Courtesy Story | U.S. Forces Iraq | 09.01.2010
Gen. Raymond Odierno relinquished command of United States Forces - Iraq to Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III as Operation New Dawn began on Sept. 1. Al Faw Palace overflowed with military leaders and dignitaries from the U.S., Iraq, and other nations to witness the change of command ceremony....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Roger Dey | 103rd Public Affairs Detachment | 06.01.2010
With automated tellers and online banking, Americans often take for granted the ease with which money can be moved around in today's banking world. But in Iraq, electronic banking has only just begun to find a firm foothold in an economy that United States forces have been working to rebuild....
Courtesy Story | 103rd Public Affairs Detachment | 05.01.2010
Sixteen sets of dog tags were hanging from a small wooden cross near the center of the Al Faw Palace conference room, May 1. As the names on each set were read, the tags were taken off the cross and added to more than 200 sets already hanging from the M16 in a combat memorial set up a few paces away. As the dog tags were draped on the rifle, the explosives ordnance disposal technicians, who......
