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  • Gunmen kill Iraqi security officer (AP)

    U.S. Congressional candidate Ken Aden poses for a photo at S&L Pawn in Russellville, Arkansas February 2, 2012. No one thinks gun control is going to be the most important issue in 2012, but there are specific races and constituencies where it certainly will matter. Aden, a 33-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, is challenging his former battalion commander for a Congressional seat. Aden is running as a progressive Democrat; his opponent, Steve Womack, is a freshman incumbent, part of the Tea Party sweep of the 2010 midterm elections. Aden has strong views on guns and collects them, he also knows what terrible damage they can do. When Aden was 16, his father was shot and killed on Christmas Eve by his stepmother using his dad's own 357 magnum and his shotgun. Picture taken February 2, 2012. To match Special Report USA-BLOOMBERG/GUNS REUTERS/Jacob Slaton (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)AP - Authorities say gunmen have killed an Interior Ministry official in a drive-by shooting in central Baghdad.


  • More U.S. grassroots parades for Iraq war vets possible (Reuters)
    Reuters - Organizers of a parade for Iraq war veterans that drew thousands of flag waving spectators in St. Louis last weekend have been asked by people around the country for help in planning similar events, officials said Friday.
  • More cities consider parades for Iraq War vets (AP)

    FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2012 file photo, participants in a parade to honor Iraq War veterans make their way along a downtown street in St. Louis. The parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans was such a hit that at least 10 other cities around the country are considering similar celebrations. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)AP - A St. Louis parade welcoming home Iraq War and other post-Sept. 11 veterans was such a hit that at least 10 other cities around the country are considering similar celebrations.


  • Iraq court agrees execution of Baghdad church attackers (Reuters)
    Reuters - Iraq's highest court ratified death sentences on Thursday for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, the bloodiest attack on Iraqi Christians after the 2003 invasion.
  • Analysis: Middle East turmoil draws Turkey and Iraqi Kurds (Reuters)
    Reuters - Upheaval in the Middle East and mutual economic interests are drawing together two unlikely partners; rising powerhouse Turkey and an entity whose name Turkish leaders hardly dare mention - Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq.
  • Iraq executes 17 after U.N. rebuke (Reuters)
    Reuters - Iraq executed 17 people on Wednesday, days after U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay criticized Baghdad for carrying out a large number of executions and questioned the fairness of its judicial proceedings.
  • Iraq becomes dollar source for sanctions-hit Iran, Syria (Reuters)
    Reuters - In the money changing shops dotted around Baghdad's Karrada district, Iraqi merchants dabble in many currencies, but these days some joke that banknotes from neighboring Iran and Syria are only worth plastering on windows as decorations.
  • Obama: U.S. drone use in Iraq very limited (Reuters)
    Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday played down the use of U.S. drones in Iraq, saying the program was very limited and focused mainly on protecting the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
  • Pentagon's Failure to Handle Iraq's Money Harms America's Reputation (ContributorNetwork)
    ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sara Sorcher of the National Journal reports the Department of Defense cannot account for some http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/iraq billion given to it by the government of Iraq to pay bills on contracts awarded in 2003 and 2004. Auditors claim poor record-keeping led to the inability to track the money, while others insist that acceptable efforts were made and that the money made it to the appropriate recipients.
  • Pentagon prepares for new military talks with Iraq (AP)

    FILE - In this March 16, 2011 file photo, Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration is preparing to begin talks with Iraq on defining a long-term defense relationship that may include expanded U.S. training help, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s chief policy aide. Flournoy, who is leaving her Pentagon post to return to private life, said in an interview with a small group of reporters that the administration is open to Iraqi suggestions about the scope and depth of defense ties. 'One of the things we’re looking forward to doing is sitting down with the Iraqis in the coming month or two to start thinking about how they want to work with' the U.S. military to develop a program of exercises, training and other forms of security cooperation, Flournoy said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP - The Obama administration is preparing to begin talks with Iraq on defining a long-term defense relationship that may include expanded U.S. training help, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's chief policy aide.


  • Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc to end parliament boycott (Reuters)
    Reuters - Iraq's Sunni-backed Iraqiya political bloc said Sunday it would end a boycott of parliament, easing the worst political crisis in Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's power-sharing government in a year.
  • St. Louis Parade Thanks Iraq War Heroes, Looks to Expand (ContributorNetwork)
    ContributorNetwork - The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the Gateway City was living up to its reputation Saturday. A homegrown parade honored Iraq War veterans as the first major event of its kind in a large American city. Troops and their families were moved to tears by the support of their neighbors and complete strangers who showed up to honor the sacrifices of troops returning home.
  • Veterans share stories at Iraq War parade in Mo. (AP)

    Staff Sgt. Kevin Jackson, an Iraq War veteran, smiles as he waits in a staging area before the start of a parade to honor Iraq War veterans Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in St. Louis. Thousands turned out to watch the first big welcome home parade in the U.S. since the last troops left Iraq in December. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)AP - Veterans who attended the nation's first major Iraq War parade Saturday in St. Louis said they appreciated the welcome home, even though some expected to be redeployed to Afghanistan or elsewhere in the coming months. Here are a few of their stories:


  • Iraq War veteran accused of posing as Ore. officer (AP)
    AP - Eugene Police Officer Dan Baker drove a blue SUV and set off sirens to clear cars in front of him at traffic lights. He pulled over motorists — though it's unclear if he ever gave out tickets. And when he stopped by a youth shelter as a volunteer, he came in full uniform.
  • Mayor Bloomberg: No NYC parade for Iraq War vets (AP)
    AP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says there will be no city parade for Iraq War veterans in the foreseeable future because of objections voiced by military officials.
  • Suicide bomber kills 31 in Baghdad attack (Reuters)

    U.S. Congressional candidate Ken Aden poses for a photo at S&L Pawn in Russellville, Arkansas February 2, 2012. No one thinks gun control is going to be the most important issue in 2012, but there are specific races and constituencies where it certainly will matter. Aden, a 33-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, is challenging his former battalion commander for a Congressional seat. Aden is running as a progressive Democrat; his opponent, Steve Womack, is a freshman incumbent, part of the Tea Party sweep of the 2010 midterm elections. Aden has strong views on guns and collects them, he also knows what terrible damage they can do. When Aden was 16, his father was shot and killed on Christmas Eve by his stepmother using his dad's own 357 magnum and his shotgun. Picture taken February 2, 2012. To match Special Report USA-BLOOMBERG/GUNS REUTERS/Jacob Slaton (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)Reuters - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled taxi near a Shi'ite funeral procession in Baghdad on Friday, killing 31 people and bringing the death toll from violence since an Iraqi political crisis erupted in December to more than 400.


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    AP - Iraqi officials say a suicide attack on a Baghdad Shiite district has killed 26 people.
  • Official: Iraq will take legal action over US raid (AP)

    Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, left, arrives with his military defense attorney, Meridith Marshall for a court session at Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Iraq will take legal action to ensure justice for the families of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians killed in a U.S. raid in Haditha seven years ago, a government spokesman said Thursday, after the lone U.S. Marine convicted in the killings reached a deal to escape jail time.


  • U.S. to Iraq: don't "blow this opportunity" (Reuters)
    Reuters - The United States has warned Iraq not to "blow this opportunity" to become a prosperous, unified nation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, saying it must start to act like a democracy and embrace compromise.
  • Iraq says to take legal action for Haditha victims (Reuters)
    Reuters - Iraq plans legal action on behalf of families of victims killed by U.S. troops in a 2005 massacre after the last soldier involved was spared jail time by a guilty plea with military authorities, a government spokesman said Thursday.



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  • Army engineer divers

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    Army engineer divers

    Army engineer divers of the 74th Dive Detachment, Special Troops Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade conduct a patching mission on the brigade's Large Tug-805 at Fort Eustis' 3rd Port the afternoon of Feb. 2. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kelly Jo Bridgwater, 7th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs

  • Army engineer divers

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    Army engineer divers

    Army engineer divers assigned to the 74th Dive Detachment, Special Troops Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade work on patching a portion of the Large Tug-805 one of the brigade's watercraft assets at Fort Eustis' 3rd Port the afternoon of Feb. 2. The divers began the repair project Jan. 30 and are expected to finish the mission Feb. 3.
    Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kelly Jo Bridgwater, 7th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs

  • Army engineer divers

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    Army engineer divers

    Spc. Javier Novoa (center), an Army engineer diver assigned to the 74th Dive Detachment, Special Troops Battalion, 7th Sutsainment Brigade serves as a standby diver, with Spc. Kevin Nagel (left), on hand as Novoa's tender, and Staff Sgt. Humberto Santiago (right), supervising while members of the detachment work on patching a portion of the brigade's Large Tug-805 at Fort Eustis' 3rd Port the afternoon of Feb. 2. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kelly Jo Bridgwater, 7th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs

  • Winter storm

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    Winter storm

    U.S. Army Pfc. Dewey So endures the harsh blast of an Afghan winter storm in the village of Marzak Jan. 15, 2012. Photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail

  • Winter Blast

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    Winter Blast

    U.S. Army staff sergeants Neil Nunez and Justin Puchalsky, from Company A, 2nd Battalion 28th Infantry Regiment, Task force 3-66, watch the arrival of a helicopter in Afghanistan U.S. Army Photo By Staff Sgt. Charles Crail, Task Force Blackhawk Public Affairs

  • XVIII Airborne Corps Run

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    XVIII Airborne Corps Run

    Over 14,000 Soldiers from across the XVIII Airborne Corps participated in the XVIII Airborne Corps run at Fort Bragg, Feb. 2. Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, commanding general, XVIII Abn. Corps and Fort Bragg, and Command Sgt. Maj. Earl Rice, XVIII Abn. Corps and Fort Bragg command sergeant major, led the Soldiers along the four-mile route. The XVIII Abn. Corps recently redeployed from a year-long deployment to Iraq as part of Operation New Dawn. Runners included Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, N.Y., the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command from Fort Knox, Ky. and the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky. (Photo by Spc. Paul A. Holston/XVIII Abn. Corps PAO)

  • XVIII Airborne Corps run

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    XVIII Airborne Corps run

    Over 14,000 Soldiers from across the XVIII Airborne Corps participated in the XVIII Airborne Corps run at Fort Bragg, Feb. 2. Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, commanding general, XVIII Abn. Corps and Fort Bragg, and Command Sgt. Maj. Earl Rice, XVIII Abn. Corps and Fort Bragg command sergeant major, led the Soldiers along the four-mile route. The XVIII Abn. Corps recently redeployed from a year-long deployment to Iraq as part of Operation New Dawn. Runners included Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, N.Y., the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command from Fort Knox, Ky. and the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky. Photo by Staff Sgt. Caleb Barrieau/82nd Abn. Div. PAO

  • XVIII Airborne Corps run

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    XVIII Airborne Corps run

    Over 14,000 Soldiers from across the XVIII Airborne Corps participated in the XVIII Airborne Corps run at Fort Bragg, Feb. 2. Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, commanding general, XVIII Abn. Corps and Fort Bragg, and Command Sgt. Maj. Earl Rice, XVIII Abn. Corps and Fort Bragg command sergeant major, led the Soldiers along the four-mile route. The XVIII Abn. Corps recently redeployed from a year-long deployment to Iraq as part of Operation New Dawn. Runners included Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, N.Y., the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command from Fort Knox, Ky. and the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky. Photo by Staff Sgt. Caleb Barrieau/82nd Abn. Div. PAO

  • Crew tent

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    Crew tent

    Soldiers from C Co, 307th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska work on setting up a crew tent in preparation for bivouac operations as part of Arctic Light Individual Training (ALIT). ALIT training is an annual requirement for all Soldiers assigned to United States Army Alaska (USARAK). Photo provided by CSM Carlos M. Medina

  • Snow cave

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    Snow cave

    SGT Tailor L. Myrick, C Co, 307th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, construct a snow cave improvised shelter in preparation for bivouac operations as part of Arctic Light Individual Training (ALIT). ALIT training is an annual requirement for all Soldiers assigned to United States Army Alaska (USARAK). Photo provided by CSM Carlos M. Medina

  • Joint masonry work

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    Joint masonry work

    Staff Sgt. Aaron Kaehn with the 176th Engineer Company, Washington Army National Guard, does masonry work with his Thai counterpart at the Ban Wang Nam Khiao elementary school. Multi-national forces are working together to improve interoperability at six humanitarian civic action sites throughout Thailand as part of Exercise Cobra Gold.

  • Area of interest

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    Area of interest

    U.S. Army 1st Lt. George Rousson (right), calls his Soldiers back to the vehicles after a known area of interest is investigated and cleared by the combat engineers of RCP-30 in Eastern Afghanistan Jan. 19.

  • Distinguished Service Medal

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    Distinguished Service Medal

    U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, left, presents the Defense Distinguished Service Medal to Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the 32nd Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, during his retirement ceremony in Summerall Field in Fort Myer, VA Jan. 31, 2012. Chiarelli was accompanied by his wife Beth. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/ Released)

  • Presenting the flag

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    Presenting the flag

    Secretary of the Army John McHugh presents the Vice Chief of Staff flag to U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, the 33rd Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, during a ceremony in Fort Myer, VA Jan. 31, 2012. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/ Released)

  • Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III swears in

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    Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III swears in

    Secretary of the Army John McHugh swears in U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III as the 33rd Vice Chief of Staff of the Army during a ceremony in Fort Myer, VA Jan. 31, 2012. Austin was accompanied by his wife Charlene. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/ Released)

  • Snow patrol

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    Snow patrol

    U.S. Army Spc. Robert Irwin conducts a security patrol in Afghanistan's Paktya province, Jan. 30, 2012. Irwin is an infantryman assigned Task Force Gold Geronimo, part of Spartan Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson

  • Retirement ceremony

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    Retirement ceremony

    General Peter W. Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, and Mrs. Chiarelli stand before the Continental Color Guard during his retirement ceremony at joint base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington Va. on January 31, 2012. DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

  • U.S. Army Drill Team in Hawaii

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    U.S. Army Drill Team in Hawaii

    Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army Drill Team perform at Aloha Stadium during the 2012 National Football League Pro Bowl halftime show in Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 29. Several hundred service members assigned to bases throughout Hawaii were honored during the 2012 Pro Bowl halftime show.

  • Live fire exercise

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    Live fire exercise

    Gun one, occupied by a gun line team from 2nd platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, fires a 155mm M777 Lightweight Howitzer during a live fire exercise at training range 52 on Fort Riley, Kan., Jan. 23. The 2-32 FA is the first battalion in the 1st Infantry Division to fire the M777 on Fort Riley. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gene A. Arnold, 4IBCT PAO

  • Soldier interview

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    Soldier interview

    Brigadier Felix Gedney, 1st Inf. Div. deputy commanding general for transition, offers Flint Hills media members an overview of the scope of Unified Endeavor 12-01 during an interview Jan. 27 at division headquarters. UE 12-01 is the largest command post training exercise conducted at Fort Riley since the division returned from Germany in 2006 and is designed to prepare the elements of the Big Red One for an expected spring deployment to Afghanistan. Photo by Mollie Miller, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs

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  • Panetta, Dempsey mark end of Iraq mission
    Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta arrived in Baghdad, Iraq, to join Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in ceremonies marking the end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq.
  • Sustainment troops in Kuwait equip Ironhorse Brigade
    The Army Field Support Battalion-Kuwait, 402nd Army Field Support Brigade, began the issue here of brigade combat team equipment to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division's Ironhorse Brigade, Jan. 3, 2012.
  • Army's 'best kept secret' floats
    The 824th Transportation Company, a Reserve unit from Moorehead City, N.C., just arrived in Kuwait to start their yearlong deployment. The home away from home has a unique feature, it floats.
  • Dental company commander brings lifetime of knowledge
    After 21 years away from the Army and retiring from dentistry in the civilian sector, Daniel P. Alston returned to serve in the Army Reserve, and now commands the 143rd Dental Company (Area Support) Forward as a lieutenant colonel.
  • Casting absentee ballot easier than ever
    The Army Voting Assistance Program is designed to make registration, voting information, materials and assistance readily available to all eligible Army voters. The program seeks to educate eligible voters about the importance of voting and provide every opportunity to register.
  • 113th Sustainment Brigade assumes mission in Kuwait
    The Tennessee Army National Guard's 230th Sustainment Brigade transferred the logistics mission in Kuwait to the North Carolina Army National Guard's 113th Sustainment Brigade, Dec. 27, 2011, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
  • Last brigade leaves Iraq
    After the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division drove into Kuwait on the morning of Dec. 18, 2011, Soldiers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Third Army, and Kuwaiti border military police closed the gate at Khabari Crossing.
  • Panetta concludes Iraq mission, noting service, sacrifice
    Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta joined Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey and other U.S. and Iraq leaders in honoring eight years of service and sacrifice as they commemorated the end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq.
  • 'Welcome home' signals end of war in Iraq
    More than 3,000 service members gathered at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 14, to hear President Barack Obama deliver a speech marking the end of the war in Iraq.
  • Secretary of the Army John McHugh visits Kandahar Airfield
    The objective of Secretary of the Army John McHugh's visit to Regional Command (South) and Kandahar Airfield Dec. 14 was to assess the current status of U.S.-Afghan relations in RC(S) and to see military training and facilities.
  • Third Army hosts Guard birthday 5K run
    Third Army hosted an Army National Guard Birthday 5K run/walk at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Dec. 13, 2011. During the event, hundreds of service members and civilians came together to run/walk in celebration of the U.S. Army National Guard's 375th birthday.
  • Mine rollers designed to blow up, save lives
    Albert Bacon helps coalition forces in Afghanistan install mine rollers on the front of tactical vehicles. He has traveled across the country providing support to Soldiers and assisting with mine rollers installations.
  • USACE cuts costs, saves resources in Afghanistan
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South is implementing measures to streamline business processes and save tax-payer dollars. The district is moving out on information technology upgrades, non-tactical vehicle procurement and maintenance improvements, and connection to the Kandahar Airfield electric power network.
  • 401st AFSB continues to support Afghan National Army
    The 401st Army Field Support Brigade continued its support of the Afghan National Army from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, 2011, when 90 M1114 vehicles were inspected by Afghan Army Lt. Col. Ibrahim Wardak, liaison officer to NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan and Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, in preparation for final turn over to the ANA.
  • Third Army prepares to meet security agreement
    Sustainment Soldiers in Kuwait are working hard to meet the presidential directive to transition troops and equipment from Iraq by Dec. 31, 2011.
  • Agribusiness vet makes village call in Parwan
    In the small village of Jabbulsaraj, Afghanistan, the Kentucky Army National Guard Agribusiness Development Team is working to improve the lives of farmers and connect them with their government through simple agricultural projects and outreach.
  • Croatian projects building trust in Afghanistan
    Three separate villages in the Balkh province of northern Afghanistan will benefit from projects led by members of the Croatian armed forces.
  • MPs secure routes in Baghdad for last convoys
    Paratroopers were on the streets at 5 a.m. to check the route for roadside bombs before Victory Complex transitioned to Iraqi control Friday.
  • Guard's last convoy puts Iraq in rearview mirror
    With Operation New Dawn coming to a close, the Virginia Army National Guard left Iraq in its final convoy, Dec. 2, 2011.
  • 402nd AFSB to support State Department in Iraq
    As U.S. forces leave Iraq, they are moving most of their equipment and assets out of the country, but they will hand off some of it to the Department of State to support the diplomatic and security cooperation missions.

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