Daily Archives: April 27, 2008

Warrior commander forges new friendships

Abu Azzam, a Sons of Iraq (Abna al-Iraq) leader in Ghazaliyah, north of Baghdad, raises the hand of Col. Todd McCaffrey, a native of Hudson, Ohio, and commander of 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, in a sign of a new friendship between the men April 22.
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Gimlets work alongside IA, SoI in Nassir Wa Salam

Lt. Col. Mario Diaz, a native of Sierra Madre, Calif., talks to an Iraqi Army soldier and a Sons of Iraq (Abna al Iraq) volunteer at a joint checkpoint in Nassir Wa Salam, west of Baghdad, April 24. The checkpoint is one of the many places that the Iraqi Army and the Sons of Iraq [...]