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Iraqi craftsmen linked with employers

TIKRIT – To assist skilled Iraqis in finding employment, the Iraqi-Based Industrial Zone here at Contingency Operating Base Speicher welcomed local residents aboard Saturday for a job fair.

Iraqi Air Force Academy reopens doors

TIKRIT – Following more than a year of preparation, Iraqi cadets will soon begin training here on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, the first to attend the recently-reopened Iraqi Air Force Academy since it closed in 2003.

Troops bring gifts to hospitalized kids

BAGHDAD – Ten Iraq Security Assistance Mission personnel delivered bags of comfort items to 200 hospitalized kids at the Children’s Central Teaching Hospital here Sunday.

Land allocated for displaced persons

COS MAREZ – The Task Force Marne Deputy Commanding General for Support, Brig. Gen. Tom Vandal, has made several visits to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Kurdistan, meeting with Iraqi government officials to assist the families who reside there.

Sun Block

Iraqi Air Force airmen walk past a C-130 Hercules on New Al Muthanna Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 2. Photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston.

With Honor

The audience rises following the USF-I change of command ceremony at Al Faw palace in Baghdad, Sept. 1. DoD photo.

New Dawn

Operation New Dawn began here Sept. 1, 2010. Iraqis are now in the lead while U.S. troops advise and assist. U.S. Army photo (Iraq).

Grand Entrance

Camp Victory’s Al Faw Palace entrance decorated for the USF-I change of command, Sept. 1. Photo by Lee Craker, USF-I PAO.

Flag Bearer

An Iraqi Army Soldier holds ceremonial flags prior to the USF-I change of command, Sept. 1. Photo by Lee Craker, USF-I PAO.

Touch Down

U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden is greeted by Gen. Ray Odierno and Ambassador James Jeffrey at Sather Air Force Base, Aug 30.

Helo Trio

Helicopters carry Vice President Joe Biden, Gen. Ray Odierno and Ambassador James Jeffrey from Sather Air Force Base, Aug 30.

Heavy Lifting

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jose Gonzalez prepares a C-17 Globemaster III for an airdrop in Southwest Asia, Aug. 13, 2010. USAF photo.

Homeward Bound

Capt. Travis Boltjes, S.D. Air National Guard, mans his F-16 as his unit prepares to exit Iraq, Aug. 22, 2010. Photo by Tech. Sgt. C. Cook.

Stryke Out

U.S. Army Stryker vehicles exit Iraq via convoy from Baghdad to Kuwait, Aug. 18, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Deangelo Wells.

Light Brigade

Soldiers load MRAPs for delivery to Kuwait then elsewhere as part of the drawdown, Aug. 15, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. C. Nelson.

About Face

The 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, the final combat brigade to leave Iraq, departs Aug. 16, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. K. Johnson.

Press Releases:

ISF net 2 AQI criminal associates in northern Iraq

ISF kill JAM member, arrest criminal associate

UPDATED Media Advisory: Sept. 1 USF-I Change of Command Ceremony, Press Conference media information

Maj. Gen. Stephen Lanza, USF-I spokesman, Aug. 25

Gen. Ray Odierno Pentagon News Briefing, July 21

Pentagon DoD News Briefing with Lt. Gen. Barbero, June 18

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Troops adjust to ‘Advise and Assist’ mission

Army Staff Sgt. Nick Morales reports from Basrah on remaining troops conducting their mission of advising and assisting the Iraqi Security Forces as Operation New Dawn begins. Army Col. Pete Jones, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, and Army Lt. Col. Michael Jaskowiec, Iraqi Security Forces cell director, 1st Infantry Division, are interviewed.