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Thousands Honor Loved OnesAt Iron Horse Memorial By U.S. Army Sgt. Greg Heath / 4th Public Affairs Detachment FORT HOOD, Texas, Sept. 9, 2004 — Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division and hundreds of family members gathered Thursday for a memorial dedication ceremony on Fort Hood's Sadowski Field to honor and remember the division's 81 soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq while serving as part of Task Force Iron Horse. The Task Force Iron Horse Memorial contains plaques bearing the names of the 75 men and six women Task Force Iron Horse soldiers who died during Operation...

http://www.4thetroops.net/ironhorsetroops.html Excellent video put together (slideshow)

  4th Infantry Division Bids Odierno Farewell, Welcomes Thurman   By Mollie Miller and Tam CummingsFort Hood Sentinel Leisure and News Editors FORT HOOD, Texas, June 18, 2004 — Under a cloudy, blue sky and to standing ovations, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James Thurman accepted command of the 4th Infantry Division today from Maj. Gen. Ray Odierno in a ceremony conducted on Cameron Field. The field was flanked on two sides by troops representing every element of the division.The 4th Infantry Division gained worldwide recognition under Odierno’s command when his soldiers captured ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The division...

  Odierno Reflects on Iraq's Rebuilding By Tam Cummings / Fort Hood Public Affairs FORT HOOD, Texas, May 26, 2004 — Soldiers fighting insurgents and terrorism in Operation Iraqi Freedom are also busy erecting educational, governmental, internal security and agricultural systems from the ground up, in the most complex military operation Maj. Gen. Ray Odierno said he has ever been involved in. “Our soldiers saw the condition of that country,” the commander of the 4th Infantry Division said recently. “We're not rebuilding a country, but building a country. There was no infrastructure, except in the palace complexes.” Odierno said...

Sunday, April 4, 2004 Today’s Praise: MercyMe to greet troops returning from Iraq By Brian Bowers, Stars and StripesPacific edition, Sunday, April 4, 2004 When the 4th Infantry Division officially returns from Iraq, family and friends will pack Fort Hood to celebrate.Among those friends will be Bart Millard and the rest of MercyMe, on hand to perform during the Task Force Ironhorse Welcome Home Celebration on April 22 at the Texas base.“We thought it would be a huge honor to support the troops,” Millard said. “With all that they’re doing, it’s something rather small. … How can you not want...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 March 16, 2004Release Number: 04-03-40 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1ID AND TASK FORCE DANGER OPERATIONS TIKRIT, Iraq -1st Infantry Division and Task Force Danger conducted 15 patrols Monday and Tuesday as the transfer of authority with Task Force Ironhorse began. Six of the patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and the Department of Border Enforcement. Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operations include 100 antipersonnel...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 March 16, 2004Release Number: 04-03-39 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4ID, TASK FORCE IRONHORSE OPERATIONS UPDATE TIKRIT, Iraq - 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse conducted 126 patrols and four raids, and captured 14 individuals Sunday and Monday. Twenty-eight patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and the Department of Border Enforcement. Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operations include three AK-47 rifles, one SKS rifle,...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 March 13, 2004Release Number: 04-03-34 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4ID AND TF IRONHORSE CAPTURE SUSPECTS, WEAPONS TIKRIT, Iraq - 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse conducted 143 patrols and eight raids and captured 11 individuals Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Fifty-one of the patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and the Department of Border Enforcement. Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operations include 15 AK-47...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 March 11, 2004Release Number: 04-03-30 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4ID, TF IRONHORSE OPERATION UPDATE TIKRIT, Iraq - 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse conducted 162 patrols and seven raids and captured 21 individuals Monday and Tuesday. Twenty-eight of the patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and Border Guard. Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operations include seven AK-47 assault rifles, two machine guns, one...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 March 9, 2004Release Number: 04-03-24 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4ID, TF IRONHORSE CAPTURE SUSPECTS, CONFISCATE WEAPONS TIKRIT, IRAQ - 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse conducted 194 patrols and eight raids and captured 49 individuals Sunday and Monday. Twenty-eight of the patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and Border Guard. Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operations include six AK-47 assault rifles, five machine...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 March 7, 2004Release Number: 04-03-20 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse operations TIKRIT, Iraq - 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse conducted 182 patrols and seven raids and captured 27 individuals Saturday and Sunday. Fifty-four of the patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and Border Guard. Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operations include four AK-47 assault rifles, two...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 March 5, 2004Release Number: 04-03-15 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4th ID and Task Force Ironhorse operations TIKRIT, Iraq - 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse conducted 207 patrols and four raids and captured 10 individuals Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Thirty-six of the patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and Border Guard. Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operation include 71 AK-47 assault rifles, three...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 March 4, 2004Release Number: 04-03-06 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4ID AND TF IRONHORSE OPERATIONS UPDATE TIKRIT, Iraq - 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse conducted 196 patrols and four raids and captured 13 individuals Tuesday and Wednesday. Twenty-eight of the patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and Border Guard. Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operation include two AK-47 assault rifles, two machine guns,...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 March 2, 2004Release Number: 04-03-02 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4ID AND TF IRONHORSE OPERATIONS UPDATE TIKRIT, Iraq - 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse has, over the past 24 hours, conducted 186 patrols and four raids and captured eight individuals. Twenty-four of the patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and the Border Guard. Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operation include one AK-47...

  4th ID and Task Force Ironhorse Operations TIKRIT, Iraq - 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse soldiers conducted 172 patrols and two raids and captured 28 individuals Friday and Saturday. Twenty-nine of the patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and the Border Guard. Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operation include six AK-47 assault rifles, three SKS automatic rifles, seven rocket-propelled-grenade launchers, 35 mortar rounds, 23 sticks of dynamite, 201 tank rounds, 1,201 artillery rounds, 90 rockets of various sizes,...

  4th Infantry operations for Tuesday TIKRIT, Iraq - 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment of 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division soldiers discovered an ammunition cache southeast of Kirkuk Tuesday. The cache consisted of 126 60 mm mortars and 60 82 mm mortar rounds. An explosive ordinance disposal team destroyed the munitions. A coalition convoy was attacked Tuesday in Baqubah by anti-coalition forces using an improvised explosive device. The convoy continued without sustaining any significant damage. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment and Iraqi Civil Defense Corps saw five individuals flee from the attack site. The soldiers pursued the...

Bomb Kills 2 Soldiers; Coalition Operations Continue American Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2004 -- Two Task Force All American soldiers were killed and one was wounded in a roadside bomb explosion near Khaldiyah, Iraq, Feb. 19. Two Iraqis – a translator and a policeman -- also died in the attack. The unit was on patrol northwest of the city when it was attacked with an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire, according to a Combined Joint Task Force 7 news release. The release said the wounded soldier was taken to a military hospital, where he was in serious...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 February 20, 2004Release Number: 04-02-38 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4TH INFANTRY OPERATIONS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS TIKRIT, IRAQ - During the past 24 hours 4thID soldiers raided three locations and captured six individuals, four of them suspected of involvement in anti-Coalition activity. The dawn mission targeted individuals suspected of mortar attacks on Coalition forces near Balad on Wednesday. Soldiers also confiscated one automatic weapon and two AK-47 assault rifles. In a separate event, one attacker was killed after he fired...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 February 17, 2004Release Number: 04-02-34 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4TH INFANTRY OPERATIONS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS TIKRIT, IRAQ - Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment captured two individuals suspected of attacking Coalition forces with rocket propelled grenades Sunday morning. The soldiers located and confiscated three AK-47 assault rifles and one bolt-action rifle. A quick-reaction force from 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment responded to a rocket attack on a forward operating base. The soldiers went to the enemy firing position...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 February 13, 2004Release Number: 04-02-27 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION'S 24-HOUR ACTIVITY TIKRIT, Iraq - Soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division and Task Force Ironhorse conducted 150 patrols and two raids, capturing 44 individuals over the past 24 hours. Ten of the patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi Police, the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and the Border Guard in order to continually improve the safety and standard of living of the Iraqi people. A Moldovan patrol from...