
1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Free computers make difference to deployed paratroopers, families
Dec 31, 2009
By Spc. Michael J. MacLeod
AL ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq (Army News Service, Dec. 31, 2009) -- Sharing photos of karate practice or birthday parties, and stories of a visit by the Tooth Fairy are just some of the things possible with a computer.
During ...this holiday season, Rebecca Tapia also used the computer she received from a nonprofit charity for its intended purpose: staying in touch with her deployed husband, Pfc. Joseph Tapia, a cannon-crew member with 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade).
Joseph is one of 75 paratroopers whose family received a new computer through Operation Homelink, just prior to the unit's deployment in August.
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1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Soldier profile: Spc. Kennebrew
December 30, 2009
Soldiers Radio News: Pfc. Jessica Cooke profiles Spc. Melissa Kennegrew, who is currently deployed in Iraq. U.S. and Georgian forces worked side-by-side in the training exercise Immediate Response 10.

1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division 1/1IA Commanding General sBG Adel met with 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade) Paratroopers on Jan. 03, 2010 at Camp Ramadi, Iraq to discuss ongoing security initiatives in their partnered area of operations.
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1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Wounded warriors aren't letting their traumatic battlefield experiences keep them returning to Iraq. Army Private First Class Jessica Cooke takes us Ramadi, Iraq, where these brave service members have the opportunity to spend time with deployed Paratroopers from First Advise-and-Assist Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division.
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Devil Families and friends, thank you for the steadfast support and strength you provide to our Paratroopers in Al Anbar province, Iraq...

1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division White Devil Families and friends - check out all the new photo albums from 2-504 PIR. Pictures from HHC, A Co, B Co, reenlistments, hearty hails and farewells, a safety award presentation, and a special visit from the 82nd Airborne Division Chorus. Happy New Year, White Devils!
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1st Sgt. James Gillem, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 307th Brigade Support Battalion AL ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq – Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 307th Brigade Support Battalion recently reenlisted four Paratroopers in ceremonies conducted at Al Asad Airbase. ...

1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Safety Stand-Down at Camp Ramadi
Story by Staff Sgt. Liesl Marelli
CAMP RAMADI, Iraq – Venturing throughout the greater Ramadi area and occasionally into remote areas of al Anbar province, they operate together frequently enough that a comfort level and personal bond has formed. The most important element is to understa...nd each other's role.
They are two teams, civilian and military: the Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Team and its security team, known in military parlance as a "personnel security detail." The PSD's mission: get the PRT safely to meetings so they can conduct business and return safely to Camp Ramadi.
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1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Aziz: Anbar Operations Command Effective Because of Strong Iraqi-U.S. Partnership
Story by Spc. Mike MacLeod
RAMADI, Iraq – Of 62 suspected al-Qaida, insurgents, kidnappers, murderers and bomb builders targeted by the Ramadi-based Anbar Operations Command, 20 have been captured by Anbar Iraqi security forces during fall... 2009.
The high level of success for the command-and-control center of all Anbar Iraqi security forces is the result of a high degree of intelligence sharing and partnership between Iraqis and Americans, according to the senior Iraqi military officer in Anbar.
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AAB Paratroopers Win Forces Command Maintenance Awards
Story by Spc. Mike MacLeod
AL ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq – Two maintenance companies deployed in Iraq with the same advise and assist brigade received awards for maintenance excellence Dec. 16 from the Army's largest command and preeminent provider of campaign-capable land forces.
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