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![]() Wednesday, January 4, 2006 Soldier who Led Brigade in Assault on Baghdad Promoted Brig. Gen. David Perkins now commander of JMTC By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes European edition, Thursday, January 5, 2006 ![]() Seth Robson / S&S Brig. Gen. David G. Perkins is congratulated by his wife, Ginger, and Gen. David D. McKiernan, commanding general of U.S. Army Europe, shortly after pinning on his first star at Grafenwöhr on Wednesday. GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — A soldier who led the 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Infantry Division’s crushing assault on Baghdad in April 2003 was promoted
to brigadier general Wednesday. Joint Multinational Training Command (JMTC)
commander Brig. Gen. David G. Perkins was promoted at a ceremony attended by
his family, U.S. Army Europe commander Gen. David D. McKiernan and soldiers
and civilians working at the JMTC. BG David Perkins is a Society of the Third Infantry Division member |
Four Terrorists
Killed in Separate Incidents
BAGHDAD─Dec.
20, 2005- Elements of 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry, working
with the 3rd Public Order Brigade (POB) of Iraq’s Ministry of Interior,
engaged and killed four terrorists in two separate incidents in Salman
Pak, Dec. 14.At about 3 p.m. a patrol from C. Troop, 3-7 CAV, was
visiting a POB headquarters building to share information when small arms
fire was heard outside. The enemy proved no match for the well trained marksmen of 3-7 CAV. “I engaged one enemy shooter with my own rifle. My first round fell short but it must have scared him because he stood up to run away. The next round I fired, hit him and he went down,” Johnson said. At that point the other enemy shooter stood up. It looked like he was going to make a dash for his truck, Kennedy said. He hit the other shooter in the chest as he started to run away, said Kennedy. ‘I positioned a team of Bradley’s to observe the other side of the river,” he said. About 11 p.m. a Toyota pickup truck was observed moving into the location where the small arms fire had originated, Johnson said. “The truck was suspicious and it looked like it had a mortar tube in the back of it,” he said. Shortly after the truck stopped the suspected terrorists fired two mortar rounds in the direction of the U.S. Forces. “As soon as they fired at us, I had our Bradley’s open up on them. The enemy fired one more round before two of them were killed. The truck was able to drive away but I was able to direct an Army helicopter to track it down. I could see where the truck stopped, in front of a farm, but it was too far away to engage; without risking injury to innocent civilians,” he said. “Shortly after the helicopter arrived on station it located the enemy vehicle and destroyed it without damaging the homes around it,” Johnson said. “My platoon performed very well. We outgunned and outperformed the terrorists in every phase of this engagement,” he said. |
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Paladins Fire from
Speicher for the First Time FOB SPEICHER, Iraq -Dec. 20, 2005- Glory’s Guns in the form of 1st Platoon, Battery A, are making their presence known at Forward Operating Base Speicher near Tikrit. The platoon, from 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, were stationed at FOB Summerall near Bayji. The move was made soon after the 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Brigade took over the Bayji sector, said Cpt. J.T. Townsend, assistant fire support officer, 1st BCT. “They were brought down (to FOB Speicher) because of the increased indirect fire threat,” said Townsend. “Once Danger closed there was a higher indirect fire threat (to the Division Headquarters on Speicher).” Their coverage of Bayji since their move to Speicher from Summerall has not changed significantly, said Townsend. 1st Platoon was busy during their tenure at Summerall. While there, Townsend said, they shot the second highest number of rounds in the 1st BCT area of operations. They were also one of only two platoons to conduct artillery raids.During one raid, said Staff Sgt. Donnie Neal, a Memphis, Tenn. native and the 4th Section chief, the platoon rolled outside the gates of Summerall to the outskirts of Bayji. “It was fast and furious,” said Neal. “We pulled in, shot and then left.” Besides the occasional artillery raid Neal admitted that manning the gun day in and day out “gets kind of old.”“(Operation Iraqi Freedom I) was different,” said Neal. They moved fast and reacted to where the enemy was, he said. “OIF III it was more planned out.” 1st Lt. William Dennison, 1st Platoon platoon leader, said living at Summerall wasn’t bad at all. “We were totally detached (from our battalion),” said Dennison. “It was just me and the platoon sergeant. We were on our own.”“(The platoon’s deployment to Iraq) was what we expected,” he said, “except maybe not to shoot so much.” |
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A 1st Platoon, Battery A M-109A6 Paladin is engulfed in dust, sand and
smoke immediately after firing recently on Forward Operating Base Speicher.
(photo by Maj. Richard Bartoszuk) |
Staff Sgt. Donnie Neal, section chief, 1st Platoon, Battery A, 1-41 FA,
sits inside a M-109A6 Paladin before firing from FOB Speicher. (photo by Maj. Richard Bartoszuk) |
Bomb Disposal Team Blows Up Munitions |
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BAGHDAD -Dec. 12, 2005- Pfc. Roy Crowell, 710th Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Company, and Staff Sgt Jason Cox, 21st Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Company, prepare Iraqi tank rounds for demolition at
Butler Range near Baghdad Dec. 10. Butler Range was formerly a training
area for the Iraqi Army, and is littered with U.S. and Iraqi munitions.
EOD Soldiers destroyed five tank rounds, six mortar rounds, 130
40-millimeter grenades, and various fuzes, rockets and small-arms
cartridges during their sweep of the range. EOD also brought along a
damaged M136 AT-4 antitank weapon and destroyed it safely.
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BAGHDAD — A ball of flame shoots skyward as Soldiers
from explosive ordnance disposal teams detonate unexploded ordnance during
a routine mission at Butler Range near Baghdad Dec. 10. Butler Range was
formerly a training area for the Iraqi Army, and is littered with U.S. and
Iraqi munitions. |
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Raider Soldier Masters Odd Jobs Flexibility is the key to being a Soldier in today’s
Army, especially for non-commissioned officers.
The list of odd jobs is long: HHC equal
opportunity small group facilitator, safety NCO, weight control NCO for
females, hazardous material transportation NCO, combat life saver, mail
handler and all around helper in the motor pool. While the 1st BCT was
headquartered at Forward Operations Base Dagger, a small palace just south
of Tikrit that was recently turned over to the Iraqi Army, Cooper ran the
tiny Post Exchange as well. Occasionally she’ll handle fuel, said Cooper. “There’s not much of a mission for fuelers here,” said
Sgt. Frank King, HHC 1st BCT motor NCO. King said Cooper is a big help in
the motor pool because she takes care of a lot of the extraneous things,
which frees up he and his mechanics to turn wrenches.
“When I joined the military I was trying to get away,” she said.
Since then she’s gotten away to Korea, Fort Lewis, Wa., Fort Drum, NY, and
twice to Iraq. During Operation Iraqi Freedom I, Cooper was with the 528th
Quartermaster Battalion from Fort Lewis, April 2003 to April 2004. The
528th QM worked mainly out of Logistic Support Area Anaconda near Balad
during OIF I where Cooper helped set up the Fuel Supply System Point, a
huge field of fuel points, which is still in use. The FSSP, Cooper said,
serviced the endless trains of resupply convoys during OIF I. |
Thanksgiving
Day-2005 IRAQ Photos from a very Raideriffic Thanksgiving |
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Lt. Col. Robert Butts (right), executive officer, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Brigade Troops Battalion, serves turkey to Sgt. 1st Class Keith Jamison (left) and Staff Sgt. Alexis Morales (center) both of 1-3 BTB, while Lt. Col. Douglas Victor, 1-3 BTB commander, moves down the line, November 24 at FOB Speicher, Iraq. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Mills |
1st Sgt. William Lee, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Brigade Troops Battalion,
dispenses mashed potatoes for a Soldier during Thanksgiving, Forward
Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, November 24. |
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Cpt. Leila Pedroso, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry serves up a meal to a Soldier during the Thanksgiving meal at Forward Operating Base Speicher, November 24. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Mills | Spc. Josiah Kaehele spoons up some gravy for Thanksgiving at Forward Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, November 24. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Mills |
Captain Howard J. Perl writes from Camp
Taji, Iraq, about his “very moving trip to Baghdad for Rosh Hashanah
services.” |
“I think it is very impressive that the Army will give Jewish soldiers the time off required to celebrate the holidays,” he writes. “In fact, the 3rd Infantry Division's head Chaplain (not Jewish) sent out a memo strongly suggesting that all Jews who requested time off be given the time to celebrate Rosh Hashanah whenever possible. My Commander (a Marine LT COL) had no problem giving me two days off to celebrate. “Monday afternoon, I took a helicopter flight with a Sergeant from Camp Taji to Baghdad, about a ten minute ride. In Baghdad, we were met at the helipad by Rabbi Schranz, a Navy LT COL Chaplain. Rabbi Schranz took us over to billeting, where we checked in and were assigned a cot in a large air conditioned tent within walking distance of the mess hall, Post Exchange and internet cafe, about 3/4 of a mile from where the services were held, in one of the base chapels.
“One of the congregants made an Ark for the Torah, and we had candles, a Kiddush cup, Machzors, challah, apples, honey, what more could we ask for? After services Friday night, we made Kiddush and had some challah with honey, and then about 14 of us went to dinner together in the army mess hall. “First day Yom Tov, services began at 9:00am. We went through the Shacharit service, and yes, we marched our Torah around the Chapel. It was quite a sight and very enjoyable! The Rabbi read the Torah, we gave out the aliyahs and the Rabbi reminded us how lucky we were to get an aliyah on Yom Tov for free! I had the third aliyah, it was quite an honor. I was very proud that my father's name was mentioned in an aliyah in Baghdad, Iraq for Rosh Hashanah. “We all had kosher MRE's (Meal, Ready to Eat - the army's field rations) for lunch. Mine was a kosher-for-Passover MRE, with a can of salmon, some raisins, cranberries, and walnuts. We had three beautiful, delicious challahs supplied by the mess hall; there is a Filipino man there who makes them for Friday night services every week. And the Rabbi had Kedem and Rashi wine for Kiddush. “The chapel was right on the river, so after lunch we went straight outside for Tashlich, after which we went back to the tent, and then met for dinner later on at the mess hall. “Second day Yom Tov it was pretty much the same thing. Both days, the Rabbi gave inspiring sermons. Almost all of the service was either reading or singing with the Rabbi, responsive readings, and congregant readings. Other than the Rabbi reading the Torah, almost everything else involved all of us together. It was one of the most personal and moving services I have ever attended, partly because of where we were, right in the heart of Baghdad. Here were 14 Jews who had come together to insure Rosh Hashanah was celebrated as they always had celebrated it, no matter that we were in a combat zone. “When the Rabbi said this would be a Rosh Hashanah service we would always remember, I knew he was right. Although we were not in imminent danger, we had Military Police guarding the Chapel during our services as a safety precaution. Right in the middle of services, we heard the loud booms of some Improvised Explosive Devices (road side bombs) going off in the distance. On the second day, we heard 15 big booms from some artillery rounds being shot at the bad guys. The Chapel shook with each artillery round that was fired - we just kept on going like it was thunder from a rain shower. “After services, we were lucky enough to get a table without reservations at the Army mess hall, then the Rabbi took us back to the helipad for our return flight to Camp Taji. It was quite an experience, very enjoyable. Certainly, I wish I was back home with my family for the holidays, but the Army and the Rabbi certainly went out of their way to make the holidays as nice as possible under the circumstances. Shana Tovah! |
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Today, Veterans Day (11 Nov 05), 1BCT dedicated Building 1000 on FOB Speicher to the memory of Military Police CPL Aleina Ramirez (1-3 BTB) who was killed in a rocket attack on FOB Dagger, Tikrit, on 15 April 2005. Building 1000 is currently the headquarters of 1BCT. Click on this link to read story and see WTOC video of dedication |
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Col. Mark E. McKnight, commander, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and staff members of 1st BCT, listen to the invocation at a building dedication and Veterans Day ceremony held November 11 at FOB Speicher, Tikrit Iraq. The 1st BCT Headquarters building was dedicated to the memory Cpl. Aleina Ramirez, a Soldier in 1st Bde, 3rd ID, Brigade Troops Battalion, who was killed in action April 15 during an indirect fire attack on FOB Dagger near Tikrit. |
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Lt. Col. John Charvat, executive officer, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, attends the building dedication and Veterans Day ceremony for 1st BCT at FOB Speicher, Iraq, November 11. The 1st BCT Headquarters building was dedicated to the memory Cpl. Aleina Ramirez, a Soldier in 1st Bde, 3rd ID, Brigade Troops Battalion, who was killed in action April 15 during an indirect fire attack on FOB Dagger near Tikrit. |
The 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Brigade Troops Battalion color guard stands ready during a building dedication and Veterans Day ceremony at FOB Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq. The 1st BCT Headquarters building was dedicated to the memory Cpl. Aleina Ramirez, a Soldier in 1-3 BTB, who was killed in action April 15 during an indirect fire attack on FOB Dagger near Tikrit. |
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From small arms to M-1 Abrams tank weapon systems the 3rd Forward Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Armory can fix just about any U.S. Army weapon. Then the order came down recently to refurbish 88 AK-47’s, most taken from insurgents or found in illegal weapons caches in Salah Ad Din province, and the armorers were up for the challenge. Photos by Joshua R. Ford |
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Chief Warrant Officer Pedro Munoz, armament and repair technician, 3rdforward support battalion, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division works on an AK-47 in his shop. |
Spc. Philipp Arthur, small arms repairman, 3rd Forward Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, assembles an AK-47 at logistics support area Anaconda. |
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Pfc. Curtis Lindula, Bradley mechanic, headquarters and headquarters company, 1st battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, raises a humvee with a jack pump. |
Spc. Scot S. Sheftz, headquarters and headquarters company, 1st brigade troops battalion, 1st brigade, 3rd infantry division, plugs a generator into a humvee. |
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I was surfing your site and I was thinking you might want
to check these out. These guys are out of Ft. Stewart, Georgia, home of
the 3rd I.D.. Although they are not members of the 3rd I.D., they are
attached to the 86th C.S.H. (combat support hospital) Screaming
Eagle Medics out of Ft. Campbell, KY. They are re-enlistment pics for
Sgt. Peet, who re-enlisted on Christmas Day, pretty cool. My
brother-in-law is the 2nd from the right in the pic with the 4 soldiers
under Saddam's sabres. His name is Sgt. Carl Hineman, and I love
him every bit as though he were my brother. About 2 months ago, Sgt. Peet
was hit in the head by sniper fire while on patrol, but only sustained a
concussion. Gotta love the kevlar! |
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Spc. Kenneth Jones, a 1/3 BTB measurement and systems intelligence analyst, raises the 1st Brigade Combat Team's colors up a flagpole in front of the 1st BCT tactical operations center while 1st BCT Soldiers watch during a remembrance ceremony Sept. 11. Photos by Spc. Jimmy D. Lane Jr. |
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An Iraqi soldier asks passenger in a suspected mock VBIED to exit the vehicle. The passengers were IA soldiers as well, participating in a react to VBIED attack at FOB Vanguard . |
An Iraqi soldier calls for backup and an ambulance over
the radio after a mock VBIED explosion . The IA conducted the exercise as
part of a TOA that will take plce in the near future at FOB Vanguard. |
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An Iraqi soldier plays dead in a cloud of green smoke during a mock VBIED attack exercise at FOB Vanguard. The exercise was a step in the relief in place process in which CF will turn operations of the FOB over to the IA. |
Iraqi soldiers load a mock casualty into an ambulance after a mock VBIED attack at FOB Vanguard. IA soldiers practiced dealing with casulaties and reinforcing their security during the exercise. |
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Pfc. Svetlana Nikolaeva, a supply specialist with 1-3 Brigade Troops Battalion, listens to a briefing at Forward Operating Base Dagger. Nikolaeva is an Uzbekistanian immigrant who says she is proud to give something back to her new country by serving in Iraq. | Pfc. Svetlana Nikolaeva, a supply specialist with 1-3 Brigade Troops Battalion, prepares for a convoy at Forward Operating Base Dagger. Nikolaeva is a Uzbekistanian immigrant who says she is proud to give something back to her new country by serving in Iraq. | ||
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A Bradley Fighting Vehicle assigned to 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment races down a street in Samarra towards a scene of enemy contact August 27. |
A civilian vehicle comes to a stop as two Bradley Fighting Vehicles assigned to 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment move toward an intersection in Samarra Aug. 27. |
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Spc. Shim Welch, a Company B, 3-69 Armor Regiment team leader and a native of Asheville N.C., watches the sun rise over the city of Samarra from a rooftop. |
Pvt. Jeremiah Johnson, a Company B, 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment squad automatic weapon gunner from Carrolltown, Pa. watches a street in Samarra from a rooftop August 27. |
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Two small boys smile as Soldiers pass by their shop in a marketplace in Ash Sharqat. | |||
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Spc. Shim Welch, a Company B, 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment team leader from Asheville, N.C., tells Pfc. David Campbell, a Co. B, 3-69 Armor grenadier from Tampa, Fla. where to fire a grenade from his M-203 grenade launcher at the enemy during a firefight in Samarra Aug. 27. |
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![]() Left to right standing on stage) Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers, Fox announcer Leann Tweeden, comedians Colin Quinn and Jeffrey Ross and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers throw gifts to an audience of servicemembers and civilians during a USO tour visit to FOB Speicher August 17. |
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Colin Quinn kneels and tells jokes on stage during his performance for service members during a USO tour that visited FOB Speicher August 17. | Comedian Jeffrey Ross proudly displays the results of his physical training workout to an audience of service members during a USO tour visit to Forward Operating Base Speicher, Iraq August 17. | ||
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Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers speaks to troops during a USO tour visit at FOB Speicher Aug. 17. | Leann Tweeden talks to service members in the audience about her reasons for visiting them in Iraq before introducing the remaining entertainers during a USO tour visit to Forward Operating Base Speicher Aug. 17. | ||
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Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets an audience of service members during a USO tour visit to Forward Operating Base Speicher, Iraq Aug. 17. | Colin Quinn on stage while explaining the Coalition Forces’ reason for entering Iraq during his performance for service members during a USO tour that visited FOB Speicher August 17. |
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Larry Selman is a very talented painter and has recently completed
a painting honoring the work of some of our elite 3rd ID soldiers in
Operation Iraqi Freedom. The painting is based on Objective Curley of 7 April 2003 when elements of the 3/15 Infantry defended a cloverleaf intersection in a 360 degree fight against Syrian and Iraqi fighters for eight hours (receiving help from their own B Company and then from 2/7 Infantry after four hours of intense fighting). Dennis Steele from the Army Times documented this battle in photos and some video was taken by Craig White who won an Emmy Award for news footage of this historic day. Names you will recognize from Objective Curley are Bob Gallagher (who in the painting is depicted with a wounded and bloody leg that does not stop him from firing), Zan Hornbuckle, Steven Twitty, Colonel Perkins, Ronny Johnson, Denton Knapp, Christopher Harris, Aaron Polsgrove, Rod Coffey.... Larry visited Ft. Stewart late in 2004 and was taken in by the bravery and humility of the Third Division soldiers who described their experience to him, shared photos and took him out to view and sketch their vehicles. From that experience he has painted his illustration of what took place that day and it is now available in prints. The painting hangs at the War College. I hoped that you could add the attached photo of the print to your website so those interested in the history of the division will know this print is available to buy from the artist. It is called "Can Do" Final Battle for Baghdad. Larry's email is selman@supernet.com The website link is www.selmanartworks.com Address is: Larry Selman, 616 Spring Hill Drive, Waynesboro, PA 17268 |
CSM Bob Gallagher with members his crew
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CSM Bob Gallagher and LTC Luck In OIF -2003 | ||
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