Posted on 05/18/2007 8:44:41 AM PDT by SoldierDad
Search continues for missing Soldiers Friday, 18 May 2007 Multi-National Corps – Iraq Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE No. 20070518-01 May 18, 2007
Search continues for missing Soldiers Staff Sgt. Angela McKinzie 2nd BCT PAO, 10th Mtn. Div. (LI) Multi-National Division – Center PAO
YUSUFIYAH, Iraq — Search efforts continue for three missing U.S. Soldiers who are believed to have been abducted by I Saturday in Quarghuli Village, Iraq.
Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) from Fort Drum, N.Y., and the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division have been conducting non-stop searches for the missing Soldiers - all assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd BCT - since their abduction.
“The brigade has been constantly searching for the Soldiers since their abduction,” said Col. Michael Kershaw, 2nd BCT commander. “As soon as we were aware of the incident, we immediately cordoned off the area and started the search.”
The brigade, which is made up of about 14 company-sized elements, is using almost all of its elements both to search and to provide logistical support to Soldiers on the ground.
“We have been averaging about 20 events a day and we’re providing cots, food and water to those assisting with the search,” Kershaw said. Aside from searching the area, Soldiers have been continually asking Iraqis for any information they may have in regarding the incident, hoping the tips will lead them closer to the Soldiers.
“Although some tips may not be accurate, it is important for each one to be investigated,” said Maj. Rob Griggs, the 4-31 operations officer. “All tips must be considered important, because you never know if it is the one that will lead you to the Soldiers.”
“Everyone is motivated and knows the importance of finding the Soldiers,” Kershaw said. “They all take pride in this brigade and their fellow Soldiers … It is in the Soldiers’ Creed to never leave a fallen comrade.”
Search efforts will continue until the Soldiers are found. “The families back home need to know that we are not going to stop searching for the Soldiers until they are found,” Kershaw said. “They (the families) need to know the Soldiers in this brigade are doing everything they can to find these Soldiers.”
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I found this, have you seen it?
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-search18may18,0,6557401.story?coll=la-home-world
No worries bonehead4freedom. I caught the sacasm, and used some of my one in my first post to you. No offense taken.
Father God,
Who knows the thoughts of our minds and hearts,
Who set the stars in the heavens and the planets in motion,
We praise Your all-knowing, all-encompassing Being.
Guard our hearts from all fear.
In the Name above all names, Jesus Christ, we banish the forces of darkness.
We rebuke evil in every form.
We cast out Satan and all demons from our midst,
and cast them away in Jesus' name from our troops, wherever they may be.
In You we place our trust.
To You we confess our helplessness, our sin natures, our faults and failings.
Only Your mercy is pure and true.
Sustain our troops, Father God, we pray.
Sustain all captives, Father God, who wait upon You and trust You.
Deliver Your people, precious Lord, as You delivered Israel.
Amen.
YES!
Thank you.
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