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March 11, 2010 at 6:25am

4th Strykers: Life at the UAV Hub

CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Multiple units operating out of a single hub have provided ground commanders in and around Baghdad with 20,000 hours worth of aerial coverage, hitting the milestone, March 7.Unmanned aerial vehicle operators and maintainers from...

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March 10, 2010 at 4:25pm

864th casing colors

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - The 864th Engineer Battalion will case
its battalion colors in preparation for an upcoming deployment to
Afghanistan, in a ceremony to be conducted on Thursday, March 11 at 11
a.m. on Watkins Field on...

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March 9, 2010 at 1:12pm

Did 17th Fires soldier misrepresent himself?

A New London article reports that Spc. Jordon Olson told a reporter a pack of misthruths.

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March 9, 2010 at 7:26am

The boss praises 5th Stryker Brigade

Kandahar (Afghanistan), Mar 9 (AP) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit today that its heavy losses have helped the US begin to push back against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.Gates visited a small, remote...

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March 9, 2010 at 7:22am

Bank robbing Ranger sentenced

Seattle Times has the story.

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March 8, 2010 at 4:16pm

Davila court-martial a capital case

 
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - The General Court-Martial Convening
Authority late last week referred court-martial charges against Spc.
Ivette Davila, to a General Court-Martial empowered to adjudge a capital
sentence. This...

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March 8, 2010 at 11:13am

Soldiers returning from the war zone

Its deployment to Iraq at an end, the bulk of I Corps' soldiers are redeploying the next couple weeks to Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM).
This is not to say that some of those soldiers have not already returned.
Over 120 soldiers from the...

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March 8, 2010 at 7:51am

Raider Brigade Witnesses Hard Work Pay Off As Iraqis Head to Polls

BAGHDAD - Roughly halfway through their deployment, Soldiers from the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, witnessed the fruits of their labor, as well that of those who went before them, as Iraqi citizens went to the polls to...

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March 8, 2010 at 7:50am

1-38 Provide Defensive Support for Iraqi Elections

BAGHDAD - Before the sun rose at Victory Base Complex, March 7, Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment found themselves poised to help Iraqi security forces protect voters at the national elections.Iraqi forces had given...

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March 8, 2010 at 7:49am

3rd Strykers: Frontline Soldiers Operate Warhorse Woodshop

DIYALA, Iraq - One thing that continuously catches peoples' eyes on Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, is the intricately detailed wooden signs in front of buildings throughout the base. These works-of-art are created by two Soldiers from...

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