January 18, 2008 – 4:42 pm
General David H. Petreaus, Commander, Multi-National Force Iraq, recently sent a letter to the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and Civilians of Multi-National Forces – Iraq regarding the situation in Iraq as 2007 came to a close. While noting that “…there is much to be done”, he added that “…the hard-fought accomplishments of [...]
January 11, 2008 – 11:22 am
By Kristen Noel
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON – A neighborhood formerly overrun by al Qaeda in Baghdad’s Rashid district has been cleared of the enemy and is starting to thrive again, a U.S. commander in Iraq said.
The sanctuary al Qaeda had in eastern Rashid’s Hadar neighborhood was “one of the last significant concentrations of [...]
December 10, 2007 – 11:21 pm
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Randy W. Pickering, 31, of Bovey, Minn., died Dec. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Vilseck, Germany.
November 20, 2007 – 11:33 am
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
2nd Lt. Peter H. Burks, 26, of Dallas, Texas, died Nov. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
Other related [...]
November 1, 2007 – 8:00 am
By Sgt. Mark B. Matthews
27th Public Affairs Detachment
CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - Towering high overhead and aligned one after the other in a seemingly endless row, the next generation of combat vehicles roll into Iraq.
The new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle is currently being fielded here for the first time anywhere, and Soldiers are getting their [...]
September 1, 2007 – 5:15 pm
photos by Master Sgt. Michele R. Hammonds, 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) Public Affairs
Pfc. Michael Burgner is fit to fight as he rolls along in the Stryker equipped with the new Remote Weapon System and the anti-RPG Slat Armor. Burgner, 21, is a native of Oswego, Ill., and assigned to the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment based [...]
July 14, 2007 – 11:08 pm
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, July 14, 2007
GRAFENWOHR, Germany – New training techniques that allow soldiers to shoot at targets that can pop up anywhere around, not just in front of, their vehicles have not increased the risk for troops, according to Joint Multinational Training Command officials.
Last month, JMTC commander Brig. Gen. [...]
May 9, 2007 – 9:07 pm
From the New York Times – Electronic Edition
WASHINGTON, May 8 – The Pentagon said Tuesday that it had informed an additional 35,000 soldiers that they were likely to be heading to Iraq by December, a move that would allow the Army to maintain heightened American troop levels into next year.
Overall American force levels in Iraq [...]
