Missouri’s “Houn Dawgs” of the 203rd Engineer Battalion are sniffing out improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and rendering them harmless.

As aircraft pour in and out of the Taji flight line, a flurry of Iraqi and American accents can be heard directing the flow of traffic over the airwaves.

The 910th Quartermaster Company, an Army Reserve unit out of Ardmore, Okla., completed Operation Clean Sweep Jan. 14, at Contingency Operating Location Normandy, Iraq.

From the ground, it appears a daunting prospect — being hoisted 75 feet in the air to a hovering UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. In the face of an emergency medical situation, especially when there is no clear area for aircraft to land, the task becomes a necessity.

While sitting under a handmade tent, leaders of the U.S. and Iraqi Armies met near Basrah, Iraq, Jan. 14, with local Bedouin Shaykhs who call this desert home.

Members of the Iraqi Army and Federal Police got hands-on rifle training from the best in the business at Contingency Operating Station Cashe South during a six-day advanced marksmanship training course.

United States Forces – Iraq is beginning a new initiative to standardize the American Forces Network’s broadcasting capabilities on all enduring bases in theater.

The first major indicator of the responsible drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq occurred in Ramadi Jan. 23 when II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) transferred authority of Iraq’s largest province to 1st Armored Division.

Sgt. Matthew West said he didn’t know what to think when a rock came flying at him while guarding his Black Hawk helicopter at a landing zone on Camp Kiwi in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province.

Sgt. Matthew West said he didn’t know what to think when a rock came flying at him while guarding his Black Hawk helicopter at a landing zone on Camp Kiwi in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province.