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.
(AP Photo/Rob Griffith) http://www.ap.org/index.html
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