Combat Camera: On Patrol in Jabella, Iraq

U.S. Army soldiers with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment (C-3/509th PIR) cross a foot bridge over an irrigation canal while on patrol in Jabella, Babil province, Iraq, Nov. 24, 2006. C-3/509th PIR is conducting a patrol to foster good relations with the residents of Jabella. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley

U.S. Army Spc. James Lindsey, a radio telephone operator with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment (C-3/509th PIR), walks past a sign during a patrol in Jabella, Babil province, Iraq, Nov. 24, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Pablo Jimenez and Staff Sgt. Carroll Urzendowski, both with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment (C-3/509th PIR), patrol a street in the market area of Jabella, Babil province, Iraq, Nov. 24, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley

U.S. Army Pfc. Sean Humphries, a squad automatic weapons gunner with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment (C-3/509th PIR), pulls security from a watch tower at an Iraqi police station in Jabella, Babil province, Iraq, Nov. 24, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley

U.S. Army Cpl. Matthew Ashmead, a combat medic attached to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment (C-3/509th PIR), takes a knee during a halt while on patrol in Jabella, Babil province, Iraq, Nov. 24, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley

NEWSBYTES

Iraqi Forces Capture Insurgents; Iraqi Children Wounded by Rocket Attack
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2006 (AFPS) -- Iraqi forces captured eight suspected insurgents and provided security in a northern Iraqi town, coalition forces foiled a mortar attack, and two Iraqi children were wounded by a rocket-propelled-grenade attack yesterday and Dec. 2 throughout Iraq, military officials reported.

National Guard Responds to Midwest Winter Storms
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2006 (AFPS) -– Hundreds of National Guardsmen responded over the weekend and today to devastating winter storms in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, National Guard officials reported.

Bush Meets With Top Iraqi Shiite Leader in Washington
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2006 (AFPS) -– The United States is committed to working with the Iraqi government to make it capable of securing Iraq from the extremists seeking to derail the young democracy there, President Bush said here today after meeting with a top Iraq Shiite leader.

‘Nothing Happens Until Something Moves’ Illustrates TRANSCOM Mission
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill., Dec. 4, 2006 (AFPS) -– A Post-It note over one of the computers in the Deployment and Distribution Operations Center here says, “Nothing happens until something moves.”

America Supports You: Scrapbook Project Helps Students Support Troops
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2006 (AFPS) -– An America Supports You corporate team member is coordinating creation of what it calls the world’s largest scrapbook as a way for the nation’s students to show their support for America’s servicemembers.

Baghdad counts on local improvements
Baghdad, Iraq (CENTCOM) -- Baghdad is facing some challenging times and for the situation to get better, most officials believe local residents need to see that their government is working and improvements are taking place.

Joint Statement by Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., regarding recent sectarian violence
BAGHDAD (CENTCOM) -– “On behalf of the U.S. Mission and the Multi-National Force in Iraq, we condemn in the strongest language the recent car bombings attacks and retribution killings by extremists against peaceful Iraqis in Baghdad.

Medics Earn Their Keep in the CAV
Afghanistan (CENTCOM) -- One of the biggest moments in the life of child is their right of passage from grade school to the realm of high school. That feeling is like no other in the world. The night before that first day of high school, the children are up all night preparing outfits, hair styles, speaking slang and anything else they may need to make a good first impression because everyone knows that you will never get a second chance to make a first impression.

U.S. Navy Assumes Command of CTF 152
MANAMA, Bahrain (CUSNC) -– U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Allen G. Myers relieved Italian navy Rear Adm. Emilio Foltzer as Combined Task Force (CTF) 152 commander Dec. 3 during a change of control ceremony aboard ITS Etna (A 5326).

CENTCOM MULTIMEDIA

Video: Air Force Report - EOD
This edition features a story on the U.S. Air Force's Explosive Ordnance Disposal craftsmen clearing explosive devices from beaches near Misawa Air Base in Japan. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Chris Decker.

Audio: OIF Update 25 Nov. 2006
Iraqi special forces along with coalition forces continue looking for a kidnapped U.S. Soldier by conducting a raid in a Baghdad neighborhood. Iraqi police targed a insurgent cell suspected of carrying out IED attacks.

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