Articles 4.4.2005
A Marine Corps news story features a Marine from the 1/5 Marines in Ramadi. Pfc. David S. Johnson joined the Marines at the age of 26 immediately after his father died in 2003. His father had been a career Marine officer, and Pfc Johnson was inspired to follow his footsteps. Like his father, he is a mechanic.
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The Stars & Stripes has an article on a fundraiser in South Korea for scholarships for children of soldiers fallen in Iraq and Afganistan. Over 2,000 participants raised thousands of dollars while joining a 7-km "Walk for Fallen Heroes". After finishing the walk, many participants wrote personal notes to the families of fallen troops, including those of the 2nd BCT. The walk, organized by high school students, hoped to raise $50,000.
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The Chicago Tribune (reg req'd) has an article on the Iraqi Freedom Guard, a unit that has joined 2nd BCT units on operations. The article describes how the 100 member unit, which operated throughout the Anbar Province, marched into the town of Haqlaniyah without clearance and confronted young men in the town. While there, an IED exploded near their position, killing two of the guardsmen. The article explores why they entered the town and evaluates the reliability of the emerging Iraqi forces. Coincidentally, the unit is being merged into the regular Iraqi Army, and "the transition marks a change from early American moves creating a range of Iraqi military units to a more concentrated model: a standing army with wider responsibilities."
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Other articles in the region:
- Marined Corps news: Fire fighters who can take the heat head to Iraq
- Multi-National Force Iraq News release: U.S. Forces repel terrorist attack on Camp Abu Ghraib
- Christian Science Monitor: Iraq breaks one political logjam
- NY Times (reg req'd): Iraq Takes Step Toward New Government
- Washington Post: Opinions on Attire Not Quite Uniform [in Mosul]
- Knight Ridder: Iraq's long-stalled assembly selects Sunni as parliamentary speaker
- Newsweek: Terror Broker[how Bin Laden and Zarqawi made a deal]
- Boston Globe: Attacking Iraq, from a Nev. computer
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The Stars & Stripes has an article on a fundraiser in South Korea for scholarships for children of soldiers fallen in Iraq and Afganistan. Over 2,000 participants raised thousands of dollars while joining a 7-km "Walk for Fallen Heroes". After finishing the walk, many participants wrote personal notes to the families of fallen troops, including those of the 2nd BCT. The walk, organized by high school students, hoped to raise $50,000.
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The Chicago Tribune (reg req'd) has an article on the Iraqi Freedom Guard, a unit that has joined 2nd BCT units on operations. The article describes how the 100 member unit, which operated throughout the Anbar Province, marched into the town of Haqlaniyah without clearance and confronted young men in the town. While there, an IED exploded near their position, killing two of the guardsmen. The article explores why they entered the town and evaluates the reliability of the emerging Iraqi forces. Coincidentally, the unit is being merged into the regular Iraqi Army, and "the transition marks a change from early American moves creating a range of Iraqi military units to a more concentrated model: a standing army with wider responsibilities."
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Other articles in the region:
- Marined Corps news: Fire fighters who can take the heat head to Iraq
- Multi-National Force Iraq News release: U.S. Forces repel terrorist attack on Camp Abu Ghraib
- Christian Science Monitor: Iraq breaks one political logjam
- NY Times (reg req'd): Iraq Takes Step Toward New Government
- Washington Post: Opinions on Attire Not Quite Uniform [in Mosul]
- Knight Ridder: Iraq's long-stalled assembly selects Sunni as parliamentary speaker
- Newsweek: Terror Broker[how Bin Laden and Zarqawi made a deal]
- Boston Globe: Attacking Iraq, from a Nev. computer
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