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This statue currently stands outside the Iraqi palace, now home to the 4th Infantry division. It will eventually be shipped home and put in the memorial museum in Fort Hood , TX

Operation Dealer Daze Written by J. Vanzant On or about 8 January, 2006, the enemy in AO Dealer thought they held the upper hand in the fight for control in the new Iraq. The 1st Battalion 67th Armored Regiment "Dealers", 4th Infantry Division from Fort Hood, Texas were about to prove them wrong. In the first full-scale combat operation conducted by the Dealers, Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie company teams bloodied the nose of our enemy in a joint operation involving well trained Iraqi Army Soldiers, skilled Iraqi Police, and combat power from across the well-stocked arsenal of the United States...

A bronze statue of a soldier mourning a fallen comrade traveled from Tikrit, Iraq, to Fort Hood, Texas, this week to become the focal point of a memorial to the soldiers of Task Force Ironhorse who have died during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The statue arrived at Fort Hood's Robert Gray Army Airfield Feb. 16, along with the first 60 soldiers in the task force to redeploy from Iraq, said Capt. Charles Armstrong, secretary of the general staff for the rear detachment. Armstrong said the statue will be moved today to a 4th Infantry Division storage site as preparations for the...

With 114,000 service members deployed to Iraq and another 11,000 in Afghanistan supporting the war on terror, Cupid's arrow is going to have to travel a few extra miles this Valentine's Day. The 4th Infantry Division reported a slight increase in the number of "care packages" arriving for soldiers at its headquarters in Tikrit, Iraq. And division spokesman Lt. Col. Bill McDonald said many soldiers are using the Internet to send flowers and candy to loved ones at home. The cyber-waves are expected to overflow Feb. 14 with Valentine's Day wishes between deployed troops and their "special some ones." Already,...

"We'll be good. … We'll be careful, and we'll be back," was what Army Brig. Gen. Danny H. Hickman promised the thousands of family members gathered at the Crown Coliseum here today. Hickman will lead the 30th Heavy Separate Brigade – a part of the North Carolina National Guard – to Iraq next month. The brigade is the first complete National Guard combat brigade to deploy since the end of World War II. The brigade also has soldiers from West Virginia, New York, Minnesota, Maryland, Illinois, Alabama, Texas and California. It will be part of the 1st Infantry Division, which...

One 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed and 12 others were wounded during a rocket attack on Logistics Support Area Anaconda near Balad, Iraq, Feb. 1. The injured soldiers were taken to the 31st Combat Support Hospital for treatment. A Combined Joint Task Force 7 news release today said two of the soldiers were in serious condition, six were in stable condition and four were treated for superficial wounds and returned to duty. One soldier was killed and two others were injured Feb. 1 when their humvee rolled over near the town of Haditha. The injured soldiers were evacuated to...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2004 — Defense Department officials announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 4th Infantry Division soldiers were killed in a mortar attack on a forward operating base near Ba'qubah the evening of Jan. 21. Killed were: Spc. Gabriel T. Palacios, 22, of Lynn, Mass. and Pfc. James D. Parker, 20, of Bryan, Texas. Both soldiers were assigned to the 588th Engineer Battalion (Heavy), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. This incident is under investigation.

Two U.S. soldiers were killed and another was injured in a Jan. 21 mortar and rocket attack on a 4th Infantry Division base near Baqubah, Iraq. The wounded soldier was treated immediately and was evacuated to the 21st Combat Support Hospital, according to a Combined Joint Task Force 7 news release. The soldier was reported to be in critical, but stable, condition. Officials are withholding the soldiers' names until their families are notified. At a coalition press conference in Baghdad today, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy operations director for CJTF 7, updated recent military activity in Iraq. Kimmitt. The...

Former regime elements have been "brought to their knees" in the 4th Infantry Division area of Iraq, the division commander said in a news conference today. Speaking with Pentagon reporters here in a video conference from Tikrit, Iraq, Army Maj. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said capture of Saddam Hussein was a major defeat for the enemy. The most important result of the capture, he added, was the increase in intelligence coming from Iraqis on anti-coalition activities. The general said attacks on the coalition are down, and the intensity is less than last month. The intelligence allows division soldiers to conduct...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 12/15/03 -Tikrit, Iraq -Saddam's Farm, Kitchen, Bedroom, and Rat-hole BREAKING: Tikrit, Iraq - Saddam's Farm, Kitchen, Bedroom, Hole BREAKING: Tikrit, Iraq - Heroes of the U.S Army's 4th Infantry Division (Task Force Ironhorse) QFN ==== YE OLDE QUAGMIRE-FREE NEWS Exclusive to FReerepublic Want to take a ride? Here is Saddam's keep. Thanks to TaxRelief for some of the links. ========= Tikrit ========= The area where tyrant-murderer Saddam Hussein was captured by the 600 heroes of 4th ID, at 8 PM on 12/13/03. In Tikrit, Iraq, the farm where Saddam was "living" on...

Twas Two Weeks Before Christmas T'was two weeks before Christmas, And all through Iraq, The people still worried that Saddam would be back. The soldiers went out on their nightly patrol, Capturing the bad guys was always their goal! With raids seeming endless in the triangle Sunni, We hoped that not all of Iraq was so looney! We gathered the tribe of Saddam, in Tikrit, And suddenly now they all started to snit! They told of a farm where Hussein just might be Odierno then called on our boys- from the great 4th ID!More rapid than Baathists our soldiers they...

Go to the Army Home page: http://www.army.mil/ 4th ID captures Saddam WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2003 — With three words – “We got him” – Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III announced at a press briefing in Baghdad today that U.S. forces had captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit. View Full Story • DoD Briefing Transcript • DoD Briefing Slides

Congratulations to the Officers and Men of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division, "Ivy", and their comrades in the Kurdish Peshmergha, on the event of the capture of Saddam al-Hussein. Well done, gentlemen. Cigars all around. Be Seeing You, Chris

<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed Friday near the north-central city of Tikrit, the U.S. military said. The crash came a day after Poland suffered its first combat death since the aftermath of World War II and two American soldiers died in attacks near Baghdad and along the Syrian border.</p> <p>It was not known whether the Black Hawk helicopter went down due to mechanical failure or hostile fire.</p>

World - AFP Blackhawk down in Iraq, six US soldiers killed 11 minutes ago Add World - AFP to My Yahoo! TIKRIT, Iraq (AFP) - Six US soldiers were killed when a Blackhawk helicopter was "forced down" outside a US military base near Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s hometown of Tikrit. Fri Nov 7, 8:33 AM ET A US soldier holds his pistol as he asks people to go inside during a weapons search in Fallujah. Six US soldiers were killed when a US Blackhawk helicopter was 'forced down' outside a US military base near the northern Iraqi town...

Washington -- The following are comments by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on the importance of opening a northern front in Iraq. About 1,000 paratroopers from the 173rd Aviation Brigade last night took control of an airfield at Bashur, in a Kurdish-controlled area of northern Iraq. Their arrival may clear the way for the entry of more U.S. troops who will attack the Iraqi military from the north. The jump into Iraq was necessary because Turkey refused to allow U.S. troops to use Turkish bases.Rumsfeld spoke at a congressional hearing and to reporters after the hearing.On Turkey's role and a northern...

U.S. 4th Infantry Division Heading for Gulf By Charles Aldinger WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will fly its high-tech 4th Infantry Division and other units totaling more than 30,000 troops to the Gulf within days to join the invasion of Iraq (news - web sites), the military said on Wednesday. Troops from the division, based at Fort Hood, Texas, and considered one of the most modern forces in the military, will begin flying to the Gulf on Sunday to join its tanks and equipment now approaching Kuwait on ships, defense officials said. The division, with a total of 16,000...

Washington has announced it is flying another 30,000 troops from the US to the war zone. The announcement came after Saddam Hussein's elite Republican Guard was ordered on the offensive and a column of 1,000 vehicles was sent from Baghdad to confront US troops in central Iraq. The US is flying its high tech 4th Infantry Division and other units to the Gulf - raising fears the American forces have become overextended in their race to the southern approaches to Baghdad

US 4th Infantry Division heading for Gulf WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - The United States is flying its high-tech 4th Infantry Division and other units totaling more than 30,000 troops to the Gulf to join the invasion of Iraq, the military said on Wednesday. Troops from the division, based at Fort Hood, Texas, and considered one of the most modern fighting forces in the military, will begin flying to the Gulf region in coming days to join its heavy armor and equipment, a spokesman at Fort Hood told Reuters. The division, with a total of 16,000 troops at Fort Hood...

<p>FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army's 4th Infantry Division is hustling to ready maps and battle plans for troops preparing to enter Operation Iraqi Freedom from the south after plans to come from the north through Turkey were abandoned.</p> <p>The division's intelligence officers are working at a hectic pace to prepare large, laminated maps of southern Iraq to replace previously distributed maps of southern Turkey and northern Iraq.</p>

March 23, 2003 Fort Hood units may leave this week BY KEVIN J. DWYER Herald Staff Writer After years of training and months of anticipation, it now looks like the 4th Infantry Division will get the chance to put their skills to the test in Iraq. Ending the weeks of frustrating indecision, the division's 12,500 soldiers stationed at Fort Hood are expected to begin shipping out to the Persian Gulf this week. Defense Department and Army officials said Saturday the United States had abandoned efforts to send the 4th ID into northern Iraq through Turkey. "It's like, OK, at last,"...

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FORT HOOD, Texas - For two months they lived on the edge, expecting the call at any moment. At last, soldiers with the Army's 4th Infantry Division on Saturday got some welcome news: Ships loaded with their equipment were on their way to the Persian Gulf. It was a big relief. "The speculation's over, the waiting is over, the wondering is over," said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, a public affairs officer. "Now it's time to go do our jobs." Some 33,000 troops of the division or attached to it have been under orders to deploy since Jan. 18. They had to...

<p>FORT HOOD, Texas — The biggest coordinated ground and air assault in recent history is well under way in Iraq, and the Army's most technologically advanced units are finally on their way.</p> <p>The 4th Infantry Division, which has been waiting in Texas for two months, got word yesterday it will ship out soon to Kuwait instead of the initial plan of southern Turkey.</p>

For two months they lived on the edge, expecting the call at any moment. At last, soldiers with the Army's 4th Infantry Division on Saturday got some welcome news: Ships loaded with their equipment were on their way to the Persian Gulf. It was a big relief. "The speculation's over, the waiting is over, the wondering is over," said Maj. Josslyn Aberle, a public affairs officer. "Now it's time to go do our jobs." Some 33,000 troops of the division or attached to it have been under orders to deploy since Jan. 18. They had to wait at Fort Hood...

Northern FrontJonathan Rhodes21 January 2003Negotiations between Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with Turkish military leaders in Ankara, have resulted in agreement to base US troops in Turkey to control northern Iraq airspace and protect the Kurds from Iraqi attacks once the invasion begins from the south.  Meyers was quoted: "Turkey has been a very cooperative partner. I would expect them to be in the future as well." The US Army 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), (Ivy Division) the most advanced heavy division in the arsenal, equipped with Abrams tanks, attack helicopters and artillery, is heading a...

The 4th Infantry Division has received its marching orders Monday and is preparing for an imminent overseas deployment. The division’s units at Fort Hood — two ground brigades and one aviation brigade — along with its 3rd Brigade at Fort Carson, Colo., and other units will be known as Task Force Ironhorse. Activity was brisk Monday morning in the 4th ID’s motor pools on the east side of the post. From Hood Road to Hood Army Airfield, soldiers were hard at work preparing their M1A2 Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles and other equipment for the deployment. TF Ironhorse will be...