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DVIDS on August 4th, 2010
BAGHDAD - When 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, arrived at Joint Security Station Tarmiyah in January 2010, there were still empty shell casings scattered on the rooftops and in the guard towers; a misleading sign as to what they would encounter over the next year.As the third and final 4th
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DVIDS on August 2nd, 2010
BAGHDAD - Nearly four years ago, a horseback-riding instructor walked into a Temecula, Calif., recruiter's office looking to prove a point: she wasn't too girly for the Army.Now at the end of her first deployment, 1st Lt. Kimberly Brown's work isn't about proving anything to anyone; it's about improving the
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DVIDS on July 21st, 2010
BAGHDAD - Soldiers of 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, U.S. Division-Center, delivered boxes of prosthetic limbs July 19 to the Adamiyah Hospital, a rehabilitative hospital in the Baghdad area."We wanted to put these limbs to good use," said Capt. Gabriela Niess, the non-lethal planner for 4th SBCT,
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DVIDS on July 20th, 2010
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. -- The instructors of the motorcycle safety courses here have increased the number of weekly courses available in preparation of the fair summer weather and large number of Soldiers returning from deployments.Department of Defense and Army regulations require all DOD personnel to successfully complete an approved
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DVIDS on July 14th, 2010
CAMP NATHAN SMITH, Afghanistan - The 504th Military Police Battalion, deployed out of Fort Lewis, Washington, assumed command of the mentoring and partnership mission from the 97th MP Battalion in Kandahar City, July 6 at Camp Nathan Smith.During the ceremony, Brig. Gen. John Vance, Commander of Task Force Kandahar, expressed
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DVIDS on July 12th, 2010
ZABUL, Afghanistan - The Sabers of 4th Squadron of the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment became the first Squadron in the Regiment to assume responsibility of an area of operation in southern Afghanistan. During a transfer of authority ceremony held, June 28, the Sabers replaced 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment as
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DVIDS on July 5th, 2010
BAGHDAD - Dr. Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, met with members of the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division "Raiders" and other deployed service members and civilians at Camp Liberty Sunday as part of a visit to Iraq during the
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DVIDS on June 28th, 2010
DIYALA, Iraq - "The best memory I had of my brother was going to the airport when he left to live with his dad when I was four," said Spc. Joshua Wagner, a cook from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 296th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry
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DVIDS on June 22nd, 2010
SEATTLE -- More than 43,000 spectators cheered as Joint Base Leiws-McChord's 1st Corps Command Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Grippe stepped up to the Safeco Field pitchers mound, June 18, and rocketed the ceremonial first pitch for the Seattle Mariners home field match up against the Cincinnati Reds, kicking off the
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DVIDS on June 22nd, 2010
Perhaps the biggest challenge of any deployment is the separation from family and friends and missing those momentous occasions in life such as a son's first word, a daughter's high school graduation, a 20-year wedding anniversary or family reunion.While a military member's time downrange can't be cut short so they
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