[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Umbizza from Eagle Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, breaks in the door of an abandoned building, where an improvised explosive device and a cache of hand grenades were spotted, northeast of Fallujah, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2003. The soldiers from Eagle Troop are participating in an Army-wide operation to search a large sector of Iraq for illegal weapons. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derek Gaines

Soldiers from the Grimm Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and 498th Engineer Battalion, a National Guard unit from Arkansas, attached to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment , form a daisy chain to move artillery rounds at a collection point northeast of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Grimm Troop is participating in a mission to search Iraq for illegal munitions, Aug. 29, 2003. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derek Gaines

[HiJinx]

CONTROLLING AIRSPACE — U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Liza Thaggard, an air traffic controller with the 447th Expeditionary Operational Support Squadron, controls the airspace from the radar approach control at Baghdad International Airport. The control operation is responsible for 100 miles of airspace around the airport and controls all air traffic into, through, and out of the area. Thaggard is deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brian Ferguson.

Somebody's Momma should be real proud right about now...God Bless all the men and women who are out there everyday defending our Freedom and Libery.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Ding Dong! Avon Calling!

[radu]

These are great pics of our troops in Iraq, Kathy! Every weapons cache they find means troops' lives saved.

Our men and women are doing a fantastic job in Iraq. So much more than the media will report. But things are progressing at rates that even CNN did a report today on how smoothly things are going these days in northern Iraq. (gasp!) I loved it!!!!!

Before we know it, that kind of reporting will be the norm.

OUR TROOPS ROCK!