|
 |
|
Iraqi Athletes
Head to Athens
|
|
|
Athletes of Iraq's Olympic team walk out to
their flight at Baghdad International Airport,
Iraq, to depart for the 2004 Summer Games
in Athens, Greece, Aug. 8, 2004. U.S. Air
Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| Exercise Tests Panama
Canal Security |
 |
| VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA, Panama, Aug.
10, 2004 — Naval forces from eight countries begin PANAMAX 2004
this month. The maritime exercise tests a multinational forces
plan and coordinates a coalition response to a security threat
against the Panama Canal. Story |
|
Kennel
Opens for Deployed Pooches |
|
 CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq — Few service
members have to worry about taking their roommates on walks
or bathroom breaks. Now dog handlers here can rest easy knowing
their four-legged coworkers have a new kennel to call home,
with the only bright, green grass on the base. Story |
|
|
 |
 |
| Army
Helps Boost Power Grid |
| BAGHDAD,
Aug. 10, 2004
— Engineers from Iraq and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers have breathed new
life into a generator near Kirkuk, bringing
an additional 17 megawatts of electricity
to the country’s
power grid. Story |
|
| Soldiers
Deliver Seeds to Iraqi Farmers |
| AL RASHID,
Baghdad, Aug. 10, 2004 — As the 5th
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division,
plan to improve agriculture in Al Rashid,
members of the 1st Battalion, 8 th Cavalry
Regiment civil affairs team, presented farmers
of Al Boetha with more than 68 tons of seed,
fertilizer and other supplies at the Al Ahar
School Aug. 4. Story |
|
| Marines
Remove Remnants of Past Regime |
| FORWARD
OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq, Aug. 10, 2004
— For the past 15 months, a local family
has had to live with the constant reminder
of the former Iraqi Army that used their
land to fight coalition forces. Since Iraqi
soldiers abandoned their post, his children
have been playing near the howitzer left
behind. Story |
|
|
| Iraq
Reconstruction Archive |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
| Coalition
Comes Together in Ops Center |
 TALLIL
AIR BASE, Iraq, Aug. 10, 2004 — Despite cultural
and language differences between Korean,
Dutch, Italian and American forces, controllers
in the Combined Defense Operations Center
here are one force guarding against a common
enemy. The center brings together security
forces from the nations based here to gather
information and determine the best response
to events threatening the safety and security
of people and resources. Story |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soldiers
Use Robots to Keep Streets Safe |
|
| BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 10, 2004 — Soldiers
from the 1st Cavalry Division are using technology to their
advantage. They have been using robots from the Rapid Equipping
Force to help them on their patrols. Story |
|
|
 |
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| War
on Terrorism |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| Iraq |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| Military
News |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
|
. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
'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 |
|
|
 Sign an On-line Thank You Note |
|
|
|
| Defense Officials
Identify Casualties |
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2004 — The Department
of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers supporting
Operation Enduring Freedom and a Marine supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Story |
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
| More Afghanistan News |
 |
|
|
|
|
Colombia Honors Marines
For Role in Terror War |
| BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug. 10, 2004 — Two
U.S. Marines assigned to the Military Group of the American Embassy
in Bogota, Colombia, recently received Colombia’s highest
award that can be bestowed upon foreign nationals for their role
in the global war on terror. Story |
|
Three Coalition Troops
Receive Purple Hearts |
| BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 10, 2004 — Three
Office of Security Transition / Multinational Security Transition
Command - Iraq servicemen were awarded Purple Hearts Aug. 8 for
wounds received Aug. 7 in action at the Al Kasik Military Training
Base, roughly 30 miles northwest of Mosul in northern Iraq. Release |
|
|
| Profile |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Airmen
in Iraq
Pull Security Duty
|
|
 TALLIL
AIR BASE, Iraq, Aug.
10, 2004 — A
tight-knit group
of jet-engine mechanics,
radar operators,
communications specialists,
medical administrators
and transportation
troops, to name a
few, make up the
407th Expeditionary
Civil Engineer Squadron’s
force protection
flight here. Story |
|
|
|
|
|
| Marines
Drive On
in Face of Danger
|
|
| FORWARD
OPERATING BASE KALSU,
Iraq, Aug. 10, 2004 — The dual threats
of improvised explosive
devices and ambushes
make conducting a
convoy one of the
most dangerous missions
in Iraq. Story |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
![Home Page - DefendAmerica
[NOTE: Because of increased web traffic, you may experience delays. Please be patient.]](/images/banners/dabanner12b8_opt_opt.gif)
CAMP
FALLUJAH, Iraq, Aug. 10, 2004 - Navy Cmdr. Stephen Pike has a new sermon about
faith in God for his Sunday morning services.
The chaplain for Regimental Combat Team 1 said it was nothing less than divine
intervention when a 107-mm rocket soared in from about three miles away and
buried itself underneath the trailer where he slept.