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Marne Focus - 17 January 2008
Thursday, 17 January 2008
Soldiers brave sniper fire to help Iraqi girls; MLK Day: ‘Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not a Day Off!’; 3rd Inf. Div. receives major award for safety; Soldiers strike back at enemy, deftly avoid IED; Rakkasans treat more than 650 patients; Georgians battle blaze, receive recognition
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Soldiers brave sniper fire to help Iraqi girls
FOB HAMMER – The National Policeman ran towards the Soldiers as they approached the pump station outside Kassipa, near Salman Pak, Dec. 21. Bent over with weapon clutched tightly, the policeman appeared worried.
MLK Day: ‘Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not a Day Off!’
This year, the nation celebrates Martin Luther King Day Jan. 21, 2008 – the third Monday in January, close to his birthday. Across the battlefield, units are commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life differently. What is important is that we honor the spirit of Dr. King, who spent his life working tirelessly for equal rights.
3rd Inf. Div. receives major award for safety
Congratulations on the selection of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) as the recipient of the Director of Army Safety Composite Risk Management Award. 3ID earned this award by demonstrating exemplary leadership and employing the tenants of Composite Risk Management to reduce the command’s accident fatality rate.
Soldiers strike back at enemy, deftly avoid IED
FOB KALSU – Overnight rainfall and high winds boded ominously for the morning’s mission, but as the sun rose, clear skies greeted Soldiers of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. Soldiers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, conducted Operation Mauser Jan. 6 to re-familiarize themselves with an area just two kilometers southwest of Patrol Base Hawkes.
Also in this edition of the Marne Focus:
Rakkasans treat more than 650 patients
Georgians battle blaze, receive recognition
Utilities committee formed by Sheiks, skilled workers, CF in cooperation with GoI
Joint Forces collaborate to clear IEDs, set up checkpoints
Letting No Obstacle Stand in the Way
Critical supplies sling-loaded to new Patrol Base
Living the Spider legacy
3rd CAB Soldier named ATC Manager of the Year
WWII New Year’s in Marne Division
CF, IA work together, detain suspected AQI
Crew chief battles cancer, is now deployed
