USASOC NEWS SERVICE

ARCHIVES / MARCH 2006

VIDEO STORY: Civil Affairs delivers medical supplies to humanitarian clinic
MARNADIA, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Mar. 30, 2006) — Soldiers assigned to the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion recently delivered donated medical supplies to a, Iraqi humanitarian clinic. 
VIDEO STORY: Civil Affairs donates supplies to an orphanage
MARNADIA, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Mar. 30, 2006) — Soldiers assigned to the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion recently delivered donated supplies to an Iraqi orphanage. 
Iraqi Special Operations Forces operation disrupts insurgent activity, frees hostage
BALAD, Iraq (USASOC News Service, March 28, 2006) — Soldiers from the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 1st Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade, or ISOF, conducted a coordinated operation in northeast Baghdad yesterday to capture and detain insurgents responsible for kidnapping and execution activities.
425th CA Bn. helps Iraqis care for themselves
BAGHDAD, Iraq (USASOC News Service, March 28, 2006) — Soldiers from Company A, 425th Civil Affairs Battalion, part of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, distributed approximately 100 blankets, 50 hygiene kits and a box of soccer balls to Iraqi families Saturday during a humanitarian assistance mission in Karkh.
Education is the key to defense security
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, March 28, 2006) — Security is something we eat, sleep and breathe daily on Fort Bragg.  Every time you come on post, a security guard scans your identification card and makes sure your vehicle is registered to come on post; if not, your car has to be searched. 
Civil Affairs Soldiers help rebuild district water stations
MAKHMUR DISTRICT, Iraq (USASOC News Service, March 27, 2006) — From the rooftop of the Sultan Abdullah water pumping station, fields of green stretch to the base of the Makhmur foothills. 
Fayetteville residents invited for a trip ‘round the world
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, March 27, 2006) — Everyone in the greater Fayetteville area is invited to a unique “worldwide” athletic and culture event on Saturday, April 1.
Ranger recognized for excellence by Surgeon General
FORT BENNING, Ga. (USASOC News Service, Mar. 27, 2006) – An Army Ranger was presented the 2006 Surgeon General’s Physician Assistant Recognition Award during a ceremony here Mar. 24. 
PRESS RELEASE:  Special Forces Soldier killed in Afghanistan
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Mar. 26, 2006) — An Army Special Forces Soldier died Mar. 25 in the Sangin district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan when he was fatally struck by enemy small arms fire during a combat patrol.  
SWCS Soldier announced as TRADOC NCO Intsructor of the Year
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Mar. 23, 2006) – The U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School recognized one of their Soldiers as the winner of the Training and Doctrine Command 2005 top enlisted instructor during a ceremony held here Mar. 23. 
PRESS RELEASE:  Two Rangers killed in Iraq
FORT LEWIS, Wash. (USASOC News Service, Mar. 21, 2006) — Two Army Rangers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment died March 18 in western Iraq of wounds sustained while conducting combat operations Mar. 18. 
VIDEO STORY: Civil Affairs provide reference materials for doctors
BALAD, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Mar. 21, 2006) — Soldiers assigned to the 445th Civil Affairs Battalion recently donated medical books to Balad General Hosptial. 
VIDEO STORY: Civil Affairs Soldiers Visit Baby Abdullah
BAGHDAD, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Mar. 17, 2006) — Soldiers assigned to the 448th Civil Affairs Battalion recently visited a local family to provide care to their baby, Abdullah, to prevent her from going blind.
Soldiers Make Learning Easier for Iraqi Children
FOB MAHMUDIYAH, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Mar. 17, 2006) - Ask Iraqi children what they want to be when they grow up. You’ll find little difference in the hopes and dreams of Iraqi children from that of American children. Whether to be a doctor, a policeman or a businessman, these children imagine themselves as successful adults and see no reason why their goals should not come true.  
CA aids reconstruction projects in Hammam Al Alil
MOSUL, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Mar. 16, 2006) – The 401st Civil Affairs Battalion, Webster, N.Y., followed up on several projects in Hammam Al Alil to verify the reconstruction progress currently under contract Mar.10 
SOCOM Transforming to Lead Global War on Terrorism
WASHINGTON, D.C.  (American Forces Press Service, Mar. 15, 2006) – U.S. Special Operations Command is transforming to meet changing needs as it leads the fight in the global war on terrorism, the command's leader said here today.
Civil Affairs Soldiers Deliver Life Saving Literature
MOSUL, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Mar. 14, 2006) – Two Soldiers from the 401st Civil Affairs Battalion, Webster, N.Y., delivered medical magazines and reference books to the Khansa Maternity and Pediatric Hospital in Mosul Mar. 11. 
Operation Iraqi Children Redeploys to Al Abed
MOSUL, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Mar. 13, 2006) – Teachers at the Al Abed Primary School grimaced at the scene. Students were calling out of turn and getting out of their seats. Had all discipline broken down? 
Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force Frees Hostage
BALAD, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Mar. 13, 2006) – A daring late-night operation by Iraqi Counterterrorism Forces east of Taji on March 6 freed one hostage and led to the detention of two others believed to be involved in the hostage taking.
Civil Affairs Soldiers Deliver Essential Goods to Orphans
BAGHDAD, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Mar. 13, 2006) – Soldiers from the 425th Civil Affairs Battalion, Santa Barbara, Calif., currently attached to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division here, donated essential goods and toys to Iraqi children from the Salhiya Orphanage in the Karadah district of central Baghdad Wednesday.
Al Abed Girls Get Much Needed School Supplies
MOSUL, Iraq (USASOC News Service, Mar. 13, 2006) – Maj. Fallah Hammadi Hindni, Iraqi police station chief, Southeast 6, and his police officers went to the Al Abed elementary school in the Palestine neighborhood to give out school supplies they had received from Operation Iraqi Children Feb. 14.
VIDEO STORY: Iraqi Special Operations Convory Security Course
BAGHDAD, Afghanistan (USASOC News Service, Mar. 10, 2006) — The uncertainty of surviving in the neighborhoods they grew up in is unsettling. Iraqis want the certainty of knowing that their families are safe.  The Iraqi Special Operations Forces Convory Security Course has taught the ISOF soldiers how to make that happen.
PRESS RELEASE:  Special Forces Soldier killed in Afghanistan
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Mar. 2, 2006) — An Army Special Forces Soldier died Feb. 28 north of Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan when an Improvised Explosive Device detonated near his Ground Mobility Vehicle during a reconnaissance patrol. 

Sgt. Hartman, with Tactical Psychological Operations Team, hands out fliers to Iraq Army's 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Division soldiers. (Photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood.)
Sgt. Hartman, with Tactical Psychological Operations Team, hands out fliers to Iraq Army's 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Division soldiers. (Photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood.)  Click here for high resolution...
1st Lt. Chris Robinette, left, from 1480th Psychological Operations Detachment, visits with some neighborhood children in Kirkuk, Mar. 3. Robinette is assigned to 1480th Psychological Operations Detachment. (Photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood.)
1st Lt. Chris Robinette, left, from 1480th Psychological Operations Detachment, visits with some neighborhood children in Kirkuk, Mar. 3. Robinette is assigned to 1480th Psychological Operations Detachment.  (Photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood.) Click here for high resolution...
Sgt. Capelli, from 1480th Psychological Operations Detachment, hands out fliers to a local driver, Mar. 3. The fliers ask residents to contact the Iraq Police or United States personnel with any information of weapon caches and safe houses. (Photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood.)
Sgt. Capelli, from 1480th Psychological Operations Detachment, hands out fliers to a local driver, Mar. 3. The fliers ask residents to contact the Iraq Police or United States personnel with any information of weapon caches and safe houses. (Photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood.)  Click here for high resolution...
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Newkirk provides security while fellow Soldiers conduct a meeting with local Sheik Ali and other members of the community in Azuwiyah, Iraq, Mar. 23. The visit is to conduct an assessment on community needs and inspect any on-going projects in the area. Newkirk is team sergeant with 445th Civil Affairs Company, supporting the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (Photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill)
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Newkirk provides security while fellow Soldiers conduct a meeting with local Sheik Ali and other members of the community in Azuwiyah, Iraq, Mar. 23.  The visit is to conduct an assessment on community needs and inspect any on-going projects in the area.  Newkirk is team sergeant with 445th Civil Affairs Company, supporting the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (Photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill)  Click here for high resolution...
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Newkirk holds an Iraqi child while fellow Soldiers conduct a meeting with local Sheik Ali and other members of the community in Azuwiyah, Iraq, Mar. 23. The visit is to conduct an assessment on community needs and inspect any on-going projects in the area. Newkirk is team sergeant with 445th Civil Affairs Company, supporting the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (Photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill)
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Newkirk holds an Iraqi child while fellow Soldiers conduct a meeting with local Sheik Ali and other members of the community in Azuwiyah, Iraq, Mar. 23.  The visit is to conduct an assessment on community needs and inspect any on-going projects in the area.  Newkirk is team sergeant with 445th Civil Affairs Company, supporting the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (Photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill)  Click here for high resolution...
A U.S. Army Soldier hands out pamphlets to local children while fellow Soldiers conduct a meeting with local Sheik Ali and other members of the community in Azuwiyah, Iraq, Mar. 23. The visit is to conduct an assessment on community needs and inspect any on-going projects in the area. The Soldier is with the Tactical Psychological Operations Team, 445th Civil Affairs Company, supporting the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (Photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill)
A U.S. Army Soldier hands out pamphlets to local children while fellow Soldiers conduct a meeting with local Sheik Ali and other members of the community in Azuwiyah, Iraq, Mar. 23.  The visit is to conduct an assessment on community needs and inspect any on-going projects in the area.  The Soldier is with the Tactical Psychological Operations Team, 445th Civil Affairs Company, supporting the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (Photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill)  Click here for high resolution...
A memorial service to honor the memory of two fallen Army Rangers was held at the Evergren Chapel on Fort Lewis, Wash., Mar. 23. Sgt. Dale G. M. Brehm, 23, died of wounds received while conducting combat operations on March 18.A memorial service to honor the memory of two fallen Army Rangers was held at the Evergren Chapel on Fort Lewis, Wash., Mar. 23. Staff Sgt. Ricardo Barraza, 24, died of wounds received while conducting combat operations on March 18.
A memorial service to honor two fallen Rangers was held at Evergren Chapel on Fort Lewis, Wash., Mar. 23.  Sgt. Dale G. M. Brehm, 23, (Left) and Staff Sgt. Ricardo Barraza, 24, (Right) died of wounds received while conducting combat operations Mar. 18.  Click here for high resolution Brehm...  Click here for high resolution Barraza...
CSM Vic Allen (far right) relinquishes responsibility and authority by passing the NCO sword to CSM Kurt Lugo (far left). Col. Jack Zeigler (center), Commander, 1st Special Warfare training Group, presided over the ceremony Mar. 17 at the John F. Kennedy Plaza. (Photo by Sgt. Shawna M. Brooks)
CSM Vic Allen (far right) relinquishes responsibility and authority of the 1st Special Warfare Training Group by passing the NCO sword to CSM Kurt Lugo (far left) during a Change of Responsibility Ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Plaza Mar. 17.   Col. Jack Zeigler (center), Commander, 1st Special Warfare training Group, presided over the ceremony.  (Photo by Sgt. Shawna M. Brooks)  Click here for high resolution...
Staff Sgt. Travis Stuart, team A leader, 401st CA Bn. and his interpreter meet with the director and his staff at the Khansa Maternity and Pediatric Hospital Mar. 11, in Mosul, Iraq to discuss equipment issues for the hospital. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steve Petibone, 138th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)
Staff Sgt. Travis Stuart, team A leader, 401st CA Bn. and his interpreter meet with the director and his staff at the Khansa Maternity and Pediatric Hospital Mar. 11, in Mosul, Iraq to discuss equipment issues for the hospital. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steve Petibone, 138th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)  Click here for high resolution...
Maj. Roy Outcelt and Interpreter Nazar Owanis recently brought school supplies donated by Operation Iraqi Children to the boys of Al Abed Primary School in Mosul. Girls in the school received supplies earlier in the month. ( Photo by Spc. Richard Vogt, 138th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Maj. Roy Outcelt and Interpreter Nazar Owanis recently brought school supplies donated by Operation Iraqi Children to the boys of Al Abed Primary School in Mosul. Girls in the school received supplies earlier in the month.  ( Photo by Spc. Richard Vogt, 138th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)  Click here for high resolution...
During a mission to hang wanted posters, Cpt. Jeff Goehring of Bravo Company, 445th Civil Affairs Battalion in support of 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) bags and tags a large amount of currency found hidden in a vehicle at a Traffic Control Point in Bayji, Iraq on February 22, 2006.(Photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill)
During a mission to hang wanted posters, Cpt. Jeff Goehring of Bravo Company, 445th Civil Affairs Battalion in support of 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) bags and tags a large amount of currency found hidden in a vehicle at a Traffic Control Point in Bayji, Iraq, Feb. 22.  (Photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill)  Click here for high resolution…
During a mission to hang wanted posters, Cpt. Scott Goehring of Bravo Company, 445th Civil Affairs Battalion in support of 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) questions a local man with the help of an interpretor at a Traffic Control Point in Bayji, Iraq on February 22, 2006.(Photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill)
During a mission to hang wanted posters, Cpt. Scott Goehring of Bravo Company, 445th Civil Affairs Battalion in support of 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) questions a local man with the help of an interpretor at a Traffic Control Point in Bayji, Iraq, Feb. 22.  (Photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill)  Click here for high resolution…