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Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, and Iraqi troops with 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division conducted a dismounted patrol on the streets of Islah Zerla, recently. Their focus was to develop relations with Iraqis citizens, said Sgt. 1st Class David Dodson, platoon sergeant, 172nd Stryker Brigade. With the Iraqis patrolling along side them, it lets the people know their government and military care, and are taking steps toward freeing Iraq, he said. Since September, the Stryker Brigade has patrolled, searches in Islah Zerla, said Sgt. Justin Shaffer, a 172nd team leader. Their presence in the area gives them...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2006 – U.S. and Iraqi troops have stepped up their patrols in Iraq's Baghdad and Babil provinces, and thanks to assistance from ordinary Iraqis, they've found and defused numerous roadside bombs, mine fields, and weapons caches, U.S. military officials in Iraq reported. The stepped-up patrols are designed to provide a safe environment for ordinary Iraqis, officials said. Iraq has been wracked with demonstrations and violence because of the recent terrorist bombing of the Askariya shrine in Samarra. The Iraqi government responded to this violence by imposing a temporary evening curfew, followed by a daytime curfew, in...

FORT POLK, La. (Army News Service, Feb. 1, 2006) -- "It really is Combat Logistics Patrols for Dummies," said Capt. Justin Redfern, joking about a handbook that Soldiers in his battalion put together in Iraq. Redfern and other Soldiers of Fort Polk's 142nd Corps Support Battalion have made a serious effort to distill their experiences running CLPs in Iraq into an easily accessible handbook. The book, the brainchild of battalion commander Lt. Col. Ronald Green, consists of two volumes. "Volume One can be picked up by any unit coming into theater to learn how to run a CLP," said Capt....

HIT, Iraq (Jan. 6, 2006) -- Pushing out from their combat outposts, Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 1st Bn., 2nd Marine Regiment, recently began conducting foot and motorized patrols in the city of Hit, Iraq. During these patrols, Marines executed counter mortar and improvised explosive device sweeps on desert roads and in local neighborhoods to keep coalition forces and Iraqi citizens safe from insurgent attacks. The patrols are part of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)’s ongoing counterinsurgency efforts in the Al Anbar province. “We are conducting these patrols to make our presence known to both the locals...

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (Nov. 10, 2005) -- Staff Sgt. Jason P. Bennett and his fellow Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment frequently conduct patrols of the villages in their area of operations. During these patrols, the Marines and the 30-year-old provisional platoon commander for 4th Platoon, Company G, locate the local leaders at each village and discuss the concerns and needs of their community. Bennett and his Marines completed a number of these operations from Sept. 6 through the 8. “We come to the small areas a lot to see what we can provide for the locals,” said the...

The 278th Regimental Combat Team will redeploy from Iraq; the Iraqi Army's 5th Division will assume a greater role in Diyala Province. By Multinational Force-Iraq TIKRIT, Iraq, Oct. 27, 2005 — More than 3,000 U.S. soldiers from Task Force Liberty and the 278th Regimental Combat Team will conclude their mission in eastern Diyala Province with a departure ceremony on Forward Operating Base Caldwell on Oct. 29. The 1st Brigade of the Iraqi Army's 5th Division in Diyala, because of their proven operational capabilities, will take on a greater security role in the military operations in the sector during the ceremony....

HADITHA DAM, Iraq (Oct. 18, 2005) -- The use of dogs as guardians of military camps to protect against surprise attacks dates back to ancient Egypt. Today, dogs are not only guarding bases but also patrolling with Marines of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment in Iraq. Sergeant James J. Wasmer, a Chatham, Mass., native, and his search dog, Euro, are one K-9 team busy doing weapons caches sweeps and entry control point searches to keep citizens of Iraq and Marines safe. Recently the team conducted a sweep with the battalion’s Company L to look for weapons caches and other explosives...

HIT, Iraq (Sept. 21, 2005) -- When Sgt. Keith M. Wagner, a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, K Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, learned he would be deploying to Iraq last year, he enrolled in the Survival Level Arabic Course to communicate with the people. He became so interested in the language and the people that he began studying independently in his spare time and after classes with his teacher who is from Baghdad. A year later, as he walks the streets of Hit, one would think he was a linguist because of his proficiency in the language. But...

IT HAS long been the subject of speculation among the police and criminologists: what would happen if all the officers who now spend so much of their time taking statements, profiling criminals and moving pieces of paper around were suddenly put on the streets? Crime figures released by London's Metropolitan Police this week provide the best answer yet. Following the bombings of July 7th and 21st, thousands of police officers materialised on London's pavements, many of them sporting brightly coloured jackets. Drawn from all over the city, they were assigned to guard potential targets such as railway stations. The police...

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 Border-watch squabble Civilian patrols mushrooming, along with the infighting By Leslie Berestein UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER July 6, 2005 Three months after hundreds of people descended on southern Arizona to stage civilian border patrols as part of the Minuteman Project, the anti-illegal-immigration movement has snowballed, with offshoot groups forming along the southern border and in other states. JOHN GIBBINS / Union-Tribune Chris Simcox (with glasses around neck) and Jim Gilchrist (in white shirt) worked together on the Minuteman Project in southern Arizona in April. But as the movement has grown, along with the media attention surrounding it,...

KARMAH, Iraq — Lance Cpl. Erin Libby doesn’t want to be treated the same as her male Marine Corps counterparts. But she does want to be treated as an equal — even in combat. In a way, she got her chance last weekend when Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment led a raid into the city of Karmah in search of high-value targets and hidden weapons. “We’re out here, and we’re rocking on the front line,” said Libby, a 21-year-old from Niceville, Fla., who pinned on the rank of lance corporal during a break in the mission. In...

Here’s the unmitigated gall: From the country that published a "how to" manual so Mexican illegals could sneak safely into America, Mexican Foreign Minister Senor Derbez' intention is torestrict movements of US citizens within America so as to allow the unrestricted illegal movements of non-US citizens within America.And if he’s going through California, that’s the notorious 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. You know, the one that forbade the use of the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Senor Derbez threatened to take the US to the International Criminal Court when Proposition 200 was first passed - I guess...

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<p>BAGHDAD - The night patrol set out on foot. Sandaled shopkeepers looked out at the soldiers from pools of light, faces peered over the rooftops, and children pressed their bodies close, rubbing their fingers together in the universal symbol for money.</p>

An IDF Merkava tank accidently turned over near the Israeli-Lebanese border this evening lightly injuring 3 troops, a military source told the Jerusalem Post. Two of the soldiers have been evacuated from the Mt. Dov area to Zeev Hospital in Sfat, while an IDF rescue team is presently attemping to enter the tank and remove a third soldier. The tank was on a routine patrol of the border when the incident occured.

NOGALES, Ariz. - Some Mexican nationals say they are suspicious of a new U.S. security plan that will eventually track all foreign visitors as they enter and leave the United States. The Department of Homeland Security's National Security Entry-Exit Registration System will be implemented by next year at the 50 largest land ports of entry in the United States, including Nogales, Ariz., and Douglas. Its ultimate goal is to allow the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service to track - through a registration system - the arrival and departure of every foreign visitor. Once implemented, the system will allow the government...

British forces have seized 250 rocket-propelled grenade launchers and other weapons believed to have been stored for suicide bombers in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, according to reports. And along the Iraq-Iran border, British forces searched the lawless region amid reports of chemical weapons caches and underground chambers where prisoners from the 1991 Gulf War were being held. Meanwhile, British officers announced that joint police patrols - British and Iraqi - would be installed within a few days to monitor Basra. Snipers were installed on a hospital roof, while armoured tanks are on guard at several hospitals to protect them from...

US AND British air patrols over southern Iraq have almost trebled as part of a deliberate attempt by commanders to confuse Iraqi defenders about when a war has begun. The prospects of attack looked closer than ever as defence officials for the United States admitted an estimated 500 sorties a day were being flown in the Iraqi no-fly zones. The swarm of aircraft flying irregular patterns over possible invasion routes will mask the moment when a military operation begins in earnest, a US official said yesterday. In another sign war could be launched at any time, US planes dropped hundreds...

Navy steps up al-Qa'eda anti-terror patrols By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent (Filed: 26/11/2002) The Royal Navy is stepping up its patrols off the coast of Britain and in the Mediterranean to protect shipping against attacks by al-Qa'eda terrorists, the First Sea Lord said yesterday. Adml Sir Alan West said he wanted to see more heavy machineguns put on board vessels to allow the Navy to defend shipping against attacks from small boats packed with explosives. The stepping up of patrols follows the broadcasting by al-Jazeera, the Arab television network, of a tape of Osama bin Laden naming Britain as among...

Fighter Patrols Resume over NY, Washington -Sources Fri Sep 6,11:34 PM ET By Charles Aldinger WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the anniversary approaching of the Sept. 11 attacks on America, the U.S. military has resumed 24-hour air patrols by fighter jets over Washington and New York, U.S. officials said on Friday. The officials, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters that the patrols -- designed to prevent hijack attacks like the ones that destroyed New York's World Trade Center and heavily damaged the Pentagon -- resumed on Thursday. "With members of Congress flying to New York, and the anniversary approaching,...