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DICE Team Returns from Haiti
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 ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - Tuesday, six members of the 53rd Combat Communications Squadron’s Deployable Initial Communications Element team, or DICE team, returned from a six-week deployment in Haiti, in support of Operation Unified Response, a humanitarian effort to help out Haiti after the devastating earthquake.
The team consisted of Capt. Joel Nelson, Tech. Sgt. Turvon Casey, Staff Sgt. Jon Hutchins, Staff Sgt. Jerome Graham, Staff Sgt. Trenton Morgan, and Senior Airman Travis Meyer. They deployed down to Haiti to provide communications support, consisting of phones, internet, and video feeds to the Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support unit down there. They also boosted morale by providing both internet access and the ability to make phone calls to home to hundreds of other deployed personnel in the area.
The DICE team assisted with bringing these more than 2,500 patients to and from their camp, and to the Navy hospital ship, the USNS Comfort. The team also engaged in joint operations at the Port au Prince Airport with its sister unit, the 3rd Combat Communications Group based out of Tinker AFB, Okla. They were also able to share their invaluable expeditionary knowledge to other service members down there, through various on-the-spot training to those who needed it.
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470th MI Brigade information gathering aids Haiti response
 FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - Members of the teams that quickly deployed to Haiti in response to the Jan. 12 earthquake have returned with a first-hand accounts of what they experienced.
US military transfers prison to Iraqi government
 TAJI, Iraq - A new concept in Iraq's corrections system officially became a reality with the turn-over of the Theater Internment Facility Reconciliation Facility Center (TIFRC) in Taji March 15. The TIFRC is essentially a detainment center with a goal to provide inmates with an environment where they can learn new skills and educate themselves to help their families and be productive citizens when they are released.
Long Knives remember fallen warrior
 FORT HOOD, Texas - Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, attended a memorial ceremony held to honor 1st Lt. Michael Thomas Jue at the Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran's Chapel, here, March 15.
Iraqi Air Force launches first advanced pilot training program
TIKRIT, Iraq - The first students have begun classes at the Iraqi Air Force College, which opened its doors at the Tikrit Air Base here March 11. Ten Iraqi Air Force pilots are going through the advanced pilot training program on the T-6A to become instructors for other student pilots who will follow.
Italian PRT completes two projects in Ghoryan district
 KABUL, Afghanistan - The Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) completed two projects in the district of Ghoryan, western Herat province, recently.
Cav troopers benefit from unit adoption
 FORT HOOD, Texas - For Soldiers serving in combat, there is hardly a more pleasant way to end the day than by opening up a box of goodies sent from fans and friends in the States. And for the lucky units associated with the Adopt-a-Unit Program, these boxes come with regularity.
Fort Hood hosts Army's fourth Master Resilience Training course
 FORT HOOD, Texas - More than 60 Soldiers will be among the Army's first few hundred master resilience trainers when they graduate Wednesday from a session of the Army's new Master Resilience Training program held here.
Scholarships Available for Children of Military Heroes
DULLES, VA - Those who defend our freedom know all too well the costs and sacrifices associated with serving in the United States Armed Forces. Many service members leave behind families who must continue their lives with a heavy heart. Other service members sustain wounds and injuries that prevent them from leading a normal life. To show gratitude on behalf of the American people, Freedom Alliance is proud to offer aid to the children of these heroes in the form of college scholarships.
Jalalabad Jig : Task Force Mountain Warrior runs for St. Patrick's Day
 NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Servicemembers and civilians serving under Task Force Mountain Warrior ran a three and a half mile race in honor of St. Patrick's Day, on Forward Operating Base Fenty in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, March 13.
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36th STB remembers the Alamo
 CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq - Soldiers with the 36th Special Troops Battalion out of Temple, Texas, held a memorial to commemorate the Battle of the Alamo, March 6 at Contingency Operating Location Adder, Iraq.
Photos : 1st Cavalry Division rededicates Operation Iraqi Freedom Memorial
 FORT HOOD, Texas - The 1st Cavalry Division Honor Guard presents the Nation's Colors inside the 1st Cav. Div. Operation Iraqi Freedom Memorial during the beginning of the division's Memorial Rededication Ceremony, here, at Fort Hood, Texas March 12.
Providers support movement-control operations in Diyala Province
 JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - Soldiers with the 858th Movement Control Team are responsible for the quality control of cargo being transported through Joint Base Balad, Iraq, and its surrounding bases.
'Longhorns' provide critical support services
 CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq - Combat units are the key elements to fighting and winning wars; however, they must function in concurrence with their respective service support elements.
TF Diamond Head's Road Runners keep aviation 'wheels up'
 CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq - Fuel, oxygen and heat can be a dangerous combination even in laboratory conditions.
U.S. servicemembers deliver smiles to Iraqi school children
 BAGHDAD, Iraq - Servicemembers assigned to United States Forces - Iraq Deputy Commanding General, Advising and Training visited the Al Mustafa school for underprivileged children here recently. The troops met the children and teachers with more than 300 packages filled with school supplies, toys, coloring books, crayons and sweet treats.
Grill season starts for Greywolf troopers
 FORT HOOD, Texas - The outdoor grilling season got under way as Soldiers from 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team were treated to grilled-to-order steaks by members from Steak Team Mission during lunch at Operation Iraqi Freedom Memorial Dining facility, here, Mar. 3.
Security paved way to successful Iraqi elections; leaders pleased
 BAGHDAD, Iraq - As Iraqi forces celebrate what their leaders are calling a resounding victory for a safe and free Iraq, U.S. Division-Center leaders are praising their Soldiers for their strategic role in assisting them.
Photo : Iraqi Policeman help senior citizen to polling site
 NASIRIYAH, Iraq - An Iraqi Policeman accompanies an elderly woman to a polling site in Nasiriyah March 7. No election day violence occurred in Nasiriyah, Iraq's fourth largest city bisected by the Euphrates River in the southern province of Dhi Qar. Iraqi security forces were responsible for all security.
U.S. Soldiers, Sailors brief IA leaders on election preps
 COB BASRA, Iraq - Task Force Thunderbolt Soldiers and Sailors briefed the commanding general of the Iraqi Army's Basra-based 14th Division at the taskforce's headquarters at Contingency Operating Base Basra, March 1, on their plans to support him in ensuring a successful national election March 7.
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278th Armored Cavalry Regiment takes command
 CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE TAJI, Iraq - The 155th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) handed its mission over to the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 13th ESC, during a transfer of authority ceremony March 12 at Contingency Operating Base Taji, Iraq.
90th Sustainment Brigade cases colors, heads home
 JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - The 90th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) held a casing ceremony Feb. 19 outside the brigade headquarters building, to retire the brigade's colors for its re-deployment from Iraq.
Rakkasans take the reins
 KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan - After eight years, the Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) have returned to Afghanistan.
New Jersey Reservists take over operations at amnesty collection point
 JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - The 716th Quartermaster Company took control of the amnesty collection point, a cargo yard that supports Operation Clean Sweep, from the 910th Quartermaster Company Feb. 1 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
1ID takes command of USD-S
 COB BASRA, Iraq - The 34th Infantry Division, of Rosemount, Minn., transferred authority over United States Division-South to the incoming 1st Inf. Div., from Fort Riley, Kan., during a ceremony at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Feb. 2.
USF-W signs over Camp Al Taqaddum to GoI control
 CAMP AL TAQADDUM, Iraq - United States Force - West returned Camp Al Taqaddum and Contingency Operating Location Waleed to the Government of Iraq, Jan. 15, 2009.
JBB-based medevac companies transfer authority
 JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - Two medevac companies transferred authority in a ceremony here January 5.
Joint operation nets 2 suspected AQI terrorists killed, 21 arrested
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Joint security teams killed two and arrested 21 suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) terrorists today during a series of coordinated security operations conducted in Mosul to weaken the terrorist network and prevent future attacks.
Change of Command Ceremony in Gendarmerie Training Division
BAGHDAD, Iraq - All NATO Training Mission-Iraq carabinieri gathered near the Baghdad International Airport for the Gendarmerie Training Division change of command ceremony here Dec. 27.
Task Force "Rangers" reach major milestone in Iraq
 BAYJI, Iraq - It is the beginning of the end as units in Multi-National Corps - Iraq begin the responsible drawdown of troops, and start returning U.S. run facilities over to the Iraqi government.
'Storm Riders' assume aviation mission
 JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - A transfer of authority ceremony occurred here December 10, as the 3rd Battalion, 158 Aviation Regiment assumed duty from the outgoing 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment.
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