May 14, 2008 – 6:49 pm
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
VILSECK, Germany – A 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment soldier who deserted while on midtour leave from Iraq will spend the next seven months in confinement.
At a court-martial Tuesday in Vilseck, Pfc. Robert J. Weis pleaded guilty to desertion and missing movement.
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May 8, 2008 – 10:25 am
Multi-National Division – Baghdad
Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad soldiers kept the pressure on rogue criminal elements in the greater Baghdad area May 7-8, engaging IED emplacers and armed individuals and discovering weapons caches.
May 7, 2008 – 4:51 pm
Spc. Aaron Rosencrans
MND-B PAO
CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq — U.S. service members and Iraqis broke ground May 5 for the building of the first locally-owned and operated gas station on Camp Liberty.
The new business was completely funded by Iraqis and was another step toward providing more jobs for Iraqis to help stimulate the local economy.
“This is a [...]
May 3, 2008 – 6:45 pm
Soldiers Sgt. David Stine, from Iola, Ill.; Spc. Alfred Figueroa, a native of San Antonio; Spc. Jared Hicks, of Three Rivers, Mich.; and Sgt. Mac Pora, from Seattle, play a game of Spades during some down time at Busmaster Patrol Base in the Tharwa 1 neighborhood of southern portion of the Sadr City district of [...]
May 3, 2008 – 10:21 am
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers killed six criminals during night operations in Baghdad May 2-3.
Soldiers from 107th Engineers Battalion, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, were attacked with an improvised explosive device at approximately 9 p.m. in northeastern Baghdad. As they secured their vehicles, the soldiers were attacked by criminals using [...]
May 2, 2008 – 6:21 pm
Spc. Brent Parimore, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., examines an Iraqi Army soldier after a vehicle accident April 30 at an IA checkpoint in Nassir Wa Salam, northwest of Baghdad. Parimore is a medic with 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment “Gimlets,” 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
U.S. Army photos by Spc Dustin Weidman, [...]
May 2, 2008 – 10:16 am
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
Air weapons teams and Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers destroyed criminal strongholds and killed criminals in separate engagements in Sadr City May 1.
At approximately 11:30 a.m., soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division were attacked by criminals using small-arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades and [...]
May 1, 2008 – 7:41 pm
Lt. Col. Mario Diaz, a native of Sierra Madre, Calif., who serves as the commander of the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment “Gimlets,” 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, shakes hands with Sheik Larens in front of the 19 detainees who were released in Ibrahim Bin Ali, northwest of Baghdad, April 25.
U.S. Army [...]
