A memorial is displayed in honor of Corporal Mark D. Kidd from Milford, MI with Headquarters and Support Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl Samuel D. Corum.
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| Government Officials, Coalition Forces Work to Heal, Unite |
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Assisted by Soldiers of Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), GoI officials and Iraqi doctors flew to a school in the remote community of al-Betra to provide medical care and discuss the extension of government services to the area. |
| Iraqi Security Forces Approach Full Manning, British Officer Says |
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WASHINGTON — Iraq’s security forces should be manned to near capacity by the end of the year, a senior coalition official said last week. “Force generation has been the focus of our efforts and still really remains the focus of our efforts up to now,” British army Brigadier Johnny Torrens-Spence, deputy commander of Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq, said in a teleconference with online journalists and bloggers. Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq’s job is to generate and sustain Iraqi security forces, not to be directly involved in combat operations, Torrens-Spence said. |
| Iraqi Police Graduates Move on to the Force |
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The graduates will be under the command of provincial director of Police Maj. Gen. Hannin al-Ameer, and will be stationed throughout Wasit province. “They will be a welcome addition to our manpower,” said Cpt. Hayder Ali Adnan, liaison officer for coalition forces and member of the IP. “This is the best training in the country …. They are ready to fight and protect their country.” |
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Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll, USF-I, and Maj. Gen. Mohammed al-Askari, Iraqi Ministry of Defense, discuss security operations.
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