpl.
Aaron J. Weakley's
job sucks - 17,000
gallons of water
every day. The 25-year
old Marine turns
some of the nastiest,
foulest sources of
water into pure,
crystal-clear hydration
for Marines here. Story |
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| Crew Keeps Base Buzzing |
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Field MPs Do More Than
Guard Gates, Issue Tickets
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| FORWARD OPERATING BASE RIPLEY, Afghanistan, July 7, 2004 — Military policemen from Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 22 are an essential part of the security forces escorting personnel and gear along the roads of Afghanistan. Story |
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WASHINGTON, July 8, 2004 — The Defense Department is ready to provide support to safeguard this fall's Democratic and Republican national conventions and the presidential election, a senior U.S. military officer said here today. 
