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ops Soldiers capture enemy leaders in Afghanistan WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service, June 28, 2004) — Coalition special operations forces raided two anti-coalition compounds and captured two top regional enemy leaders in pre-dawn missions June 26 in southern Afghanistan... |
| Special operations
Soldiers help build community playground CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (USASOC News Service, June 25, 2004) — A dozen special operations Soldiers and other volunteers began building a public playground here June 22.  |
| Soldiers help preserve
Iraq archeological sites KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq (Army News Service, June 22, 2004) — Artifacts from Iraq's multi-cultured past were discovered here when Soldiers from Company B, 65th Engineer Battalion dug into a hill while gathering dirt for Hesco defense barriers in late April. |
| School renovations provide hope for Iraq’s
future MOSUL, Iraq (USASOC News Service, June 21, 2004) — Education is an important factor in shaping the future of Iraq, but according to studies by the United Nations, one in every four children in Iraq today do not attend school. |
| Dahuk police get help from civil affairs
Soldiers DAHUK, Iraq (USASOC News Service, June 21, 2004) — Coalition Soldiers of the 416th Civil Affairs Battalion provided police officers in the Dahuk Governorate much needed equipment May 5 to better prepare the police department to protect its citizens... |
| Civil affairs Soldiers train Iraqi firemen MOSUL, Iraq (USASOC News Service, June 21, 2004) — Soldiers from the 416th Civil Affairs Battalion, an Army reserve unit from Norristown, Pa., are using their civilian skills to train and outfit Iraqi firemen. |
| Civil affairs Soldiers take on big task in
northern Iraq MOSUL, Iraq (USASOC News Service, June 21, 2004) — When the second wave of troops came to support Operation Iraqi Freedom, there was concern over how so few people would be able to take the place of so many... |
| PRESS RELEASE: Special Forces officer
killed in Iraq FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, June 18, 2004) — An Army Special Forces officer was killed in Iraq June 16 during a rocket attack in Balad, Iraq. |
| U.S. Soldiers,
Kenyans partner to aid farmers AMAIYA, Kenya (USASOC News Service, June 17, 2004) — The Great Rift Valley filled with the sounds of hundreds of livestock as service members wearing Kenyan and U.S. uniforms worked side by side June 11 ... |
| Medical care
comes to rural Kenya AMAIYA, Kenya (USASOC News Service, June 17, 2004) — Soldiers assigned to the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, Whitehall, Ohio and Kenyan Department of Defense soldiers from the medical battalion at the Forces Memorial Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya,... |
| USASOC celebrates Army's 229th birthday
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, June 14, 2004) — The U.S. Army Special Operations Command held a cake-cutting ceremony here June 14 to celebrate the Army’s 229 th birthday. |
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earns accolades at Fort Bragg ceremony FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, June 10, 2004) — Teams from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command took top honors in a pair of categories during the 14th annual Fort Bragg Awards here June 3. |
| Civil affairs Soldiers, 1st ID help Iraq's Diyala
province get new ambulances TIKRIT, Iraq (USASOC News Service, June 9, 2004) — Members of the Iraqi Ministry of Health traveled from Diyala for the dedication ceremony of five new ambulances on June 6. |
| Rangers
honored at Pointe du Hoc on D-Day POINTE DU HOC, France (Army News Service, June 8, 2004) — Sixty years after they completed one of the most dramatic and dangerous operations of the D-Day invasion, eight Rangers returned to this still battle-scarred site on the coast of France... |
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donates $50,000 to special operations charity fund FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, June 4, 2004) — Professional golfer Tiger Woods has donated $50,000 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation as a gesture of appreciation to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command... |
| PSYOP
Soldier ends military career with receipt of Purple Heart FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, June 3, 2004) — A psychological operations Soldier said goodbye to the Army in a unique way here May 21... |
| 4 fallen
special operations troops honored in Afghanistan BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (USASOC News Service, June 3, 2004) — In a somber Memorial Day ceremony here May 31, the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan honored four service members killed May 29 in southern Afghanistan. |
| New
cold-weather
uniform covers 'special' field request NATICK, Mass. (USASOC News Service, June 2, 2004) — Calling from a bomb crater in Afghanistan, the Special Forces Soldier had a request for the Special Operations Forces Special Projects Team at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center here: Send warm clothing. |
| USASOC
officers
named among top junior leaders, receive MacArthur Awards WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 2, 2004) — Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker presented three company-grade officers from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command with the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award here May 26. |
| Army, special
ops
troops star in NASCAR Memorial Day salute CONCORD, N.C. (USASOC News Service, June 1, 2004) — The crowd came to its feet as they banked around Turn 3, moving toward the finish line at Lowe’s Motor Speedway here on May 30. |
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| Master Sgt. Daniel Olivas, an operations sergeant with Special Forces Operations Detachment 144, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Wash., departs an UH-60 Blackhawk during High Altitude Low Opening training June 12, during exercise Northern Edge 2004 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge is Alaska's annual joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services by and honing joint service techniques and procedures. (Photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang, 354th Communications Squadron) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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| A Soldier from the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion out of Fort Bragg, N.C., hands out coloring books to two children during a goodwill visit to Karacham village near the city of Dibis, Iraq. (Photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste, 55th Signal Company) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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| A Soldier from the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) reviews the capabilities of the Valon 3 metal detector with Staff Sgt. Elias Kaycsar, Lebanese Army Engineering Regiment, during a field training exercise in Hammana, Lebanon. U.S. military personnel under the operational control of Special Operations Command Europe are conducting humanitarian mine action training to expand the Lebanese manual demining capacity and emergency ordinance disposal capability at the request of the Lebanese government. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin D. Pyle) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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| Green Berets take a moment to reflect for an invocation during a change of command ceremony for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) June 3 at Fort Bragg, N.C.'s Meadows Memorial Parade Field. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. Rand Binford relinquished command of the battalion to Lt. Col. John P. LaDelfa. (Photo by Spc. Justin Pearson, 3rd SFG) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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