| Rangers
receive
Valorous Unit Award for combat actions HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, Ga. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 27, 2006)—The 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment received its second Valorous Unit Award for combat actions in support of the Global War on Terrorism during a ceremony held Jan.27.  |
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STORY: Humanitarian aid
mission BAGHDAD, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Jan. 26, 2006) — Army medical troops from 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment and 448th Civil Affairs Battalion peronnel recently conducted a humanitarian aid mission in the |
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STORY: Civil Affairs School Supply MOSUL, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Jan. 24, 2006) — Civil Affairs continues to help provide two-hundred thousand school supply kits for kids in Ninevah, Iraq, through an organization started by Hollywood Celebrities called Operation Iraqi Children. |
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STORY:
Civil Affairs in Iraq SAMARRA, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Jan. 19, 2006) — The 445th Civil Affairs Battalion assists the Army Corps of Engineers Jan. 8 with projects designed to improve the quality of life for the citizens of northern Iraq. |
| Iraqi
Police
Connect With Community KIRKUK |
| Civil
Affairs
helps Iraqi Police develop relationship with dangerous neighborhood
before Hajj KIRKUK |
| 448th CAB aids
Iraqis during MEDCAP AQURQUF, |
| Local
Yemeni
herds receive veterinary treatment AMRAN, Yemen (USASOC News Service, Jan. 18, 2006) — More than 780 animals received free medical care during a Veterinary Civil Action Plan event held here last month. |
| One
Soldier
making a big difference for one Iraqi community SAMARRA, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Jan. 18, 2006) — The phrase that it only takes one person to make a difference is considered cliché. Really, how much can one person do? |
| Civil
Affairs
works water agreement with SAMARRA, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Jan. 18, 2006) — Rakkasan Soldiers and the director of the Ministry of Water in |
| Special
Operations
makes mark on Global War on Terrorism SAN DIEGO, Calif. (American Forces Press Service, Jan. 12, 2006) — Demand for special operations forces capabilities has increased dramatically since Sept. 11, 2001, the deputy commander of U.S. Special Operations Command said here Jan. 11. |
| Horn
of Africa task force helps through health AMRAN, Yemen (American Forces Press Service, Jan. 11, 2006) — If 2-year-old Ebtisam Salim could have talked, she would have complained of having had diarrhea and a fever for almost two weeks. But she was nearly unconscious when she arrived at the Sahab Clinic in Bani Momoon here, suffering from extreme dehydration and a temperature of 103.2. |
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STORY: Iraqi Army school drop
: Civil Affairs delivers school supplies KIRKUK, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Jan. 11, 2006) — Soldiers assigned to the 451st Civil Affairs Battalion and members of Iraqi Army 2nd Brigade Civil Affairs deliver school supplies to children in Iraqi villages recently. |
| New role for New York City Soldier
BAQUBAH, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Jan. 10, 2006) — He’s worn many hats throughout his military and civilian life – college football player, undercover narcotics police officer, expert field medic and Emmy-winning sports television producer. |
| Civil Affairs sends smile to Iraqi Youths
BAGHDAD, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Jan. 10, 2006) — When the sky filled with tracer ammunition being fired in early December, U.S. Soldiers thought it might be an attack. |
| PRESS
RELEASE: Special Forces Soldier dies in Iraq FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Jan. 3, 2006) — An Army Special Forces Soldier died while conducting a combat raid in the vicinity of Balad, Iraq, when an enemy munitions site exploded while being prepared for demolition. |
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| Sergeant Eugene Thomas from 350th PSYOPS Company, poses for a picture with an Iraqi family who are helping build a school for their village Jan. 26. (Photo by: Airman 1st Class Kurt Gibbons III.) Click here for high resolution... |
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| Maj. Debra Yarbrough and Cpt. David McCaughrin from Bravo Co. Civil Affairs, 448 Battalion, and Iraqi Councilmen give out heaters, shoes, and clothing during a Humanitarian Assistance drop at the local council hall in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 26, 2006. The supplies were given to the families of children killed from IED explosions. The 101st is currently deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Photo by Private First Class William Servinski II). Click here for high resolution... |
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| 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment’s officers competed with the unit’s non-commissioned officers for the title of Turkey Bowl champion. The Turkey Bowl is a flag football game that usually takes place during the Thanksgiving holidays. But since the unit was deployed during that time, the officers and NCOs decided to make up for lost time upon arrival back home. The officers defeated the NCOs 18 to 12 in double overtime, Jan. 26 at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga. (Photo by Paul Prince, USASOC PAO) Click here for high resolution... |
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| 25 January
2005: Mr. John Weston, a Fallujah Embassy
Representative with the State Dept., and LtCol. Gentry, Executive
Officer RCT-1, talks with Major Michael Marquette, 445th Civil Affairs
Battalion, about the processing procedures at Brahma Park, Iraq. 1st Marine Division, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, is engaged in Security & Stabilization Operations (SASO), in the Al Anbar Province, Iraq. (Official USMC Photo By: SSgt. Jonathan C. Knauth) Click here for high resolution... |
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| Staff Sgt Jeremi Olvera, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, was almost over run by area youths as they gathered around the U.S. Army Special Operations Command display to collect some of the giveaways. USASOC distributed poster, cds and trading cards to a crowd of over 4,000 fans during the Fayetteville Patriots’ Military Appreciation Night, 21 Jan 2006. (Photo by Paul Prince, USASOC PAO) Click here for high resolution... |
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| From left, Governor of the Gode Zone, Nadir Hassan, talks about the drought issues and irrigation projects going on with U.S. Army 96th Civil Affairs members in the Gode Zone, Ethiopia, Africa, Jan. 15, 2006.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom) Click here for high resolution... |
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| From left, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Chuck McDermott, attached to the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, Ft. Bragg, N.C., talks to local Ethiopians after inspecting a water pump in the Gode Zone, Ethiopia, Africa, Jan. 15, 2006.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom) Click here for high resolution... |
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| Staff Sgt. Ignacio A. Betancourt, a civil affairs team sergeant with the 451st Civil Affairs Battalion, speaks with an Iraqi youth in a neighborhood reportedly troublesome to coalition forces. Civil Affairs has been working with the Iraqi police for several days to develop a relationship with the community. (Photo by Spc. Michael Pfaff) Click here for high resolution... |
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| Cpl. Chris Kupitz, a civil affairs sergeant in the 445th Civil Affairs Battalion, writes detailed notes during a meeting with the director of the Ministry of Water in Samarra, Iraq. Kupitz has been working since his arrival to improve water conditions for citizens of Samarra. (Photo by Pfc. Cassandra Groce 133, MPAD) Click here for high-resolution... |