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Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:18 PM
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| Anbar Province Still Dangerous But Getting Better, Marine Commander Says.aspx Posted: 15 May 2007 06:03 AM CDT WASHINGTON, May 14, 2007 – Life in Iraq’s Anbar province is still dangerous, but security is improving, the senior commander for ground operations in the province said yesterday in Baghdad. |
| General Cites ‘Massive Effort’ Under Way to Find Missing Soldiers.aspx Posted: 15 May 2007 06:01 AM CDT WASHINGTON, May 14, 2007 – The U.S. military, coalition partners and Iraqi security forces are making a “massive effort” to find three American soldiers missing in Iraq since May 12, a senior U.S. military officer said today. |
| Former Infantryman Finds Calling in Civil Affairs.aspx Posted: 15 May 2007 05:51 AM CDT FORWARD OPERATING BASE GHAZNI, Afghanistan — It was clear to Army Sgt. Drew Pylant as his convoy pulled up to the district center, framed against the snow-capped mountains of eastern Afghanistan, that he wasn’t fighting in the same kind of war that his father and grandfather fought in. |
| First Muslim to Take Command of Aviation Squadron.aspx Posted: 15 May 2007 05:48 AM CDT USS JOHN C. STENNIS, At Sea – Cmdr. Muhammad Muzzafar F. Khan relieved Cmdr. Timothy Langdon as commanding officer of Sea Control Squadron (VS) 31 during a ceremony held at sea aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) May 13. |
| Deployment Provides Direction, Focus.aspx Posted: 14 May 2007 11:53 AM CDT LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, Iraq, May 14, 2007 — Two years ago, a wife sat by her husband’s side, comforting him. The woman had quit her job as a school teacher several years earlier to help her ailing spouse through two bouts of cancer. And then the woman, an Army Reserve soldier, lost her spouse of 35 years. |
| Basrah Public Works Initiative Complements Provincial Reconstruction Teams.aspx Posted: 14 May 2007 08:18 AM CDT BASRAH, Iraq – Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) began as a concept in Afghanistan, developed by then U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad. They proved to be so successful that when Khalilzad was named Ambassador to Iraq in June 2005, he decided PRTs would be a good way to develop capacity in that country as well. PRTs are now being established in each Iraqi province. |
| Anbar Villages Appreciate Water Treatment Investment.aspx Posted: 14 May 2007 08:12 AM CDT RAMADI, Iraq – Residents north of Ramadi, Iraq will soon have fresh, potable water pumped into their homes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Gulf Region Central district is overseeing the construction of two small water treatment plants as well as the installation of 24,000 meters of water main for Zangora, a community of 48,000 people, in central Iraq. |
| Nasiriyah Prison Supports Iraq Security System.aspx Posted: 14 May 2007 08:02 AM CDT AN NASIRIYAH, Iraq — Supporting the security and justice systems in Iraq is one of the main challenges that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) confronts to help the Iraqi Government develop the infrastructure countrywide. |
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