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(U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Sharla Perrin, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs) Tankers take all in ground training event

Sgt. 1st Class James Maxwell, with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1stt Cavalry Division from Manistique, Wis. completed the final leg of an exhausting timed training exercise that included various firing positions, dragging a 200 pound mannequin, and carrying a 100 pound rucksack. - (Full Story)

(US Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Blottenberger, 18th MP Bde. PAO) IP stations: a symbol of success in Baghdad

Staff Sgt. Joesph Reinsburrow and his squad of Police Transition Team Soldiers have performed PTT operations in Hurriyah for the past 12 months since deploying from Fort Hood, Texas. - (Full Story)

	Never leave a fallen comrade: First Team learns personnel recovery William J. Leary III, the deputy chief of the Forces Command Aviation Division, stressed that all Soldiers should learn about personnel recovery because they could be at risk for capture while in Iraq and other hostile locations. (Full Story)
	Combat engineer will not be forgotten. Sgt. Douglas Bulls’ fellow Soldiers paid tribute to their fallen comrade during a memorial service. (Full Story)
	Air/ground integration starts at top with Grey Wolf, Warrior Colonel Douglas Gabram, commander of the 1st Air Cavalry “Warrior” Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, who normally flies in an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter, adjusted to the cockpit of the an M2A3 Bradley during an air/ground integration training event at Fort Hood. Gabram was able to glean what the Bradley Soldiers go through as well as what they see on the ground. (Full Story)
	Husband and wife reenlist during mass reenlistment Sergeants Ryan and Erika Lowe, members of the 64th and 401st Military Police Companies respectively, reenlisted during the July 4 mass reenlistment. Sgt. Ryan Lowe is a native of Wasilla, Alaska and Sgt. Erike Lowe is a native of Del Rio, Texas. (Full Story)
	IA medics sustain healthy fighting force Iraqi Army Sgt. Hussain Mussa Attwan and IA medic Ahmed ShakerJwad, both with 3rd Battalion, 37th Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, prepared to give a platoon of IA soldiers immunizations at a Joint Security Station in Taji, northwest of Baghdad. (Full Story)
	Task Force Rogue troops transfer authority of operational environment As a part of the final surge brigade into Baghdad, the Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, commemorated the completion of their 15-month deployment. (Full Story)
	IA, MND-B Soldiers seize weapons, munitions in Baghdad Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized weapons and munitions caches as they continued conducting operations to increase security in the greater Baghdad area. (Full Story)
	MND-B Soldiers, ISF discover caches in Rashid Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers and members of the Iraqi Security Forces discovered three weapons caches in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. (Full Story)
	MND-B Soldiers share July 4 celebration with IA partners Soldiers from 3rd Platoon Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, “Warrior,” Multi-National Division – Baghdad competed in the Borzoi Squad Competition at Joint Security Station Sheik Amir, northwest of Baghdad, to celebrate Independence Day July 4. (Full Story)
	Four Contractors Killed In Roadside Bomb Attack In Iraq The U.S. military says a roadside bomb has killed four contractors and injured eight others in northern Iraq. (Full Story)
	Iraq Raises Idea Of Timetable For US Withdrawal The White House is downplaying a statement by Iraq's prime minister that his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops. (Full Story)
	Soldier speaks Arabic, serves up success Pfc. Joshua Ingraham’s ability to speak Arabic is a great asset when working with Iraqi Security Forces. He is assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (Full Story)
	Quick thinking saves Iraqi judge’s life Judge Hassan Fu’ad Menahm was preparing to drive away in his car at approximately 1:30 p.m. June 30 in the Waziriya neighborhood of the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad when his security guards, suspecting an attack, yelled for him to get out. Hassan exited the vehicle just before a bomb placed under the driver’s seat detonated. The blast blew a hole in the floorboard and the roof of the vehicle. (Full Story)
	ISF, MND-B Soldiers seize weapons in Baghdad Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces seized weapons caches as they continued operations to increase security in Baghdad. (Full Story)
	MND-B Soldiers detain seven suspected criminals Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers detained seven suspected criminals in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. (Full Story)
	MND-B Soldiers detain suspected criminal, find 2 caches in Rashid Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers found two weapons caches and detained a suspected criminal in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. (Full Story)
	MND-B Soldiers seize munitions throughout Baghdad Soldiers serving with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, found 80 cans of anti-air rounds, five rockets, 17 rocket tubes and several tubes of various sizes north of Baghdad. (Full Story)
	Mechanical fault in oil line causes fear of gas shortage in Baghdad A mechanical fault in the Mahmudiya-Doura oil pipeline halted production of oil and caused temporary fear of a gasoline shortage in Baghdad. (Full Story)
	‘Forerunners’ at front of force protection for FOB Callahan Staff Sgt. Michael Turpin serves with Company F, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, and helps run the force protection for the Silver Lions headquarters. (Full Story)
	Wolfhounds, IA work together to search for weapons Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, worked side-by-side with their Iraqi Army partners as they conducted a cache clearance mission in Al Awad, northwest of Baghdad. (Full Story)
	NPs, SoI, MND-B Soldiers seize weapons, munitions in Baghdad Iraqi National Police, Sons of Iraq, and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized a series of weapons and munitions in Baghdad. (Full Story)
	MND-B aviators prepare to move on to other missions Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond (left), the commanding general of Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division, joined Col. Timothy Edens, the commander of Task Force XII, in recognizing Soldiers assigned to the task force air mission request cell at a ceremony June 27. TF XII is preparing to move on to other locations in Iraq following seven months in service to MND-B. (Full Story)
	MND-B Soldiers conduct raid with NPs, capture extremists, counterfeit currency Sgt. Socheat Boun, a Portland, Ore., native, conducted tactical questioning of a suspect during a search operation in eastern Baghdad. Boun is assigned to Iraqi Security Forces Platoon, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (Full Story)
	MND-B Soldiers detain known Special Groups criminal in Rashid Multi-National Division – Baghdad soldiers detained a known Special Groups criminal in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. (Full Story)
	MND-B Soldiers detain 7 suspected criminals, discover 2 munitions caches Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers have detained seven suspected criminals and discovered two weapons caches in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. (Full Story)
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