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Volume 1, Issue 271 February 8, 2008 Serving Task Force Marne Salman Pak leaders work to revitalize local hospital

SGT. NATALIE ROSTEK 3RD HBCT, 3RD INF. DIV.

FOB HAMMER — Work is underway in Salman Pak to revitalize a hospital which has not been fully operational for approxi- mately fi ve years. On Feb. 4, Soldiers and leaders from 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, and Team 915 of Company A, 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, from Knoxville, Tenn., currently attached to 1-15 Inf. Regt., visited the hos- pital. Maj. John Wolfe, from Scottsboro, Ala., a 489th CA team leader, said the National Po- lice had used the facility as a headquarters and barracks since 2005. “The National Police were forced by cir- cumstance to work out of the hospital and other key facilities,” said Maj. Cliff Faulkner, from Silverton, Colo., commander of Co. A, 489th CA. “Now that security has improved, they can give physical possession of key in- frastructure back to local residents.” Wolfe said the fi rst step to revitalizing the hospital was negotiating with the city coun- cil to relocate the NP from the building. The next step is establishing community access to the hospital. Several council leaders, a leader of the Sons of Iraq (SoI) and maintenance repre- sentatives led the tour through the hospi- tal’s cold, dark halls. Wolfe believes Coalition Forces and Iraqi leaders can restore the hospital to full op- eration. The facility has 70 patient beds, hema- Sgt. Natalie Rostek tology laboratory, surgical room, birthing center, male and female patient accom- Staff Sgt. Matthew Jemison, Headquarters Company, 1-15th Inf. Regt., talks to two members of the Sons of Iraq outside a hospital in See HOSPITAL, Page 3 Salman Pak Feb. 4, as his leaders tour the inside of the building. Page 2 • February 8, 2008 Th e Dog Face Daily 3rd HBCT fi nds more caches in Mada’in Qada

SPC. BEN HUTTO 3RD HBCT, 3RD INF. DIV.

FOB HAMMER — Three separate caches were found and destroyed by Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team in the Mada’in Qada Feb. 2. Soldiers from the 789th Ordnance Company (EOD), from Ft. Benning, Ga., currently attached to the 3rd HBCT, were on hand to dispose of all three caches. Munitions were discovered by Sol- diers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, currently at- tached to the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, in a cache site near al Ari- fyah, a small village southeast of Bagh- dad. The 3rd National Police Battalion provided security for the cache until EOD arrived to dispose of it. “This was a joint effort by both Spc. Ben Hutto Coalition Forces and Iraqi Security A Soldier in the 789th Ord. Co. (EOD) prepares an insurgent cache for Forces,” said Spc. Bobby Oakley, from controlled detonation at a remote location near al Arifyah. Newport News, Va., with Company D. “Both elements provided overwatch on 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery were tandem with the Sons of Iraq, located the cache while awaiting EOD’s assis- directed to a cache location near Sab- and neutralized four improvised explo- tance. This demonstrates the National bah Nissan by the Sons of Iraq. sive devices, near Zelig, a small village Police’s ability and willingness to coor- “The Sons of Iraq and the Sabbah near Salman Pak. dinate efforts to secure the area.” Nissan Council continue to provide Maj. David Fivecoat, from Delaware, EOD performed a controlled deto- tips concerning hidden weapons cach- Ohio, 3rd HBCT operations offi cer, is nation at the site to reduce the cache es,” said Capt. Chas Cannon, Battery A pleased with progress in the Mada’in size and transported the remaining commander. “This is the tenth cache of Qada. ordnance to a disposal site. weapons that they have led Coalition “Over a two-day period, the Sons of The cache consisted of 13 122 mm Forces to since the inception of the pro- Iraq, National Police and the 3rd Heavy Russian high-explosive projectiles, 31 gram. These efforts continue to remove Brigade Combat Team worked together 80 mm Russian smoke grenades, nine potentially dangerous munitions from to eliminate IEDs and caches from their 500-pound bombs of unknown origin, towns and villages and make it safer for neighborhoods,” Fivecoat said. “These six 57 mm Iraqi high-explosive projec- both the local Iraqi people and Coali- small events are another indicator of tiles and two 82 mm Chinese mortar tion Forces.” the progress in the security situation in rounds. During a four-hour period, Compa- the Qada. Iraqis are increasingly work- Hours later, Soldiers in Battery A, ny A, 1-15 Inf. Regt. Soldiers working in ing to secure themselves.”

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HOSPITAL: Work now underway at new Salman Pak medical facility From Page 1 tors see patients daily, from morning to early afternoon. modations, a café, laundry “Doctors and patients are facility and emergency and still leery to stay overnight,” ambulatory services. Carney said. If the facility returns to Wolfe said the Iraqi former capacity, jobs will be Ministry of Health is help- available for doctors, nurs- ing fund health facility im- es, pediatricians and other provements. The hospital medical professionals. in Salman Pak has already “Past insecurity and sec- used funds to purchase tarian violence kept many water pipes and porcelain medical professionals sinks. away,” Faulkner said. “We “Now we just need to get are optimistic that the im- the people to understand proved security and stabil- that the hospital is open,” ity will permit the return of Wolfe said. these professionals and es- Lt. Col. Jack Marr, from sential services.” Minneapolis, 1-15th Inf. According to Capt. Ja- Regt. commander; Com- son Carney, from Knoxville, mand Sgt. Maj. Mark Tenn., a 489th CA team Moore, from Waverly Hall, leader, changes have been Ga.; Capt. William Clark, made since the NP vacated from Prairie Du Chien, Wis., the facility. Company A, 1-15 Inf. Regt. Sgt.. Natalie Rostek The SoI took over se- commander; and other bat- Capt. William Clark, commander of Co. A, 1-15th Inf. curity for the hospital and talion leaders attended the Regt., looks through the operating room during a tour approximately three doc- hospital tour. of a new hospital in Salman Pak, Feb. 4. 3-7th Infantry detains 14 suspected AQI in Khidr 4TH BCT, 3RD INF. DIV. targets were captured and detained. suspected AQI members near Jurf as The raid came a month after an ini- Sakhr. On Feb. 1, Company C captured FOB KALSU — Soldiers detained 14 tial push was conducted into Kidhr to an additional suspect for a total of 14 suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq members in disrupt AQI. That operation estab- detainees. Intelligence authorities from the Hanaswa region of Khidr over the lished Patrol Base Kelsey to bring a se- the unit credited local citizens for the course of three days, Jan. 30 – Feb. 1. curity presence to the area. information leading to the captures. On Jan. 30, Soldiers from Company “The residents are cooperating with “Recently, citizens have identifi ed B, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, 4th Bri- us and giving us the bad guys,” said AQI insurgents attempting to re-in- gade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Divi- Staff Sgt. Parrish Smith, 3-7 Inf. Reggt.. fi ltrate the area,” said Capt. James sion, conducted Operation Jedburgh 1 “It was good to see results after all of Fournier, military intelligence offi cer, to capture remaining AQI members in the hard work.” 3-7 Inf. Regt. “People in this area are the region. The next day, members of Company showing that they will not allow this Within three hours of the raid, nine A, 3-7th Inf. Regt. detained four more area to return to the way it was.”

Safety Thought of the Day Artillery Powder Burning

• Do not fi re unused powder increments! not more than 12 inches wide. • Ensure proper fi re fi ghting equipment and - During winds of more than 25 knots, burn no personnel are present. more than 10 powder increments at a time. - Store unused powder no less than 40 feet from - Pre-burn an area 15 feet long and perpendicular the nearest weapon until it can be burned. to the down wind end of the charge increments. • Proper procedures for burning powder: • Burning creates a very large fl ash and smoke - Select a burning site 200 feet from grass, loose plume. If you are in a tactical environment, ensure debris, personnel, and equipment. burning of powder does not compromise the - Determine wind direction and arrange the camoufl age and concealment of your location. powder to burn into the wind. • For more information see FM 6-50 and TM 9- - Place charge increments in a single layer row, 2350-314-10. Page 4 • February 8, 2008 Th e Dog Face Daily Headline Highlights China nurses’ bill of rights; Romania train stunt Nurses get bill of rights often bearing the brunt of any frustra- broker, local media said. tion among patients. “People are genuinely scared of sud- BEIJING (Reuters) — China pub- Doctors and nurses at a hospital in den explosions,” the judge said, sen- lished rules on Monday guarding the eastern Jiangsu province said after tencing Fryatt to a year’s probation. rights of its nurses, seeking to give a spate of assaults last year that they “Frightening members of the public them protection against sometimes vi- would use police truncheons and wear with threats of bombs and bomb hoax- olent attacks by angry patients or their helmets to protect themselves. es has a much greater impact than it families. In November, more than 200 nurses once did,” she said. Disputes between patients and hos- signed a petition after a local female of- Fryatt accepted probation, but said pitals are common in China, so much fi cial in the central province of Henan he was concerned it could interrupt so that the health ministry recorded and her sister confi ned four nurses for plans to travel overseas to do humani- about 10,000 attacks on hospital staff more than fi ve hours, accusing them of tarian aid work, the Times in 2006 alone, according to state me- being responsible for the death of her newspaper reported. dia. brother-in-law, a cancer patient. “Let’s get you right before we send The order by the State Council, or The nurses had changed the patient’s you off to a third world country,” the cabinet, stipulates that anyone who bed sheets, which the women believed judge said. impedes nurses from performing their had led to his death, state media said. duties or who insults, threatens or as- Train stunt kills engineer saults them, “must be punished accord- Drunken Aussie threatens ing to the law,” the offi cial Xinhua news Brisbane with TV remote BUCHAREST (Reuters) — A Roma- agency said. nian train driver leapt aboard a run- The rules, which take effect on May CANBERRA (Reuters) — A drunken away engine to stop it after having left 12, also better defi ne nurses’ responsi- man’s threat to blow up half a city with the brake off in a station but was killed bilities and clarify the requirements for his television remote control forced when the stunt backfi red, railway po- becoming a licensed nurse, it said. Australian police to declare a state of lice said Wednesday. “Nurses are an important compo- emergency at a luxury golf resort, a lo- Ioan Colceriu, 55, was at a train sta- nent of the medical force and their cal court heard on Thursday. tion in the central town of Odorheiu Se- work is closely tied to medical security Geoffrey Martin Fryatt, 57, a resi- cuiesc, when he realized he had forgot- and people’s health,” Xinhua quoted dent of the Fairways Golf and Lifestyle ten some papers in the station offi ce. an unnamed offi cial with the cabinet’s Retreat in Brisbane, was arrested by He went to fetch them but forgot to put legal affairs offi ce as saying. “It is very elite paramilitary police after terrifying the hand brake on the engine. important to attract qualifi ed staff to neighbours with a knife and threaten- When the engine moved off without this sector.” ing to detonate a store of chemicals him, the driver fl agged down a taxi and The cabinet also demanded that hos- with the TV remote. chased it for six km (3.7 miles) before pitals hire enough full-time nurses in- “One push of the button will blow up catching up with it. stead of relying on part-time ones, and half of Brisbane,” Fryatt shouted in the He jumped aboard the moving en- that local governments improve their standoff last May before police in the gine but slipped and fell under its salaries and working conditions. state capital opened fi re wheels, railway police said. The end of cradle-to-grave health with rubber bullets. The engine traveled another 26 km care and lax supervision have contrib- Fryatt’s lawyer told the Brisbane until it was stopped by rail workers. “If uted to widespread complaints about District Court that his client lost con- you panic, you pay with your life,” rail- overcharging, bogus treatments and trol after losing much of his life savings way police offi cer Constantin Nut told corruption in hospitals — with nurses in a fraud carried out by his fi nance Reuters. 6 3 from Sudoku: The Original Brain Workout From 3 5 1 7 2 4 9 6 8 S 9 4 8 156 2 3 7 6 7 2 Solution to 7629 3 8 4 1 5 7 2 3 4 5 8 6 74 8 9 1 5 2 3 u yesterday’s 239 6 7 5 841 9 6 2 1 8 5 3 4 2 796 d puzzle: 5 1 3 4 8 9 672 8 6 4 2 7 5 6 3 1 8 9 o 4 1 2 8 9 6 2 1 7 3 5 4 k 4 5 3 278 arabic word of the day 8 4 9 u 5 7 No lah