CAMP TAJI, Iraq (Army News Service, Jan. 2, 2008) - When the “Ironhorse” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division first arrived in Iraq nearly 15 months ago, the security situation was quite different from the one they now experience as they patrol the streets throughout their area of operations.
The brigade has seen a “phenomenal change” [...]

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The 1st Cavalry Division will hand over to the 4th Infantry Division responsibility for the security of the greater Baghdad area in a ceremony Wednesday.While the 1st Cav troops head home after a 15-month tour, the 4th ID command will be returning to Iraq roughly one year after their last tour in Baghdad. Maj. Gen. [...]

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 night mission to catch smugglers bringing goods into Iraq. Scenes include night vision of Soldiers preparing for the mission, driving to the objective, searching the location and interrogating the suspects.
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By Sgt.  1st Class Rick Emert
1st ACB, 1st Cav.  Div.  Public Affairs CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Set up in five trucks with heavy machine guns, enemy forces sat in wait for a helicopter to fly over their location west of Baghdad on the last day of May.
It appeared their plan was to strike a blow [...]

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Combat Outpost Salie in Narwan puts GIs in heart of Iraq city
NARWAN, Iraq - As sunset prayers played through a mosque tower’s loudspeakers across the street, soldiers worked on sprucing up their new home.
Combat Outpost Salie still needs a few finishing touches, but the 3rd Infantry Division began moving soldiers to its newest post Thursday.
A [...]

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER - Iraqi national policemen (NP) from 1st Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st National Police Division, Baghdad, recently spent seven days working with Scouts from Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment. On their final day together, the two groups conducted a search at a large brick factory, east of Nahrwan, Nov. 6.”The [...]

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BAGHDAD - U.S. Soldiers recently traveled deep into the Za’ab Triangle to meet up with their Iraqi counterparts and conduct various operations in the desert of Salahuddin province.Participating in building the new Combat Outpost (COP) on the outskirts of Sharqat were Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment (FAR), 4th [...]

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HUSSEIN HAMADI, Iraq (Army News Service, Nov. 7, 2007) - Coalition forces and Iraqi Army soldiers killed five al-Qaida-in-Iraq operatives, wounded three and detained seven during Operation Ultra Magnus in and around Hussein Hamadi, Oct. 28-30.
Soldiers from Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and Iraqi soldiers from 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th [...]

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MOSUL, Iraq - Less than 12 hours after insurgents set off a bomb that killed two of their soldiers, three members of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment paid a visit to Col. Muhammad, the commander of a local Iraqi army battalion.It was Halloween night, but Maj. Mark Reeves, Capt. Steve Teege and 1st Sgt. [...]

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