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"Company of Heroes" is on FOX now about Falluhjah.

July 5th, 2005 in Iraq... The weather over the past couple of days has been horrible. The dust has been so thick, you can barely see 100 feet in front of you. When you go anywhere, whether it be to work or the the chow hall, you are covered with a fine layer of sand and have grit in your mouth. It wouldn't be so bad if it were not for the suffocating heat, as being outside for any length of time cause your uniform to wilt and your body to be soaked with sweat. Add the two of these...

Hello again...& Welcome to ATRW for Tues., Apr. 19!As the week continues....John Bolton's name is set to be sent to the Senate Floor for confirmation as UN Ambassador...Longtime Republican Cong. from Illinois, Henry Hyde announced his retirement at term's end.For the first time in 4 weeks, gasoline prices at the pump have dropped...a few cents.An Iraqi Maj. General and his son were assassinated late Monday returning to Baghdad from Madain.And the Cardinals met for the first day of their deliberations with no new Pope selected.We Will Not Tire, We Will Not Falter, and We Will not Fail!

It begins . . . no mercy! I think the Battle of Fallujah has started. Note: if this is the case, it is as I type exactly 18 minutes since the polls closed in Hawaii and the West Coast. My prediction was accurate. I'll continue looking for signs that the fight has begun. Until then, I'd like to address the concerns of an alert reader,who posted in the comments section his belief that if Allawi is calling the shots, he may not aim for a decisive battle, but may instead seek to negotiate with the insurgents, as he did with...

Sunday, October 17, 2004 Army investigating why 19 failed to report for fueling convoy in Iraq By Juliana Gittler, Stars and StripesEuropean edition, Sunday, October 17, 2004 LSA ANACONDA, Iraq — Army investigators are trying to determine why 19 soldiers from a fuel platoon failed to appear for a convoy mission Wednesday at Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq.According to an Army report, some members of the 343rd Quartermaster Company refused to participate in the morning convoy. Relatives of the soldiers say they refused the mission because of safety concerns.The company, a South Carolina-based reserve unit with members from several...

Why I Serve: Injured Soldier Vows to Return to Full Duty By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 13, 2004 — "As long as you have heart, there's nothing to stop you," said Army Sgt. Joshua Forbess, one of just five soldiers who survived a fiery Black Hawk helicopter collision over Mosul, Iraq, last November. Army Sgt. Joshua Forbess, seriously injured in a fiery Black Hawk collision over Mosul, Iraq, last November, vows to do everything in his power return to full duty, even if it means a return to Iraq. AFPS photo(Click photo for...

Iraqi-Americans Describe Life in Iraq By U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brent A. Hunt / Fort Hood, Texas FORT HOOD, Texas — In an initiative started by the Department of Defense, a group of Iraqi-Americans are touring military installations to provide military members and their families a first-hand account of how life in Iraq is changing. During six one-hour sessions, Tamara Quinn and Pakeza Alexander provided a full house crowd at the Phantom Warrior Center with an uplifting account of how life has changed in Iraq since the removal of the Saddam Hussein regime. “I never thought in my lifetime...

Soldiers Deliver the Mail in Eastern Baghdad By Spc. Erik LeDrew, 122nd Mobile Public Affairs DetachmentCAMP RUSTAMIYAH, Baghdad, Iraq -- Mail. Few things mean more to the deployed Soldier than that little snippet...that little taste of home; from a place continents and oceans away, but always close to their heart. The 19 Soldiers of the 641st Adjutant General Postal Company operating out of Camp Rustamiyah, formerly known as Camp Cuervo, are the guys responsible for trafficking mail to and from the troopers of the 1st Cavalry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, operating in eastern Baghdad. "We service all of...

Gentle leader, rugby brute mournedSubmitted by: MCB Camp PendletonStory Identification #: 2004101165424Story by - Brian La May MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Sept. 30, 2004) -- Maj. Kevin Shea was a gentle yet commanding leader and a shining star of higher learning, according to mourners who attended his memorial here Friday and others who knew him down through the years. He also was a champion of parenting and a wrecking ball on the rugby pitch, they said. About 250 family members, friends and co-workers turned out for Shea's send-off - one of at least three memorials for him...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 September 28, 2004Release Number: 04-09-85 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MNF-I CONDUCT PRECISION STRIKE ON ZARQAWI SITE BAGHDAD, Iraq -- On September 28, 2004 at 4:04 a.m., Baghdad time, Multi-National Force-Iraq conducted a precision strike on a confirmed Abu Musab Al Zarqawi terrorist site in southern Fallujah. Several credible intelligence sources confirmed that members of the terrorist group were operating at the site at the time of the strike. Specifically identified at the location were rising AMZ associates. Recent strikes against the...

Two Americans Die in Iraq By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2004 -- Two Americans were killed in Iraq today, one day after Secretary of State Colin Powell said the insurrection in the country "is getting worse." Two 1st Infantry Division soldiers died in two separate incidents near Balad, officials said. The first was the result of a traffic accident. A patrol vehicle swerved to miss a truck. It overturned, and two soldiers were injured. They were evacuated, and one died later. The second soldier was killed when anti-Iraqi forces attacked his patrol as it was...

U.S., Coalition Casualties Reported, Weapons Caches Found American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2004 – Officials announced Sept. 22 that three U.S. soldiers had been killed and 14 others injured as a result of eight incidents on Sept. 20 where Afghan National Army and coalition forces had engaged anti- coalition militia. "We report the death of these U.S. soldiers, who died courageously, with deep sadness, and we offer our most heartfelt condolences and prayers to their families and loved ones," said Combined Forces Command Afghanistan spokesman Maj. Scott Nelson at a press conference. He noted that progress is...

3/3 Marines learn to install armor kits on MTVsSubmitted by: MCLB AlbanyStory Identification #: 200491395657Story by Mr. Colie Young MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE ALBANY, Ga  (Sept. 9, 2004) -- Six Marines attached to Headquarters Company, Motor Transportation, Third Marine Regiment, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, came here for on-hands protective armor kit installation training before a potential deployment the week of Aug. 31. Once Maintenance Center Albany began producing armor kits for Marine Corps vehicles in Afghanistan and abroad, it became important for Marines in-country to learn how to install the kits. To help their fellow Marines, MCA has often...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 September 12, 2004Release Number: 04-09-33 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HERAT INCIDENT Kabul, Afghanistan – At about 8 p.m. Saturday in Herat a coalition vehicle broke down stranding two U.S. soldiers. A crowd throwing rocks approached the U.S. soldiers. An ANA element consisting of approximately 25 soldiers were passing by and stopped to help the U.S. soldiers as they fixed their vehicle. The ANA took control of the situation and one ANA soldier reportedly fired 40-50 warning shots. No one died in...

RELEASE NUMBER: 040819-02DATE POSTED: AUGUST 19, 2004Civil affairs teams help build relations with AfghansBy Sgt. Jennifer S. Emmons17th Public Affairs Detachment FORWARD OPERATING SITE CARLSON, Afghanistan (USASOC News Service, Aug. 19, 2004) — Building relationships with the local population is essential to the success of missions in southeastern Afghanistan. Soldiers of the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) and the 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne) convoyed north of Forward Operating Site Carlson Afghanistan to a small village.  It was the first time they had gone so far from the in base camp. “We pushed out a little bit north of...

Vice Chairman Gen. Peter Pace decorates 1st Marine Division wounded in Iraq   Submitted by:   1st Marine Division Story by:   Sgt. Jose E. Guillen    CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (Aug. 5, 2004) -- The second-highest ranking officer in the Department of Defense, Gen. Peter Pace, decorated seven Marines wounded in battle. The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff pinned Purple Heart medals on the combat-wounded Marines during a visit to Camp Fallujah Aug. 5. The Marines, all from 1st Marine Division's Regimental Combat Team 1, were recovering from a variety of undisclosed wounds at a medical facility run...

Today i was at the mall looking for the new lynyrd skynyrd box set..i had just watched bush on tv this morning..so the coming election was fresh on my mind when i walked in i looked and saw my buddy issac,i was relieved that he had made it back from iraq safely we talked and he asked me if id seen any of our old friends from high school,i told him i hadnt recently, we then began talking about him i tried keeping questions to a minimum realizing he was home from war. we talked about what he did over...

Return of Sovereignty Means 'Hopeful Day' for Iraq By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 28, 2004 – The dedication and sacrifice of the U.S. military "has brought us to this hopeful day" of post-Saddam Hussein Iraq becoming a sovereign nation, President Bush said today during a short speech in Istanbul, Turkey, where he is attending the NATO Summit. Sovereignty transferred to the interim Iraqi government from the Coalition Provisional Authority, which has run the country for 14 months, two days ahead of schedule in a brief ceremony today. Bush said this is a day "of great hope...

Occupation Ends; Iraqis Take Charge of Country's Fate By John D. BanusiewiczAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 28, 2004 – Sovereignty in Iraq passed from the Coalition Provisional Authority to the interim Iraqi government this morning, two days ahead of schedule. In a 10-minute ceremony inside the heavily fortified "Green Zone" where coalition headquarters is located in Baghdad, CPA administrator Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III read a letter he had signed which dissolved the CPA. "As recognized in U.N. Security Council Resolution 1546, the Coalition Provisional Authority will cease to exist on June 28, at which point the occupation...