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Senior Airman Rory McMilton (right), a Security
Forces journeyman assigned to the 332d
Air Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron,
and Spc. Shane Yokum, a military policeman
assigned to the 362d Military Police Battalion,
stand guard as others from their element
sweep a building during a patrol near Logistics
Support Area Anaconda/Balad Air Base, Iraq,
Aug. 1, 2004. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech.
Sgt Steve Faulisi
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 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 |
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Team
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Reconstruction Archive |
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Marines
Strike Back at Muqtada Militia |
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| 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 |
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Training
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| 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 |
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Hollywood
Preps Marines for Combat |
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| 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 |
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| State
Colors Welcome Soldier Home |
| FORT LEE,
Virginia, Aug. 9 2004 — Michael and
Margie Kamauff of Frostburg, Md., anxiously
awaited the arrival of the 372nd Military
Police Company at Fort Lee, Va. Their son,
Sgt. Donovan Kamauff, was returning with
his unit after an 18-month deployment. Story |
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'Operation
Purple' Helps
Kids Deal With Deployment |
| About 1,000 children participated
in this year's Operation Purple, a weeklong camp
for children of deployed servicemembers that assures
them, "if you're angry because your dad or
mom is gone, it's OK. That's a normal feeling,
but you have to channel that in a positive way." Story |
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| 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 |
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| Honoring
the Fallen |
Soldiers
Remember
Fallen Guardsman |
| CAMP COOKE, Taji, Iraq, Aug.
9, 2004 — Soldiers here honored the memory of Army
Spc. Ken Leisten, an Oregon National Guardsman
with the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, who was
killed in July, the month of his birth, while on
patrol with his unit in the Taji area of Iraq. Story |
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| 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 |
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Hoosiers
Replace Sooners
In Afghanistan Mission |
| KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, Aug. 9, 2004
— The 76th Infantry Brigade of the Indiana Army National
Guard assumed responsibility for the training of the
Afghan National Army Aug. 5. More |
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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 |
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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 |
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Navy
Seabees Teach
Marines Construction Skills
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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 |
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Marines
Wrap Up
El Dorado Mission
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| 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 |
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VANDENBERG Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 9, 2004 - Nearly 60 years after he was wounded during a bombing mission over Germany, retired Lt. Col. Wayne Ehlers received the Purple Heart.