A very pleasant good morning to all of our military troops at home and a abroad and thanks a million for all you're doing to help keep our great country safe and sound.
Good morning, Kathy in Alaska how are things in Alaska?
As he waits for a helicopter bearing his fellow troops to take off, the sunlight strikes the face of the unidentified U.S. soldier Saturday, Aug. 2, 2003, at Tall Afar Air Base, in norther Iraq. The soldiers were being taken on a patrol mission at village al Alrisala, 80 kilometers south of Mosul.
US soldiers guard the site at the Baraka bank in central Baghdad, where a US convoy was attacked. Local witnesses said a car drove by and threw an explosive at a US convoy, causing a loud explosion and structural damage to local businesses.
A U.S. Army soldier belonging to the 1st Batallion 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Divison pauses after a explosive device hit his vehicle in the city of Tikrit, about 180 kms. northwest of Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday Aug. 2, 2003. A remote controlled expolsive device hit an American military vehicle injuring three soldiers.
U.S. Army soldiers belonging to the 1st Batallion 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Divison inspect a damaged vehicle after a remote controlled explosive device hit the vehicle in the city of Tikrit, about 180 km northwest of Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday Aug. 2, 2003. In all, three men were injured.
U.S. Marines attached to Task Force Scorpion diplays a pistol while viewing the owner's permit during a mobile checkpoint search, Friday, Aug. 1, 2003, on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq.