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Dog Face Daily - 11 March 2008


Air strike destroys torture house; Spartans’ latest patrol base under construction; Motivated maintenance Soldiers primed for crew chief positions

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Air strike destroys torture house

Airman 1st Class Daniel String puts his radio and gear on after a B-1B Lancer successfully dropped six 500 pound GBU-38 bombs onto an al-Qaeda in Iraq torture house and prison in northern Zambraniyah, Iraq, March 10.

Spartans’ latest patrol base under construction 

FOB KALSU – Construction of Patrol Base Vanderhorn began in early March near Sayifiyah, a region formerly controlled by insurgents.

Motivated maintenance Soldiers primed for crew chief positions

CAMP STRIKER – When crew chiefs are promoted, they traditionally move from flight companies to maintenance companies. In order to fill positions left vacant, junior enlisted Soldiers from maintenance companies are brought up to line companies and trained to become crew chiefs.