Posted on 08/27/2006 4:19:47 PM PDT by Gucho
By Spc. George Welcome - 2nd BCT PAO, 101st Abn. Div.
Aug 27, 2006
LUTIFIYAH, Iraq – In the early morning of Aug. 16, soldiers of 1st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, along with the Soldiers of Military Transition Team 1, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, conducted “Operation Babylon” just outside Lutifiyah.
The combined operation successfully netted six suspected terrorists in the area and was one of the first in which the Iraqi soldiers took a leading role since being handed responsibility of the Lutifiyah area June 15.
The success of the mission is not only further proof that the Iraqi army is maturing in its role as defender of Iraq, but also that the hard work and training of MiTT 1 has not been in vain.
“The purpose of the mission was to seize brigade and battalion targets and deny (terrorists) safe haven in the area,” said 1st Lt. David Cochrane of MiTT 1 and commander of American ground forces during Operation Babylon. “What prompted the raid was intel we’d gotten over the past few months indicating a large group of individuals belonging to a terrorist cell was in the area.”
Another reason for the mission was to allow the Iraqi troops to become more confident through being out front in a combined effort.
“When we first got here, we did more of these types of missions,” said Cochrane of the Iraqi and American missions. “Since we handed over the sector, they have kind of tapered off. We let them build the intel, build the mission and go do it own their own,” he said.
MITT 1 Soldiers said the IA soldiers are doing well in their new roles.
“With the IA taking the lead, they really have been doing a good job,” said Staff Sgt. Eric Jones, MiTT 1, who normally serves as a squad leader in Company A, 1st Battalion, 502nd Inf. Regt. “Their initiative is there. Their officers have been doing a good job explaining task and purpose to their Soldiers. We are here more in an advisory role to help them out in situations that they get stuck in.”
The teamwork between the MiTT Soldiers and the IA has been key in the strengthening of the IA.
“Our relationship with them has been excellent,” Cochrane said of the relationship between the U.S. troops and Iraqis. “Especially when Col. Ali was here. We built a good rapport with them; they’d invite us over for dinner. Unfortunately, a lot of those officers left when Col. Ali transferred up to brigade. We’ve had to start over from scratch since most of the original officers are gone.”
There has been more continuity in the relationship between the noncommissioned officers and soldiers of the Iraqi and American forces as their respective groups have largely remained the same.
“The NCOs here have spent countless hours training the Iraqi army from basic soldier skills to what we’re doing now – leading soldiers on missions. The IA soldiers and NCOs have come a long way since we started, and that has a lot to do with the rapport we have built from the beginning,” said Jones.
One of the challenges facing the IA soldiers and the Lutifiyah area is the lack of an Iraqi police force. Without the agency generally charged with maintaining law and order, the problems of fighting crime and the insurgents falls squarely on the IA.
Another, more internal, problem facing the IA is a lack of a solid NCO Corps.
“The structure of the Iraqi army does not emulate the American structure,” said Sgt. 1st Class John Greis, MiTT 1, who also serves as a platoon sergeant with Co. A, 1-502 Inf. Regt. “What we know as an NCO Corps, they do not have in their army. Their NCOs don’t get paid any extra money for added responsibility, and they might not even have the same soldiers from day to day.”
While it hasn’t been easy for the Soldiers of MiTT 1 to train their Iraqi counterparts, each day they are able to see the fruits of their labor.
“They’re coming slowly but surely,” said Greis. “From June until now, they have been in charge of about half of the missions. You train on a task today, and tomorrow you are out in combat doing it. It’s not like you are just training, you are out there with them the very next day facing IEDs and everything else that comes with war.”
The Soldiers of MiTT 1 have done nothing short of preparing the IA soldiers to defend their area, which will be the determining factor in how long Americans have a presence in Iraq.
“The guys I have had the pleasure of working with for the last year on the MiTT are the best this battalion has to offer,” said Greis. “They’ve done a hell of a job under extreme circumstances. It’s not easy to go out on patrol, it’s even harder to go out with people you don’t know and you can’t speak their language. It’s a testament to their ability.”
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LUTIFIYAH, Iraq – Lt. Saf, of the 1st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, uses a sand table to explain a battle plan to his soldiers. The 4th Bde., 6th IAD, along with MiTT 1, based in Lutifiyah, conducted "Operation Babylon" Aug. 16. The operation was performed to net suspected terrorists in the Lutifiyah area. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. George Welcome, 2nd BCT PAO, 101st Abn. Div.)
LUTIFIYAH, Iraq – An Iraqi soldier checks the contents of a small box during the search of a home on the morning of Aug. 16. The search was being conducted as part of Operation Babylon, in which suspected terrorists in the Lutifiyah area were targeted by Iraqi and American forces. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. George Welcome, 2nd BCT PAO, 101st Abn. Div.)
By Sgt. 1st Class Michael Brock - 4th BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.
Aug 27, 2006
FOB RUSTAMIYAH, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers freed a local national being held against his will Thursday in western Baghdad’s Salman Pak neighborhood.
Soldiers from Troop B, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, received a tip that there was illegal activity going on at the Salman Pak gas station.
After cordoning off and searching the gas station, Soldiers found an Iraqi civilian in an outbuilding that was secured from the outside. The individual was freed and taken to a secure location, where he provided the names for 21 terrorists in the Salman Pak area. The names were then provided to the 4th Brigade, 1st National Police Division.
The incident is currently under investigation by Iraqi authorities.
By Multi-National Corps – Iraq, Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
Aug 27, 2006
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – A patrol from 2nd Tank Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division’s Military Transition Team, captured a suspected terrorist after their patrol struck a roadside bomb north of Baghdad at approximately 11:15 a.m. Wednesday.
The 2nd Bde, 9th IAD advisors requested attack aviation to provide aerial reconnaissance, and the attack helicopter support from the Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, identified a possible triggerman’s hide site.
The patrol searched the area and seized a suspected terrorist.
Meanwhile, a recovery team arrived to haul the damaged vehicle back to Camp Taji. The patrol returned to Camp Taji and brought the detainee for further questioning.
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By Franklin Fisher - Stars and Stripes Pacific edition
Monday, August 28, 2006
OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — The U.S. Air Force may have hit on a way to enable its South Korea-based fighter pilots to train with live air-to-air missiles, which they’ve been unable to do while stationed in South Korea.
U.S. 7th Air Force at Osan Air Base, which has two fighter wings on the peninsula, is weighing adoption of a training method in which pilots fire air-to-air missiles over the ocean at illumination flares that descend by parachute, officials said.
Normally, Air Force pilots travel to Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Fla., for live-fire missile practice in a training program called Combat Archer.
But because South Korea-based pilots have the mission of being “ready to fight tonight” should war erupt on the peninsula, the Air Force doesn’t send them to Florida for missile training. Overall budget constraints also are an obstacle, officials said.
So pilots from the Air Force’s four South Korea-based fighter squadrons tested an “expedient” training method using parachute flares as targets earlier this month over the sea about 80 miles off coastal Kunsan Air Base.
The missiles, heat-seeking AIM-9 Sidewinders, were drawn from old but usable weapons stocks that otherwise probably would be shipped back to the United States for disposal because their shelf life almost has run out, said Air Force Capt. James P. Lage, 8th Fighter Wing spokesman.
The targets were illumination flares usually used to light up a battlefield or other surface. A-10 Thunderbolt II close-support aircraft from Osan Air Base dropped the flares.
As a flare would descend, a fighter pilot would maneuver into position to attack it as if it were a hostile fighter plane, then would launch a Sidewinder.
Sixteen pilots flying either an F-16 or A-10 got to fire a missile.
“For starters, it’s confidence in your weapons system,” said Air Force Lt. Col. Dan Tippett, operations officer with the 80th Fighter Squadron at Kunsan. Tippett developed the idea with Maj. Dave Mccune, 7th Air Force weapons officer at Osan Air Base.
“If I know I can engage a target … that the missile’s going off the rail every time, it’s going to hit the target every time, there’s the confidence to allow you to be a … more confident, lethal, fighter pilot-airplane combination,” Tippett said.
The training also tests the mechanical functioning of the aircraft’s missile-launch gear and of the missiles themselves, he said.
Held Aug. 16-18, the training involved single-seat jets from four fighter squadrons: the 80th Fighter Squadron and 35th Fighter Squadron, both part of the 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan, and, from the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan, the F-16s of the 36th Fighter Squadron and A-10s of the 25th Fighter Squadron.
“I would anticipate this happening on at least a quarterly basis” if not more frequently, Tippett said. “We demonstrated … that, yeah, we can go out and do it. It is in fact a viable and sustainable program.”
By Cindy Fisher - Stars and Stripes Pacific edition
Monday, August 28, 2006
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Iran, Russia and Cuba were just a few of the 26 nations represented by the 75 Marines and sailors who became U.S. citizens in a ceremony at Butler Theater here Friday.
Being an American is a privilege that also has great responsibility, said Kevin K. Maher, U.S. consul general and the keynote speaker at the ceremony. It is a responsibility Maher assured the naturalized servicemembers they already understand “because you choose to serve your country even before it was your country.”
America’s diversity is what makes it great, Maher said. “E Pluribus Unum — from many, one: This is the history of America. We are many races, religions, colors and backgrounds but we are one because we are Americans. New blood and new ideas are the strength of the United States.”
The naturalization ceremony represents that, he said. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Web site, immigration laws require that individuals seeking U.S. citizenship live in the United States at least five years, but the time requirement is expedited to one year for those serving in the Armed Forces.
Even that seemed too long, said Philippines native Petty Officer 1st Class Albert Hernandez, 27, with Personal Services Detachment Okinawa on Kadena Air Base.
He reported being nervous and unable to sleep Friday night, but after Saturday’s ceremony said being a citizen “feels good … I’ve been waiting for a year for this and the only bad thing was the wait.”
Gaining U.S. citizenship meant a great deal to her as well, said Cpl. Diane Charles, 30, originally from Grenada. Charles, with III Marine Expeditionary Force, is on her second enlistment.
“This means I can have all the rights of an American citizen and that I can better serve my country,” Charles said.
By Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
Aug 27, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces, supported by Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, expanded their combined security effort today into the Adhamiyah neighborhood of northeast Baghdad in support of Operation Together Forward.
The combined operations are led by the soldiers of 1st Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division and 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, supported by Iraqi National Police from 1st Brigade, 1st National Police Division and Soldiers from 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
The operations are designed to reduce the level of murders, kidnappings, assassinations, terrorism and sectarian violence in northern Baghdad and to reinforce the Iraqi government’s control in Iraq’s capital city.
The combined forces will secure the district by conducting a cordon and search of the entire area and all of its buildings.
“The Iraqi Security Forces and the Iraqi government are in the lead in planning and conducting these combined operations,” said Maj. Gen. James D. Thurman, commanding general, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. “We continue to work alongside them in their endeavors to reduce sectarian violence, which has resulted in a 36 percent reduction of murders across the city of Baghdad since we began earlier this month.”
Since Aug. 7, Operation Together Forward has enhanced security for the people of the Doura, Ameriya, Ghazaliyah and Shula neighborhoods of Baghdad.
By Samantha L. Quigley - American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2006 – Despite a recent increase in violence in Baghdad, Iraq is not on a path toward civil war, the commander of U.S. Central Command said yesterday.
Army Gen. John Abizaid recently visited Baghdad and talked with Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the highest-ranking military commander in Iraq, as well as Iraqi government officials. He also had the opportunity see the situation in Baghdad firsthand while moving around the city with coalition forces.
Abizaid said he left confident that progress is being made on the Baghdad security plan.
“It’s still too soon to say how the sectarian violence is going to be (a factor), but the early indications are that we’ve made some good progress against a lot of the … killings that were going on in Baghdad,” he said. “I don’t see it moving toward civil war at this point.”
Abizaid noted the Iraqi security forces in Baghdad, which outnumber coalition forces, are a combination of Iraqi military and police forces.
“We’re very satisfied with the performance of the military forces in Baghdad,” he said. “The police forces still have a lot of work to do.”
The Iraqi minister of the interior acknowledges that some reforms are needed relatively quickly, Abizaid said. “But we believe we can move it in the right direction,” he said.
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By Donna Miles - American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2006 – Iraq is not now and will never be in a civil war, the country’s prime minister told Wolf Blitzer today on “CNN Late Edition.”
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, speaking from Baghdad, praised strides being made in Iraq on the political, economic and security fronts and said that despite news reports to the contrary, violence is on the downswing and Iraq’s new government is succeeding.
Maliki insisted that a spirit of reconciliation is taking hold in Iraq. “The violence is not increasing,” he said. “Iraq is not in a civil war. Iraq will never be in a civil war.”
While declining to specify exactly how long Iraq will need coalition forces to reinforce its own security efforts, Maliki said the believes it “won’t be long,” possibly “within a year or less.”
“I don’t want to commit to a certain time or a certain period, but I want to have my best efforts to decrease this time for a year or less, or a few months,” he said.
But Maliki emphasized that he’s not anxious to see the coalition leave until the Iraqi security forces are prepared to handle the job alone to ensure progress already made can continue.
He noted that Iraq’s security forces are slated to take control of all provinces by the year’s end and said they’re gaining in both numbers and capability every day. “Our security ability is increasing,” he said.
Meanwhile, Iraq won’t allow its neighbors, including Iran, to interfere in its affairs and disrupt this progress, Maliki said.
By Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva - 1st Marine Division
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (Aug. 26, 2006) -- Sgt. William D. Dycus didn’t write the book on what it takes to be an amphibious assault vehicle commander. He completely rewrote it.
Dycus, a 21-year-old from Vidor, Texas, is redefining what it means to be a combat leader. His performance in combat was impressive enough to earn him a combat meritorious promotion to his present rank from Regimental Combat Team 5. He’s a Marine respected by his peers and admired by his Marines because of the cool, calm demeanor he displays even in the hottest of action.
Dycus is assigned to D Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, RCT-5.
“He’s an aggressive vehicle commander who knows how to support the infantry on the ground,” said Capt. William E. O’Brien, the 36-year-old D Company commander from Moline, Ill. “He earns a huge amount of respect from his seniors. He’s calm and collected in stressful situations and tactically aggressive.”
Dycus has a track record of combat success. He earned a selection as Marine of the Quarter for RCT-8 on his first tour to Iraq and was selected as Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter for RCT-5 before being selected for his promotion.
“He’s a stud,” O’Brien said. “I’ve known him for almost two years and from the beginning he’s been a quiet kid with the fortitude to stand up.”
Master Sgt. Richard W. Cover, a 41-year-old operations chief for the company, said Dycus is the sort of leader Marines flock to in combat. He anticipates needs, prepares his crew and puts the mission ahead of everything.
“He’s a good strong presence,” said Cover, from Mars, Pa. “He portrays a lot of force. He’s not boisterous, just a quiet strong leader.”
Dycus is all business around his Marines. Prior to a recent patrol, he stood inside his amphibious assault vehicle, also called an “amtrac,” with beads of sweat dripping off his cleanly-shaved head. His crew moved about him, listening to his instructions. In minutes, they were ready to leave.
“My responsibilities include keeping the ‘trac’ up, shoot, move and communicate,” Dycus said. “Once you get a good row going, this takes five minutes. When we first started with this crew, it would take us an hour to be ready.”
Dycus is responsible not just for the performance of the Marines and their amtrac in combat, but keeping it ready for the fight too. That’s not an easy task. Vehicles, especially those like the amtracs, are wearing out much faster than they do in normal training cycles.
“Some of these ‘hogs’ have been here since the first push,” Dycus explained. “They’re old. The transmissions are wearing down. They leak. The tracks are worn because of all the driving we do.
“Once they get old, they start falling apart,” he added. “We have to keep them running.”
Dycus does that by working with his Marines to constantly stay on top of growing problems. They know their vehicle inside and out. They dote over it like a mother hen over a brood of chicks.
“I’m a stress monster,” Dycus admitted. “I think that makes me a better Marine because I worry about the little stuff.”
It’s not just the amtrac he worries about. He’s constantly looking out for his Marines. He tough with them and holds them to high, rigid standards. He’s also the voice of reassurance they seek out when they’ve got concerns.
“That’s something special about him,” said Staff Sgt. Justin K. Mayville, Dycus’s section leader. “Even Marines in other sections come ask him for help. They have a lot of respect for him.”
Mayville said Dycus can laugh and joke with his Marines but always maintains an air of professionalism.
“He’s got a good sense of humor,” said Mayville, a 28-year-old from Killeen, Texas. “But he’s firm when he needs to be. That’s what I like about him. He can handle the stress pretty well.”
Dycus has seen his fair share of stressful situations in Iraq. During this tour, he supported Marines pushing into new areas of operations near Habbaniyah. They were areas that had seen little or no U.S. forces and initially, Marines met stiff resistance.
Dycus was guiding his Marines on a patrol supporting infantry in Habbaniyah. There was a sniper threat, so he ordered his Marines to ride low in their turrets to keep a low profile. It was then an insurgent sniper’s bullet crashed through the earpiece of his crewman’s helmet and ricocheted off his turret.
“The first couple minutes were insane,” Dycus recalled. “Once it was over, we laughed about it.”
It’s an incident he admitted he hadn’t yet told to his wife, Holly. He keeps pictures of her taped to the inside of his vehicle. Against one of the bright-green aluminum panels are pictures of Dycus and his wife at the Marine Corps ball along with pictures of him and his two-year-old daughter, Emma. He said there’s another baby on the way.
Dycus said Holly is a large part of the reason he’s able to concentrate so fully on his mission in Iraq. He knows she’s got things wrapped up at home.
“She takes care of family and I take care of them,” he explained regarding his devotion to his Marines. “I couldn’t do both.
“I miss them,” he added about his growing family. “I look at those pictures when we’re sitting on post.”
It’s during those quiet hours on observations posts and the hectic maintenance schedules on the ramp that Dycus tends to his Marines, a second family for him.
“They look and see I’m a good Marine,” he said. “They want someone who cares about the Marine Corps and cares about their job.”
Cpl. Manuel A. Castellano, a 24-year-old crewman from New York City, labeled Dycus as “one of the best NCO’s in the Marine Corps.”
“He’s a great leader, especially to someone like me who made a couple mistakes early on,” Castellano said. “He told me I could make it over the mountain and pick up NCO before I get out.”
Lance Cpl. John D. Darmody, a 20-year-old crewman from Allen Park, Mich., said Dycus has been that example of what it means to be a combat leader since he first arrived at the company.
“He taught me everything I know about the ‘trac,’” Darmody said. “I’ve modeled myself after him. I try to emulate him. He’s beyond a vehicle commander. He’s definitely the Marine to be.”
For his part, Dycus is quiet about his promotion. He doesn’t take it lightly, but rather sees it as part of an aggressive step in increased responsibilities. He hopes to attend Drill Instructor’s School after completing this tour in Iraq.
“I tell the Marines to do what you’re supposed to and you’ll go back to the states,” he said. “I don’t want anybody to get hurt. They know I know what I’m doing. I bring a lot of knowledge from the last deployment, and I’m not scared to pull the trigger.”
Sgt. William D. Dycus, a 21-year-old from Vidor, Texas.
By Sgt. 1st Class Joe Flores - 7th Sqdn., 10th Cav. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div.
Aug 27, 2006
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Under the blazing Iraqi sun, Iraqi army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers fought the Middle East heat to conduct a community health outreach for the people of Hor al Bash Sunday.
Soldiers of the 2nd Tank Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, and 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, with the help of the 414th Civil Affairs Battalion, an Army Reserve unit attached to the 1st Special Troops Bn., 1st BCT, joined together with six Iraqi medics, with the support of medics from the 1st BCT, to screen patients and provide medical assistance to local residents of the village.
“Our mission was to conduct a medical operation at the Tartawar Primary School and provide local citizens with free pharmaceuticals and screening for the day,” said Capt. William LeFever, civil affairs officer in charge from Company C, 414th CA Bn. “We supplied about $5,000 worth of pharmaceuticals purchased from a local pharmacy.”
The combined effort also provided the Soldiers an opportunity to deliver school kits to the Tartawar School as faculty and community members prepare for the upcoming school year, he added.
“Today, we provided this school with notebooks, folders, chalk, pens, pencils, water coolers and other supplies valued at more than $2,500,” he added.
While the effort to stabilize Iraq continues, Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers provide medical and humanitarian relief to Iraqi citizens throughout the region north of Baghdad.
For many Iraqis, this is the first time they have ever been seen by a doctor in their lives. The Iraqi army, along with MND-B Soldiers, continue humanitarian efforts in order to help the Iraqi citizens in the area.
“I have been waiting for Coalition Forces to come here to see my children,” said a local Hor al Bash woman at the medical operation. “Two of my four children have had a bad cough lately and there really is no other way for them to be seen by a doctor unless I drive to Baghdad. What they (Iraqi army and MND-B Soldiers) are doing is wonderful.”
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