www.hood.army.mil/1stcavdiv/ Telling the MND-Baghdad Story Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007

(Photo by Cpl. Robert Yde, 2-1 Cav. Public Affairs) 3... 2...1...Happy New Year! Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Prosperity ring in the New Year at the 'Black Jack Bistro.' Troops gath- ered at the bistro, listened to the 1st Cavalry Division Band, and then counted down the last seconds of 2006. 1-99 medic’s quick action helps children, grandfather By Spc. Courtney Marulli ther treatment. with shrapnel in his back, but despite the 2-2 Inf. Public Affairs Sgt. 1st Class Brian W. Meade, of seriousness of the injuries, Meade said Elkhorn City, Ky., the medical platoon ser- none of them were life-threatening. CAMP CORREGIDOR, Iraq - The geant for Headquarters and Headquarters All the medics treated each patient like fast actions of medics in the 1st Battalion, Company, was on duty when the casualties they would any injured Soldier, Meade 9th Infantry Regiment helped save the arrived. said. lives of three Iraqi children and their Meade said one of the children, a 12- "It's great," he said. "I'm proud of grandfather after mortar attacks by insur- year-old, sustained an open fracture to his these guys." Meade said he is proud of his gent attacks. left femur. A 6-year-old received a shrapnel medics ability to put emotions aside when The aid station medics received the wound to the neck. The third child, age 12, working on children. Many of them have family and provided medical care until the had a wound to the left eye. four casualties could be transported for fur- The children's grandfather was hit See Medics Page 3 Page 2 News Jan. 3, 2007

(Photo by Pfc. Shea Butler, 7th MPAD) What's hiding in here? Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker BCT, 2nd Inf. Div. search under a stair- well in a Baghdad home on Dec. 22. The Soldiers found hidden ammunition in the residence during the operation. Arabic Phrase of the Day Iraq 3-DDay mustawsif Weather Today Tomorrow Friday Defined: High: 58 High: 61 High: 54 clinic Report Low: 28 Low: 28 Low: 39

Commanding General: Maj. Gen. Joseph F. Fil, Jr. Nathan Hoskins Public Affairs Officer: Lt. Col. Scott Bleichwehl Contact the Daily Charge at VOIP 242-4093, DSN 318-847-2855 or e- Command Information Supervisor: Master Sgt. Dave Larsen mail [email protected]. NCOIC, Print Production: Staff Sgt. Mary Rose The Daily Charge is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. Army. Contents of Editor: Sgt. Michael Garrett the Daily Charge are not necessarily official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Staff Writers: Sgt. Nicole Kojetin, Spc. L.B. Edgar, Pfc. Jeffrey Ledesma, Pfc. Ben Government, Department of Defense, Department of the Army or the 1st Cavalry Division. Gable, Pfc. Shea Butler, Pfc. William Hatton All editorial content of the Daily Charge is prepared, edited, provided and approved by the Contributing Writers: Maj. Sean Ryan, Spc. Courtney Marulli, Spc. 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs Office. Page 3 News Jan. 3, 2007 Training takes over for medics in tough situations fused and scared," he said. help in the community," he nephews that age. Medics An interpreter is brought added. "I was an EMT (emer- From Page 1 into the aid station and Meyers Spc. Adam J. DeCap, of gency medical technician) children of their own, which said the medics talk to the chil- Hillsdale, Ill., a treatment before joining the Army and can make treating a child more dren and tell them exactly what NCO, said he felt good after working on kids has always difficult. they are about to do and if it helping the three children and been hard for me," he said. Sgt. Scott E. Meyers, of will hurt. their grandfather. It's also hard to work on Lincoln, Neb., the battalion aid "Everything went well," "It shows the Iraqi peo- children, DeCap said, because station non-commissioned offi- Meyers said of treating the ple…you're here to help out in it's hard to see the damage that cer in charge for Headquarters children and their grandfather. more ways than one," DeCap occurs in combat. However, and Headquarters Company, "I am glad to help out. It said. when the time come to aid a said everyone helps all who felt good to help the civilians. It Treating the three children casualty, DeCap said he puts come to the aid station. shows … that we're here to wasn't an easy task, DeCap his job in the forefront of his "We help anyone when help out. Hopefully, that will said, as he has nieces and mind and goes on auto pilot. they come in here," he said. "We fix them up and get them out." Meyers said a lot of the professionalism in tragic situa- tions comes from the extensive training the medics received before deploying. He said his medics are outstanding. "We have a great team of medics here," he said. "We don't have to tell people what to do." Meyers said approaching children when they are under- going trauma is one of those situations. When children are brought into the aid station, (Photo by Spc. Courtney E. Marulli, 2-2 Inf. Public Affairs) Meyers said the medics talk Spc. Adam DeCap (left to right), Sgt. Scott Meyers, and Sgt. 1st Class Brian Meade very calmly to them. saved four Iraqis with their quick actions. DeCap said it’s hard to see the damage "They come in really con- done to children during war, but in those situations training takes over. Odierno visits troops during the holidays Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, com- manding general of Multi-National Corps-Iraq, gives coins to paratroop- ers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division dur- ing his trip to Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Odierno visited the FOB to greet the paratroopers during the holidays.

(Photo by Sgt. J.H. French, 4-25 Inf. Public Affairs) Page 4 Features Jan. 3, 2007 Soldier chokes down sweet potatoes for charity By Spc. Nathan Hoskins add another $200 to the amount joked. "He was just slopping it Noga consumed the full seven 1st ACB Public Affairs he was already donating to and shoveling it in there." servings of yams. BVS, said Fort Washington, "I had already gagged "It felt good to watch him CAMP TAJI, Iraq - "I Md., native Sgt. Teri Parker, an about seven times Finally, with do it. I was rooting for him. I would like some yams with a intelligence analyst for HHC, thirty seconds left, I'm like, was that much poorer because side of yams and some yams 1st ACB. 'I've gotten this far! I'm going of it, but I was still richer for with that, as well. If you could "It was based off whoever to finish this!'" Noga said. the experience,” said the cap- just give me a huge can of picked up the gift so it could've And he did finish. With tain. “I attribute it to the yams, I'll be set." been anybody. It just happened only three seconds remaining, American Soldier." Not too many people will to be me," said Noga. make this request. Aside from it "We were hoping for Sgt. not being very healthy, it really Noga to actually get it and he does not offer a wide variety pulled it! That's the funny part for the palate. of it. We know he loves those But what if it was for a eating games," Parker said, higher cause? What if someone while laughing. said you would make some What made the challenge children's lives a little better by all the more interesting was consuming some yams - a lot of that Noga had never eaten yams. yams in his entire life, he said. That happened to Island "I had never had yams Lake, Ill., native Sgt. Thomas [prior to this]. I pretty much Noga, an early warning system knew kind of what they were operator for Headquarters and … I'll say this, I'll never have Headquarters Company, 1st Air them again," Noga said. Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry The day came for the chal- Division. lenge and Noga was ready. He "We were having a gift donned his fancy trash bag bib, exchanging party in the tactical stood on a floor mat and took operations center. When I went the stance of a fighter willing to up to claim my prize, I had a risk losing his lunch for charity. captain approach me before I "After the first bite I knew got to open it," he said. I was going to have a hard time That gift turned out to be a with it. They were nasty. They large - 42 ounces large - can of were lukewarm. They were yams. Then the challenge was horrible," said Noga. announced. With time dwindling The challenger, a captain down, Noga faced the tempta- from HHC, 1st ACB, told the tion to give up. Soldiers in attendance that "I got to about a minute Baker Victory Services, or and thirty seconds and they BVS, a nonprofit special edu- were counting off the time and cation school for students with I still had a bit left. I was like 'I severe emotional and behav- don't know if I can do this,'" (Photo by Pfc. Nichelle Sauls, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade) ioral disabilities, had sent out Noga recalled. Although he had never eaten them before, Sgt. Thomas 10 care packages full of good- Like a good Soldier, Noga Noga, an early warning system operator for ies, and he had received one. drove on despite the adversity, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Air The challenge from the said the captain. Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, eats a seven- captain was if whoever "The American Soldier serving size can of yams in two minutes to help raise received the can of yams could will never cease to amaze you. money for Baker Victory Services. The challenge took eat the entire seven servings I guess it was a show of selfless place at Camp Taji, Iraq, Dec. 26 and was issued by a contained inside within two service … or maybe it was per- captain from HHC, 1st ACB, who wished to remain minutes, then the captain would sonal courage, too," the captain anonymous due to his charitable donations. Page 5 Features Jan. 3, 2007 Former Chicago Bears football star leads New Year's Eve celebrity visit to Loyalty By Maj. Sean Ryan 2nd BCT, 2nd Infantry Division PAO

FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq - While many people back home are preparing for the New Year going to parties or getting ready to watch the ball drop in New York's Times Square on tele- vision, deployed Soldiers here were look- ing at another "Groundhog Day" of mis- sions. Fortunately, two former football stars, one current weatherman and one tel- evision actress had another mission in mind - visiting Soldiers over the holiday season. FOB Loyalty was the last stop on the two-day Morale, Welfare and Recreation- sponsored tour. Soldiers from the 2nd (Photo by Staff Sgt. Bronco Suzuki, 2-2 Inf. Public Affairs) "Strike Force" Brigade Combat Team, 2nd CBS "The Early Show" weatherman Dave Price high-fives with Cpt. Michael Infantry Division eagerly welcomed their Fitzpatrick, both New Jersey natives, during the "Ringing in the New Year first distinguished visitors from the civilian Tour" visit to Forward Operating Base Loyalty in east Baghdad Dec. 31. world. privileged to be a part of the tour and meet petence level of our young Soldiers only a The welcomed guests included former all the Soldiers. year or two older than his own son. football stars Jim McMahon and Kevin McMahon signed pictures, footballs Staff Sgt. Roy Jackson, a civil affairs Butler, actress Karri Turner of "JAG" fame and ensured all Soldiers who wanted pic- noncommissioned officer, said anytime and CBS "The Early Show" weatherman tures with him received them. somebody takes their time to come see Dave Price. The other member of "Da Bears" was troops is a big boost to morale. Soldiers not on missions came in former kicker Kevin Butler. Butler said he “It's nice the stars make the time to droves to see two members of what many was honored to get a chance to meet come see us," he said. experts call the best Super Bowl team in Soldiers and see first hand their sacrifices. The dangerous missions will continue history, the 1985 Chicago Bears. Jim Butler's son is one of the top place kickers for the Soldiers of "Strike Force," but the McMahon, who said he was focused on and punters in the nation at the high school visits to FOB Loyalty helped raise morale coming to Iraq for quite a while and felt level and said he was amazed at the com- to new levels.

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