1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Iraq Page 8

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operation Iraqi Freedom

U.S. Army medics from the 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Regiment
Spc. Roy Jr. Cloe of Ahoskie, NC., left, and Pfc. Gary Salas of Dededo, Guam, right, play table tennis at one of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's palaces, now a U.S. army base, in Tikrit, late Wednesday Aug. 13, 2003.
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An Iraqi militia recruit searches U.S. Army Sgt. Steven Clark of Keller, Tx. from the 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
during a training in an army base in Tikrit, Sunday Aug. 17, 2003. The U.S. Army began training an Iraqi militia force to take on civil defense duties and pave the way for U.S. forces to leave Iraq. Some 40 young men hand-picked
by tribal leaders started three weeks of intensive training at one of Saddam Hussein's main palaces in the northern town of Tikrit, which is now headquarters for the 4th Infantry Division.
(Note 22nd Infantry crest on visual training aid behind Sgt Clark)
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The Iraqi recruit continues his search of SGT Clark, as other recruits look on.
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Iraqi Militia recruits listen to their instructors from 1-22 Infantry.
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SSG Mark Hill of Bartow, Fl. , left, and SGT Steven Clark of Keller, Tx., both 1-22 Infantry,
show body search to Iraqi militia recruits during training in Tikrit, Sunday Aug. 17, 2003.
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Spc. David E. Jr. Haggerty of Connellsville, Pa., from 1-22 Infantry holds one of the four seized AK-47 rifles in an army base in Tikrit, Sunday Aug. 17, 2003. Regulars shut down a major illicit bomb factory near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit and arrested two people in connection with bombing activities there.
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Sgt. Charles Jr. Darrah. of University Heights, Oh., from 1-22 Infantry chats with a reporter
next to the captured weapons of August 17, 2003.
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Soldiers of 1-22 Infantry stand guard in the main street of Tikrit, Saturday Aug. 23, 2003.
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At the base in Tikrit, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003, 1st BN CO LTC Steve Russell sorts through ordinance, weapons and explosive timers that were found on a patrol the previous night, Wednesday, Sept. 3. The ordinance was discovered after intelligence was received from Iraqi sources.
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LTC Russell examines items that 1-22 Infantry captured in a raid on Sept 3, 2003.
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On the eve of their graduatation, new members of Iraqi Civil Defence Corps, (ICDC) under the command of 1st.Lt. Jason Deel of the 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry (center right), get practical lessons on traffic control and dealing with motorists in Tikrit, Friday, Sept. 5, 2003. Following a three week U.S. training course, Iraqi militia returned to the streets of Saddam Hussein's home town, initially on light patrol and traffic duties.
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Under the command of 1st. Lt. Jason Deel (3rd from left), new members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps clear away barbed wire while on their first patrol in Tikrit, Friday, Sept. 5, 2003.
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