WASHINGTON – The Army now has authorization to purchase 95 more Stryker nuclear, biological and chemical reconnaissance vehicles, in addition to 10 already in Iraq and several others used for testing and training.During a press conference Dec. 19 at the Pentagon, Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Spoehr, chief, U.S. Army Chemical Corps, said existing NBCRVs have
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Now this is a nice Christmas present: WASHINGTON, Dec. 26, 2007 – Coalition forces killed four terrorists and detained one suspect today during operations targeting al Qaeda in central Iraq. In continued efforts to disrupt terrorist activities in the Diyala River Valley, coalition forces conducted two coordinated operations north of Muqdadiyah targeting associates of the
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Hey MSM, are you paying attention?: The Battle for Baqubah (or “Baqouba” according to the story above) is still underway. Small TICs [Troops In Contact] continue to occur, but those enemy attacks have had little effect since combat kicked off on 19 June. As of 30 July, we lost one soldier, while the enemy losses
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UPDATE 29 June, 2009 I received correspondence from Mrs. John Hatley (in the comments). UPDATE 18 April, 2009 Hat tip to Jonn at This Aint Hell: http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=9817 1SG John Hatley, the senior NCO of fabulist Scott Beauchamp’s unit, was convicted yesterday of the murder of four Iraqis and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility
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The New Republic has been publishing what it calls “dispatches” from a Soldier in Iraq by the name of “Scott Thomas”. The column, entitled “Shock Troops”, described a litany of deplorable behavior on the part of some Soldiers in his unit. He claimed he witnessed them insulting a disfigured woman in a mess hall who
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Mass Re-Enlistment Ceremony in Iraq American Forces Press Service By Meghan Vittrup July 04, 2007 WASHINGTON – More than 600 troops are expected to re-enlist today, and more than 100 others will become U.S. citizens in an Independence Day ceremony at Camp Victory, Iraq.Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multinational Force Iraq, made the
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