| Special Forces
marriage retreat encourages awareness, communication
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 30, 2004) — Nestled in the mountains of western North Carolina, 21 military couples participated in a two-day marriage retreat Nov. 19 to 21 sponsored by the U.S. Army Special Forces Command ... |
| 96th Civil
Affairs emphasizes new combat medicine procedures
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 24, 2004) — Approximately 70 Soldiers assigned to the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) here learned new procedures to treat casualties in a combat environment Nov. 17 to 19. 
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Operation Toy Drop to deliver paratroopers, donated gifts
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 23, 2004) — Fort Bragg’s airborne community will have a chance to showcase its generosity and holiday spirit by supporting the seventh annual Operation Toy Drop here Dec. 3 to 14. |
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Ranger dies in Germany from Afghanistan injuries
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 22, 2004) — A U.S. Army Ranger died Nov. 21 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from non-combat related injuries suffered Nov. 17 in Afghanistan.
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| Iraqi
‘Special Forces’ continue training, operations
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CENTCOM News, Nov. 15, 2004) — The Iraqi Special Operations Force, which is the Iraqi Armed Forces’ high-end strike force resembling U.S. Army Special Forces units, continues to train and operate throughout Iraq ...
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| U.S. Soldiers
help Afghans help themselves
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan (American Forces Press Service, Nov. 15, 2004) — The goal of the reconstruction process in Afghanistan is for the people to be able to stand on their own ... |
| 160th
SOAR welcomes new regimental command sergeant major
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 15, 2004) — Command Sgt. Maj. Vernon Elliott assumed responsibility of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) during a ceremony here Nov. 10.
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| Ranger
civilian balances schoolwork with combat zone duties
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 15, 2004) — With bombs going off in the background and a fine layer of Afghanistan’s dust settling throughout a green Army tent, 42-year-old Buck Whitfield studiously works on finishing his homework. |
| Donated
seeds sprout successful future for Iraqi farmers
BAGHDAD, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Nov. 15, 2004) — In 1400 B.C., Mesopotamians erected a massive ziggurat, similar to a pyramid, in the modern-day town of Aqar Quf, west of Baghdad. |
| PRESS
RELEASE: Civil affairs Soldier killed in Iraq
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 9, 2004) — An Army Reserve civil affairs Soldier died Nov. 8 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds sustained earlier that day when he came under small arms fire while conducting a vehicle search.
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| Fort
Bragg street renamed in honor of longest-held POW
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 9, 2004) — The U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School dedicated a street here Nov. 5 to the late Col. Floyd J. Thompson, the longest-held prisoner of war in U.S. history. |
| Civil
affairs officer completes Iraq deployment, recalls team’s good works
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 8, 2004) — As Thanksgiving Day approaches at the end of the month, one Soldier knows exactly what he is thankful for.
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| Civil
affairs colonel worked to kick-start Iraqi commerce
FORT MYER, Va. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 6, 2004) — Money makes the world go 'round. Times are hard when money is scarce. Col. Curtis Prince doesn't need such sayings to grasp the role of hard currency in human affairs. |
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Soldiers’ quick response, first aid saves man’s life
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 4, 2004) — Javier Gutierrez would be a dead man if the window in Chief Warrant Officer Mark Fagin’s office had been closed.
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Rangers celebrate battalion's 30th anniversary at Fort Lewis
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 1, 2004) — Rangers traded war stories and barracks antics with current comrades and old friends at a daylong celebration Oct. 21 honoring 30 years of 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment service...
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| Staff Sgt. Joshua Herbig from
the 307th Psychological Operations Company, an Army Reserve special operations
unit based in St. Louis, Mo., mans a loudspeaker system broadcasting a
message in Arabic — "there are humanitarian packs to be given away" — while
other Soldiers give out the packs to the people in northwest Sadr City,
Iraq, on Nov. 15. The humanitarian relief packs were given out by Soldiers
from the 1st Cavalry Division and the 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion as a
means of making the lives of the peolpe of Sadr City easier. (Photo by Cpl.
James P. Johnson, 55th Signal Company)
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| Sgt. Amanda Bittner and Spc.
Jennifer Roszynski from the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion, an Army Reserve
unit based in Riverdale Park, Md., visit with children at the Girls and
Boys Orphanage in Herat, Afghanistan, on Nov. 22. (Photo by Sgt. J. Antonio
Francis, 55th Signal Company)
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| Capt. Rodney McCauley (right)
of the 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, an Army Reserve special operations
unit based in Danbury, Conn., greets Mohamed Salh Hamud, the contractor
in charge of maintaining the water treatment facility for the village of
Al Quala, Iraq, located near the city of Samarra, on Nov. 16. The facility
is an ongoing project for the McCauley's civil affairs team. (Photo by
Spc. Elizabeth Erste, 55th Signal Company)
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| Soldiers from the 307th
Tactical Psychological Operations Company, an Army Reserve special operations
unit based in St. Louis, Mo., speak with Iraqis in Baghdad near the "Green
Zone." The PSYOP Soldiers spoke with Iraqis about information numbers
for reporting suspected terrorist activities, as well as passing out soccer
balls and toys for local children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior
Airman Christopher A. Marasky)
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| Sgt. 1st Class
Paul Guinto of the 426th
Civil Affairs Battalion, an Army Reserve special operations unit based
in Upland, Calif., and currently attached to the 1st Infantry Division,
pulls security in Ad Duluyiah, Iraq, while his unit assesses
battle damage from Operation Duluyiah Sunrise, an operation to apprehend
key black list figures organizing attacks on coalition forces in the
area. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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| Sgt. Jose Ortiz of
the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion, an Army Reserve special operations
unit based in Upland, Calif., and currently attached to the 1st Infantry
Division, pulls security in
Ad Duluyiah, Iraq while his team members assess battle damage from Operation
Duluyiah Sunrise. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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| Capt. Andrew McConnell
(right) of the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion, an Army Reserve special
operations unit based in Upland, Calif., and currently attached to the
1st Infantry Division, uses an interpreter to talk to a local Iraqi policeman
to assess battle damage from Operation Duluyiah Sunrise in Ad Duluyiah,
Iraq. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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| Soldiers from the
426th Civil Affairs Battalion, 350th Tactical Psychological Operations
Company and the 1st Infantry Division's 1-20th Mechanized Infantry
receive a safety briefing at Forward Operating Base MacKenzie, Iraq,
before heading out to assess battle damage from Operation Duluyiah
Sunrise. Duluyiah Sunrise was an operation conducted with Iraqi Ministry
of Interior Special Police to apprehend key black list figures organizing
anti-Iraqi forces to carry out attacks on coalition forces in the area.
(Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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