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Rick Mers and Michael Osborne, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region South district, conduct a site visit to evaluate the construction progress at An Nasiriyah Maximum Security Correctional Facility. U.S. Army photo by Lisa Coghlan An Nasiriyah Prison Supports Iraq Security System U.S. Army engineers work on multi-million dollar facility. By Lisa Coghlan Gulf Region South, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers AN NASIRIYAH, Iraq, May 15, 2007 — Supporting the security and justice systems in Iraq is one of the main challenges that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confronts to help the Iraqi government develop the infrastructure...

Navina Prasad had to deal with death and destruction long before his Fort Benning unit was shipped to Iraq last year. The 28-year-old Army specialist, a member of the 63rd Engineer Co., a heavy equipment construction outfit, spent the early months of Operation Iraqi Freedom at the Talil Airport. One of the war's earliest battles took place at An Nasiriyah, just outside Talil, as soldiers from the 3rd Brigade stormed their way toward Baghdad. Prasad, though, wasn't actively involved in the fighting. "It was all construction work," he said. "Hot construction work." But clinging like dust to his desert BDUs...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 March 29, 2004Release Number: 04-03-51 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A-10 Friendly Fire Investigation Completed MacDill AFB – The investigation into a March 23, 2003 friendly fire incident between U.S. forces is complete. The investigation was thorough and deliberate, and has the concurrence of the CENTCOM leadership. A full copy of the report is available at www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/newsfeatures.asp The investigation, ordered by U.S. Central Command and conducted by U.S. Air Forces, Central Command, thoroughly examined the circumstances surrounding an incident involving a U.S....

Marine awarded Bronze StarSubmitted by: MCRD Parris IslandStory Identification Number: 2004359350Story by Lance Cpl. Brian Kester MCRD/ERR PARRIS ISLAND, S.C.(March 5, 2004) -- The recruits of Platoon 1033 have a hero in their midst, a man who has achieved what some can only dream of achieving -- a Bronze Star for actions on the battlefield. The heroic efforts displayed by this Marine in battle are a direct result of a humble man who was only "out there doing the job." Sergeant Edward R. Ferguson, drill instructor with Platoon 1033, Alpha Company, 1st RTBn., was presented with the Bronze Star for...

DANBURY — Being a cop in An Nasiriyah, Iraq, is a quite a bit different than being one in Danbury, Conn., according to Mike Georgoulis, who’s been both. For one thing, looting here isn’t anywhere near the problem it was when Georgoulis patrolled the streets of the southern Iraqi city as a Marine infantry sergeant earlier this year. And while some Danbury residents may be angry at a neighbor, they aren’t quite as likely to grab an automatic weapon and take their vengeance 15 years later. But in the early, hectic days after An Nasiriyah fell last spring, many Iraqis...

Oklahoma Marine Killed In Action In Iraq POSTED: 11:23 a.m. CST March 30, 2003 UPDATED: 10:34 a.m. CST March 31, 2003 TULSA, Okla. -- An Oklahoman who joined the Marine Corps out of high school is the state's first known casualty in the war with Iraq. The Defense Department confirmed Sunday that Lance Cpt. Thomas Allen Blair, 24, of Broken Arrow was killed in action. Blair's father, Al Blair of Gravette, Ark., told The Associated Press earlier in the day that he had been notified by the Marines on Saturday. The elder Blair declined further comment and said his...

<p>SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ - A father comforted his 3-year-old daughter in the hospital bed next to his 5-year-old son. A farmer said he was shot after being forced to dress like an Iraqi soldier to set up an ambush. A college professor was fleeing the battle in his city when he was wounded.</p>

Missing since March 23, Patrick is the nephew of my very good friend who teaches in an Episcopal college in BAngkok. Corporal Patrick Nixon is very proud to be a United States Marine. Detials: Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon Age: 21 Hometown: St. Louis, Mo. Unit: 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Circumstances: Missing after operations on March 23 in the vicinity of the outskirts of An Nasiriyah, Iraq

Signs of U.S. POWs found at hospital NBC: Bloodied female U.S. uniforms found at hospital March 28 -- U.S. Marines now control a hospital where they say they found bloodied U.S. uniforms. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports. NBC, MSNBC AND NEWS SERVICES AN NASIRIYAH, March 28 — U.S. Marines who secured a hospital that had been used by Iraqi forces later found several bloodied U.S. uniforms worn by female soldiers, NBC’s Kerry Sanders reported Friday from the hospital. The find suggested that Iraq had held several POWs at the hospital, which is in An Nasiriyah, a town where at least five...

TALLIL AIRFIELD, southern Iraq - Five days after a U.S. Army infantry division seized control of this long-dormant air base, the U.S. Air Force landed a C-130 transport plane Thursday on a runway freshly cleared of truck parts and concrete blocks. U.S.-led forces now can use Iraq's second-largest airport - smaller only than Saddam International Airport in Baghdad - to deliver materiel far up a supply line that stretches several hundred miles into Iraq from Kuwait. Pleased with their success, airmen posted a sign on a fence that said, "Bush International Airport." The airfield is about 5 miles from...

WAR DIARY By Kerry Sanders NBC NEWS AN NASIRIYAH, Iraq, March 27 — U.S. Marines were trying to figure out what caused a communications breakdown here Thursday that resulted in one Marine unit firing on another, wounding 31 Marines, two of them critically. Many of the Marines are becoming frustrated by their inability to fight an enemy who mingles with the surrounding civilian population. THE INCIDENT WAS a very hard experience for the young Marines of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines. They came under attack during the night from Iraqi forces and called in artillery fire from a nearby Marine...

Shep reported a few minutes ago. I did not catch the name of the town. He said more later.

Live feed from MSNBC: Reporter says "The hospital, if that's what it ever was, is now being destroyed so that it can't be used again against US military." he is talking about the hospital in AN Nasiriyah that was used as a staging area for Iraq military and snipers. 3000 biowarfare suits were also found there.

US forces sealed off 36 bunkers earmarked as potential sites of weapons of mass destruction at an Iraqi air base outside of An Nasiriyah, military police said.A United States Army battalion also siezed six vehicles loaded with weapons and ammunition at the base, killed 2 men and captured 11, officials said. Some of the bunkers which were to be opened later with media present, had been looted.

AN NASIRIYAH, Iraq - U.S.-led forces suffered their worst casualties of the war Sunday in two bloody battles near An Nasiriyah that raged for hours before Iraqi resistance was vanquished. Marines said they would move around the city rather than march through it on the road to Baghdad. The battles at An Nasiriyah drew some attention from the relentless advance of the U.S.-led forces, now less than 100 miles from Baghdad after four days of the ground war. Scores of American military personnel landed in Kurdish territory, as the move to open a northern front gathered strength. "I think we're...

Americans Defeat Iraqis at Southern City 7 minutes ago By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Writer CAMP AS SAYLIYAH - U.S. troops defeated Iraqi forces at the southern city of An Nasiriyah in the sharpest engagement of the war so far, U.S. Central Command said Sunday. It said about 10 soldiers were killed and 12 were reported missing after Iraqis ambushed an army supply convoy. Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks said the ambush came after allied forces met a unit outside of An Nasiriyah that showed signs it was prepared to surrender. The forces came under fire while preparing to accept what...