Hang loose: Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Moore, the installation Rappel Master assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Garrison Command, watches as a Soldier rappels down the tower during an Air Assault Course “pre-trainer.” For more on this story, see Page 3B. Photo by Sgt. Brandon Little, 32nd AAMDC Public Affairs.

 

 

 

HHD comes home after training iraqi police

Stephen Baack

Monitor Editor


More than a hundred Soldiers of 93rd Military Police Battalion’s Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment reunited with their loved ones Saturday night after completing a yearlong deployment to Iraq.


Despite the families seeing their Soldiers exit the plane, it wasn’t until after waiting inside the Departure/Arrival Airfield Control Group facility at Biggs Army Airfield that they had the opportunity to finally see up close and embrace their loved ones. ...

 

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  • Bliss stars visit Iraq

    SOUTHWEST ASIA – More than eight months and 7,568 miles later, the Soldiers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, hosted Fort Bliss’ commanding general and the installation’s command sergeant major on a recent visit to southern Iraq. …

  • 1st BCT Soldiers anticipate much-needed upgrades

    FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARRIOR, KIRKUK, Iraq – Joint Service Station McHenry, Iraq, has few of the comforts that a larger base would, but the Soldiers of 1st Brigade Combat Team’s 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, are hard at work to change that. …

  • Mending of broken windows just one of many jobs for 1st BCT

    FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARRIOR, KIRKUK, Iraq – With broken windows, a leaky ceiling and crumbling walls, it’s difficult to imagine that such a building is a school that accommodates more than 150 high school-level Iraqi girls who currently study there. …

  • Upcoming WBAMC, VA Health Care Clinic parking changes

    The construction of a 493-space, three-level parking garage with an elevator will be painstaking initially, but will reap benefits after its completion within the year. …

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