Story by Spc. Shantelle Campbell | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 04.01.2010
Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kan., partnered with the 1st Battalion, 14th Iraqi Army Brigade, April 1, to participate in Operation White Lightning to combat oil smuggling along a 40 kilometer stretch of pipeline....
Courtesy Story | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 02.13.2010
A ceremonial ground-breaking took place Feb. 8 for a new road project in Tulul El Baq that will connect the small village to the larger city of Sharqat. John Bauer, a senior governance advisor with the Salah ad-Din provincial Reconstruction Team said the project which was funded by both the Iraqi government and American forces will be very beneficial to the local Iraqi community. ...
Courtesy Story | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 02.01.2010
Two bases were handed back to the Government of Iraq, Feb. 1, in accordance with the U.S. - Iraq Security Forces Agreement to reduce U.S. troops in Iraq to 50,000 by August....