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First Lieutenant Michael L. Runyan, Company B, 52Nd Infantry Anti Tank, 2Nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25Th Infantry Division M A G A Z I N E O F T A S K F O R C E M A R N E From the Front Fall 2010 Iraqis receive OPD training EOD provides training and equipment to Iraqis Going Home Table of Contents From the Front -Task force Marne- FEATURES Task Force 3 Marne Soldier saves buddy with A.C.E. “Spartan” 5 Brigade Desert Rogues train Iraqis Iraqi Police receive EOD training “Warrior” 7 Brigade Pg. 11 Hawaii Soldiers instill confidence “Demon” 9 Brigade Medevac team supports USD-N COMMAND PHOTOS Task Force Commanding Visiting 11 Troy - North 1 General 17 Celebrities Iraqis receive EOD equipment Maj. Gen. Tony Cucolo Command Morale Events 2 Sgt. Maj. 19 Around Iraq “Wings of Command Sgt. Maj. Jesse Andrews 13 Lightning” & Iraqi OPD From the Front is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. Army. Contents of From the Front are not necessarily official views of, “Dragon” training or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, Department of the Army or the 3rd Infantry Division. All editorial content of Brigades From the Front is prepared, edited, provided and approved by the Task Force Marne Public Affairs Office. Troops go home after TASK FORCE MARNE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE completing mission Pg. 5 Commanding General Editorial Staff MAJ. GEN. TONY CUCOLO Managing Editor – Master Sgt. Marcia Triggs Command Sergeant Major Editor/Design – Sgt. Chad D. Nelson COMMAND SGT. MAJ. JESSE L. ANDREWS, JR. On the Cover Colonel Malcolm B. Frost, the brigade Task Force Marne Public Affairs Staff commander for 2nd Advise and Assist On the Back Cover TF Marne PAO – Lt. Col. Jeff Allen Contributing Units Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, surveys Task Force Marne remembers its fallen heroes TF Marne Deputy PAO – Maj. Lee Peters 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division one of five vehicle inspection checkpoints TF Marne PA NCOIC – Master Sgt. Marcia Triggs 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Armored Division flying over the Diyala province, Aug. 23. TF Marne PA Ops – Sgt. 1st Class Kelly McCargo (Photo by Pfc. Robert M. England) TF Marne Writer – Sgt. Johnathon Jobson 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment TF Marne Writer – Spc. Michael Adams Commanding General Command Sergeant Major Change of Mission? No problem for Task Force Marne Marne team adds to 30-year Veteran’s life experiences and Security Force Assistance to a signifi- a high tempo of operations against the en- own livelihood. The fight against complacency is be- cant degree since March’s Iraqi national emies of the people of Iraq (and us) while Before Task Force Marne left Iraq in ing won. This quarter, accidents and inju- elections. Additionally, the violent extrem- fighting brutal summer heat and waves of 2008, I witnessed U.S. congressmen walk ries are down. Battle buddies are looking ist networks here have been reeling from dust storms passing through our area. Our through a market in Salman Pak without out for one another. Iraq is a dangerous a series of blows they’ve been receiving Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, our handful of body armor, talking to local Iraqi citizens place, and we all need to understand that from the Iraqi and U.S. Special Forces Marines, the small but indispensable con- and gazing at their fresh fruits and vegeta- no one has been benched. Everyone is in and Iraqi and U.S. conventional forces for tingent of Coast Guard customs guardians, bles. Salman Pak is southeast of Baghdad, the game. Both servicemembers and civil- some time now: their leadership has been and some of the most dedicated civilians and was once a lawless city. ians who serve under Task Force Marne captured, killed, or is routinely on the run and contractors anywhere in the world as Now we are back in Iraq, and I could have shown me that it does not just take looking over their shoulders; their finan- they all worked together to accomplish not be any prouder of this great team. Like brute strength and the world’s best weapon cial support has been clipped to the point the impossible: Move 15,000 Soldiers out I stated earlier, the men and women who systems to win wars and assist in building of desperation among some of the groups. of Iraq and bring 3,700 into Iraq between make up this task force are from areas such a country. Proficiency, agility, moral and Though attacks are executed in some num- May 1st and August 20th - from 21,000 to as Washington, Texas, Kansas, Hawaii, ethical codes are attributes that will con- ber each week, more than half of those 9,600 Soldiers; ship over 3,000 vehicles, Georgia, and Germany --- just to name a tinuously propel us into mission accom- attacks are ineffective – meaning no one and 3,400 shipping containers to the U.S., few places. plishment. was hurt. In summary, the level of violence Afghanistan, or American forces else- Your accomplishments include training “Training to standard” is not an Army After noting that Iraq was ignored in the here is such that there is no doubt in my where; return nearly $1 billion in equip- As troops we willingly accept change Iraqi Security Forces on everything from top-10 catch phrase. It is the reason ju- western press after the national elections mind the Iraqi Security Forces can handle ment to the Army supply system; close or and embrace added responsibility. The emergency medical techniques, counter nior NCOs and Soldiers are able to instruct here last March, I welcomed the surge of the situation. return to Iraqi control 26 operating bases; time has come for me to do both. For those explosives, transportation maintenance Iraqis, Kurdish and Peshmerga on the ba- coverage during the last two weeks of Au- However, because the Iraqi Army has formally transfer $20 million of equipment who may not know, my tenure as the Task to stability operations. Impressively, you sics of combat, maneuver, and sustainabil- gust. It is important that people at home been concentrating on their counterinsur- to the Government of Iraq. Force Marne and 3rd Infantry Division have not focused solely on security forces. ity. Simultaneously, the behind-the-scenes hear what Soldiers are doing over here – gency fight, they have not yet been able No doubt, an accomplishment for command sergeant major ends in Octo- You have helped to build schools, uplift operations never ceased. Supplies and even if half the story gets out, I’m pleased, to train those skills needed to defend their which we can be justifiably proud. But I ber, and I will assume responsibilities as women in the community and partnered equipment were ordered, communications because it is one heck of a story; our Sol- nation. This means we need to work even must end this note telling you there is also the First Army command sergeant major at with members of the Provincial Recon- kept everyone connected, awards were diers are amazing. When the media blitz harder on police primacy in the cities and a bit of quiet pride over here among Third Fort Gillem, Ga. struction Team to improve the economic processed, and no one passed through our hit, I sensed some confusion, among my villages so we can get the army out of civil Infantry Division troops. It is only fitting It has been an enormous privilege to plight of Iraqi citizens. The extension of security gates if they weren’t invited. Army Families, with the public discussion security and to the right type of training that Marne Soldiers play such a significant meet so many skillful, talented and brave support to the Iraqi citizens came from It was almost 30 years ago that I com- of “the departure of the last combat bri- with the right equipment. When you hear role in the conclusion of Operation Iraqi individuals who serve in this task force. Task Force Marne Family Members and mitted to being a servant for my nation, gade” and “the end of combat operations.” the term, “Advise, Train and Assist,” you Freedom and the start of Operation New I have seen firsthand how the mentorship friends who collected toys, clothes and and every day since then I have learned Many Families asked: “I hear it’s over and can understand why our efforts will be- Dawn. After all, it was the Dog Face Sol- and discipline of our forces have strength- school supplies. American generosity was something new or have been humbled by everyone is coming home. When are YOU come more focused on “train.” dier who led the charge up the Euphrates ened the Iraqi Security Forces and given poured onto the Iraqis due to the love and the great deeds or innovative actions of coming home?” Although mistaken, this is Many of our Family Members were River Valley in 2003, culminating in the Iraqi civilians hope for their future. appreciation individuals hold dear for you. troops. Twenty-nine men and women have a very understandable assumption. concerned that we would not be able to de- “Thunder Runs” into Baghdad that toppled Like so many others, I have seen Iraq What is most fascinating about the Sol- given their lives since Task Force Marne We received a change of mission. Dur- fend ourselves because of some new rule. the regime of a brutal dictator. Now it is without police primacy and rule of law. diers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and civil- has taken command. Losing comrades has ing Operation Iraqi Freedom we could do This could not be further from the truth.
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