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Recent Image Galleries

Iraqis Improve Irrigation in Amarah - (10-04-2008)
Local Iraqi construction workers constructed an irrigation canal and water pump located for the l... (3 images)
Long Knives Celebrate Hispanic H... - (10-06-2008)
Command Sgt. Maj. Edwin Rodriguez, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, gives a speech ... (2 images)
Rough Rider Soldiers Deliver - N... - (10-02-2008)
Pfc. Shon Berry guides Pfc. Brandy Cobb as she puts supplies into a truck. The Soldiers are assig... (1 images)
Iraqi Soldiers Train With Long K... - (09-29-2008)
L.D. Metscher, a crew chief working with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, assis... (2 images)
Iraqis Partner With Garry Owen D... - (10-03-2008)
The 38th Iraqi Army Brigade and the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team,... (2 images)


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News Stories

Long Knife destinations
The biggest topic people have asked me about this month has been Environmental Morale Leave. I’m not embarrassed to admit that I’ve never really known exactly what the acronym stands for.
(10/8/08)

Long Knife heroes receive awards for valor
One of the first thoughts that came to Sgt. Steven Robinson during a rocket attack at Forward Operating Base Garry Owen was to ensure that his Soldiers were all right.
(10/4/08)

Iraqis improve irrigation in Amarah
Local Iraqi construction workers completed an irrigation canal and water pump on the outskirts of Amarah in the Maysan province.
(10/4/08)

Rough Rider Soldiers deliver - no matter the task
The 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division is known as the "life support" of the brigade. Four months into the deployment, the 27th BSB continues to log many miles and many hours on the dusty, sometimes dangerous, roads to the newly developed Forward Operating Bases Garry Owen and Hunter.

(10/2/08)

Long Knife medics improve relations in Iraq
The average emergency room in the U.S. staffed with a full team of doctors, nurses, emergency room technicians and staff will treat somewhere between 100 and150 patients during a normal day.
(09/29/08)



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Recent Publications

09.05.2008

Long Knives wake to boom, aid injured during rocket attack; Building FOB Hunter from scratch; Long Knives help locals with electricity issues; Iraqis learn from U.S. med...

03.12.2008

Long Knives wear hearts on sleeves; 4BCT ready for Iraq; 4th BCT trains on combat medicine; Signal Soldiers maintain communication ass...

03.01.2008

Cobras to become Long Knives; Cobra Brigade shoots rifles, carbines; Cobras scale rocks as team; Gunnery prepares Cobras for I...

07.27.2008

Battle handover; Commander’s Corner; 2-7 Cav. secures Iranian border; 4BCT takes the H...

08.29.2007

Deployed Soldier harvests fruit of his labors; Cobras conduct CLS re-certification; Iraqi officials lead Nineveh recovery efforts; Iraqi teen warns CF of b...

08.03.2007

Gump-alike trains for marathon in Iraq; Blackfoot 6 vehicle runs on high morale; Trooper feels Army is right thing to do; Apache troop brings smiles to Iraqi children; B Troop builds relationships with locals; CF team up with IP, patrol city streets; Terrorists detonate VBIED; Photos around the Night Raider Squad...



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Newest Video

Long Knife Brigade

Package about thanking the families of the Long Knife Brigade Soldiers for their support.

Recent Video

Long Knife Brigade
B-roll of Long Knife Brigade highlights while stationed in Iraq. Scenes includes a photo montage of Long Knife Brigade Soldiers in actions. (10/10/08)

Lt. Col. Simerly
Talks to a military reporter about the mission of his unit supporting and supplying the Brigade throughout three Iraqi provinces. (10/9/08)

Lt. Col. Norton
Talks to a military reporter about the mission of his unit providing signal and military intelligence support for the Brigade throughout three Iraqi provinces. (10/9/08)

Lt. Col. Bohnemann
Talks to a military reporter about the living conditions at Forward Operating Base Garry Owen and the mission of his battalion in the Maysan province. (10/9/08)

Lt. Col. Hernandez
Talks to a military reporter about the living conditions at Forward Operating Base Hunter and the mission of his squadron in Iraq. (10/9/08)



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Recent Audio

Col. Gibbs
Talks to a ABC Radio reporter in New York, N.Y., about the meaning of the term J.A.M.S., the progress of his missions, reasons for detaining suspected insurgents, the results of Operation Dragon Talon II and the location of recent insurgents caught during Operation Dragon Talon II.

Cpt. McGovern
Talks to an El Paso Times reporter in El Paso, Texas, about how his unit and their missions are constructed, the evolution of threats from the enemy, the level of technology used in producing IEDs, low amounts of casualties, the quality of the equipment and weapons systems they use and the progressing capabilities of Iraqi security forces.

Lt. Col. Welsh
Talks to a WFFG-FM reporter in Corinth, N.Y., about the importance of the work being done in Iraq, capabilities of Iraqi security forces, a program collecting important supplies for Iraqi children and what he misses from home.

Col. Twitty
Talks to an El Paso Times reporter in El Paso, Texas, about building armored cars for Iraqi security forces, an increase in terrorist attacks in Ninewa province and transitioning the unit to replace his in the coming weeks.

Col. Twitty
Briefs the members of the Retired Military Analysts on the progress of the Iraqi army in his area of operation. He then fields questions from the members on the progress of the provincial police in the Ninawah province, receiving support to help Iraqi security forces, the lack of job creation for local Iraqis and a timeline for turning over the Ninawah provice to the Iraqi security forces.



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