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SAMARA MISSION — Army Spc. Martin Wicklock, (left), and Sgt. James Diederich prepare to enter a house to search it during a mission in Samara, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2004. The soldiers are assigned to the New York Army National Guard's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Brandi Marshall

U.S. Uses Diplomacy to Deal with Threats

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2004 — National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice disputed news reports today that say U.S. diplomacy is failing in the effort to stop countries like Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear arms. Story

Explosion Kills Two Soldiers, Interpreter

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2004 — Two U.S. soldiers and their Afghan interpreter died and another soldier was wounded today in an improvised explosive device attack on their Humvee in southeastern Afghanistan. Story

Government Works to Protect Nation

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2004 — The nation is in danger, President Bush said this morning during his weekly Saturday radio address, and he vowed that the government is doing everything in its power to confront the danger. "We're making good progress in protecting our people and bringing our enemies to account," he said. Story

Multinational Forces Help Rebuild Iraq

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2004 — News releases from Multinational Force Iraq today detailed continuing progress in the Iraq rebuilding effort. Story

'Innocent People' Real Victims in Attacks

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2004 — Militiamen loyal to radical Shiia cleric Muqtada al- Sadr are hurting innocent Iraqis the most with their attacks on civilian targets, a U.S. military commander in eastern Baghdad's Sadr City district said. Story

Marines Educate Iraqis
On Election Process

CAMP RIPPER, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2004 — Local civilian and military leaders throughout the western Al Anbar Province met with Marine and U.S. State Department leaders to discuss the elections and reconstruction, two issues key to Iraq's future. Story

Marines Beef Up
Border Police Line

CAMP AL ASAD, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2004 — Thirty-two new border posts are being built for the Iraqi Border Police in along the Iraqi-Syrian border. The $12 million project will aid in stemming the region's smuggling trade that fuels terrorism in Iraq. Story

Iraqi Security Forces
Receive Equipment

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2004 — Iraqi security forces received “massive shipments” of weapons and material from coalition partners in the last week, as the security effort to assist the Iraqi government in equipping its forces continues, a Multinational Force Iraq news release announced today. Story

Iraqi Reconstruction Archive

Defense Leaders Speak

President George Bush

"We've taken important steps to overcome terrorist threats to this nation. We've pursued terrorists across the world, destroying their leadership and denying them sanctuaries. We are working with other governments to break up terror cells and stop planned attacks on virtually every continent."

Weekly Radio Address, Aug. 7, 2004

Military Photographers on the Frontlines Flash Slide Show

Saddam's Capture - A Video from Golf Troops' Perspective

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Smoothing the Way for Marine Convoys (4 more photos)

Oklahoma National Guardsmen from the 120th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy) spread concrete to patch a supply route in Iraq's Al Anbar Province, July 30, 2004. The battalion is repairing the route to make it safer for Marine convoys to traverse. Defense Dept. photo by Sgt. Matt Epright More Photo Essays

Mission Focus Combats Complacency

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Airman 1st Class Ryan Flory uses night-vision goggles during an early morning patrol along the base perimeter here. Airman Flory is assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and deployed from McChord Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andrew Gates)

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2004 — Two narrow wire fences – one of looped concertina wire, one of interlaced metal strands a quarter-inch thick – are all that appear to stand between coalition forces and potential enemies. Story

Team Decides When Bombs 'Go Boom'

MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J., Aug. 9, 2004 — In a country still struggling to overcome the devastations of war and terror, U.S. servicemembers are helping rebuild Afghanistan's infrastructure and weed out the terrorist trail left behind. Five explosive ordnance disposal flight people from here are taking part in this process at Kandahar Airfield. Story

Troops Help Restore Cultural Treasures

MOSUL, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2004 — Two major historic sites in Mosul dating back to the 8th century B.C. are being restored with help from the 416th Civil Affairs Battalion. Story

Iraq Reconstruction Archive

Marines Strike Back at Muqtada Militia

FORWARD OPERATING BASE DUKE, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2004 — Members of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's self-designated Muqtada Militia launched attacks on 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines and Iraqi security forces Aug. 5 from the Imam Ali-Shrine and neighboring cemetery, both located in an exclusion zone in the city of Najaf, violating international laws of war and a cease-fire agreement signed by Sadr and Iraqi officials in June. Story

Training Intensifies for Security Airmen

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Aug. 9, 2004 — The charter class of a longer, more intensive Security Forces Apprentice Course began here recently. Training now lasts 65 days instead of 51, and teaches security forces students about missile security, convoy actions, capture and recovery of nuclear weapons, law enforcement, directing traffic and nonlethal tactics such as using pepper spray and pressure points on a body. Story

Hollywood Preps Marines for Combat

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 9, 2004 — Arabic music echoes through the narrow trash-strewn streets of a mock Iraqi village on a sunny afternoon. Saddam loyalist posters and raggedy clothes for sale are posted on shacks built on dirt-paved roads plagued with donkey droppings and broken glass. A mock Iraqi family stands outside their home shouting anti-America slogans while Marines patrol the area. Story

War on Terrorism

. Command to Safeguard Capital Region

. Coalition Soldiers Wounded in Zabul

. Rumsfeld Supports Intel Chief Concept

. Container Security Initiative Expands Operations in Japan

. New York Mosque Raid Sends Deterrent Message to Terrorists

. Coast Guard Mission 'Incredibly Relevant'

. Coast Guard Supports War on Terrorism

Iraq

. Former POW Visits Air Force Reserve Wing

. Pace Decorates Wounded Troops in Iraq

. Marine Corps 'Watchdogs' Head to Iraq

. Marines Respond in Najaf; Soldier Killed

. Multinational Force in Iraq Affirms Resolve

• Abizaid Praises Kazakhstan's Role in Iraq

Military News

. Army Reserve Concerned About Prior-Service Recruiting

. Army Intel Goal: Tactical to National

. President Signs Appropriations Bill

• NATO Gauges Wing's Readiness

. National Guard, Reserve Update

Exhibit Honors Troops
Who Battled on Gridiron

CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 7, 2004 — "Football in America: The NFL Responds During National Crisis" is the Pro Football Hall of Fame's tribute to those who fought both on the gridiron and the battlefield. The exhibit opened this month. Story

Sign an On-line Thank You Note

Defense Officials Identify Casualties

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2004 — The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier and a Marine who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Story

Honoring the Fallen

Marines Say Goodbye to
Fallen Helicopter Pilot

AL TAQQADUM, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2004 — The words from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If” greeted hundreds of Marines, sailors and soldiers as they gathered here Aug. 2 to pay homage to Lt. Col. David S. “Rhino” Greene, who was killed July 28 while providing cover for casualty evacuation of critically injured Marines. Story

Transformation

Unprecedented Venture
Saves Lives in Combat

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9, 2004 — In an unprecedented joint cooperative medical venture, Navy and the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center have been teaming up to train and experience the very real world of trauma medicine. Story

More Transformation News

More Afghanistan News

Deployed Squadron Earns
Dyer Helicopter Honors

AL TAQADDUM, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2004 — The Marine Corps Aviation Association recently named the “Greyhawks” of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 161, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing as the Edward C. Dyer Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron of the Year. The squadron has been in Iraq since February. Story

Corporals Course Keeps
Marine NCOs Sharp

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq Aug. 9, 2004 — Off in the distance, the sounds of impacting mortar rounds rang out. Marines emptied the large, improvised parade deck and huddled in the stout cement bunkers, some with ceremonial swords still in hand. Story

Profile

U.S. Marine Corps
1st Sgt. Justin Lehew

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HOTEL, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2004 — Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Justin D. Lehew was awarded the Navy Cross, the Marine Corps' second highest medal, for his heroic actions when his amtrac unit was engaged in heavy fighting in An Nasiriyah. Story

More Profiles

In Iraq

Navy Seabees Teach
Marines Construction Skills

CAMP AL ASAD, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2004 — Marines are getting a hand when it comes to rebuilding Iraq from some of the military's most-practiced construction crews, Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14. Story

In Afghanistan

Marines Wrap Up
El Dorado Mission

ORUZGAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2004 — As the three rifle and weapons companies of Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marines pushed deep into Afghanistan's Oruzgan province to seek out Taliban insurgents and anti-coalition militia, a series of ground assault convoys left Kandahar Air Field en route to the town of Tarin Kowt. Story

'On The Ground' Archive