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Operational rehearsals improve mission readiness and unit proficiency to further advise, assist, and enable partner forces in the enduring defeat of ISIS.

by Insider 1 day ago Share This: In early 2002, the U.S. decided to invade Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein and his brutal regime. Sketchy claims of weapons of mass destruction notwithstanding, the Iraqi military was a potent adversary and one of the largest armies in the world. The U.S.-led coalition opted to invade from the south and head north toward Bagdad. As the defender, the Iraqis had the advantage, so U.S. planners sought to divide Iraqi forces with a feint from the north, which meant working with the semi-autonomous Kurds. A map of Kurdish-inhabited areas. (CIA) Long defiant of Saddam...

More than 60 people donated blood for the wounded soldier.

Dozens of US troops and others at al Asad Air Base donate blood to help wounded Iraqi soldier by   The Role 2 hospital at al Asad Air Base in western Iraq where a walking blood bank was initiated for an injured Iraqi soldier on May 27, 2021. (Christie R. Smith/U.S. Army National Guard ) Dozens of U.S. troops, allied forces and civilian contractors donated blood to help an Iraqi soldier who was severely wounded in a roadside bomb blast near the Syrian border recently. The 135th Medical Company (Area Support) of the Wisconsin National Guard prepared for the patient’s arrival at al Asad A...