Courtesy Video | 14th Public Affairs Detachment | 09.16.2004
Interview with Captain Loren Thomson, audience member for an ESPN SportsCenter production at Camp Arifjan. Says he's a huge Chicago Cubs fan and watches SportsCenter for the baseball. Says having the show out here was great to break up the monotony and liked that soldiers were able to get involved. Produced by Spc. Chase Spears...
Courtesy Video | 14th Public Affairs Detachment | 09.16.2004
Interview with ESPN Anchor Steve Levy, who anchored the "Salute to the Troops" SportsCenter shows from Camp Arifjan. Talks about working in front of a live audience and feeling good about contributing and making the experience better for the troops. He's talked with many troops and relates what they've told him about the first things they'll do when they get home. Talks about his uncle's......
Courtesy Video | DVIDS Hub | 09.16.2004
Interview between Major General Peter Chiarelli, Commanding General of 1st Cavalry Division, in Baghdad and KBTX in College Station, TX. Says he was pleased to open a new medical clinic in a poor district of Baghdad. Says they are taking necessary actions against surges of violence in some areas of the city, but notes other areas of city are much better and that reconstruction will help......
Courtesy Video | DVIDS Hub | 09.15.2004
Interview with Chely Wright, country music singer from Nashville, TN. She's touring for the troops in Southeast Asia for the second time. Talks about why she visits the troops and how she benefits from the experience. She comes from a family of military veterans and talks about the importance of supporting the troops. Her brother is a Marine who was deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom and......
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Talks to Gail McCabe of Soldiers Radio and Television (Alexandria, Va.) about perceptions of the Army, service in Iraq, the concept of the brigade combat team, growing the Army without raising authorized end-strength and Army budget details and priorities. Part 2 of 2....
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Talks to Gail McCabe of Soldiers Radio and Television (Alexandria, Va.) about perceptions of the Army, service in Iraq, the concept of the brigade combat team, growing the Army without raising authorized end-strength and Army budget details and priorities. Part 1 of 2....
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Interview between Major Scott Bemis (from Maine) in Tikrit and WGME in Portland, Maine. MAJ Bemis is on his second tour in Iraq and runs a training academy for the Iraqi National Guard. He oversees training for about 350 troops. Says one of the important things to do is blend all the ethnic groups together so they will live, train and fight as Iraqis. He says language differences between......
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Interview between Colonel Jim McConville, Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and KWTX in Waco, TX. Says his unit's mission is to provide reconnaissance security, and work with Iraqis to establish a safe environment for a democratic process. Talks about responding to the ambush of a patrol and the close air support that reportedly killed a journalist....
