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New Leadership at Contingency Operating Base Service Members Marez, Iraq The Expeditionary Times Proudly serving the finest Expeditionary service members throughout Iraq Vol. 3 Issue 21 April 14, 2010 http://www.hood.army.mil/13sce/ Life saver Soldiers celebrate Easter Soldiers train to save at historic monastery lives in combat STORY AND PHOTO S BY Sgt. William Olivier, a paralegal with SGT . KEITH S. VAN KL OM P ENBERG Headquarters and Headquarters Page 5 EXP E DITIONARY TIM E S STAFF Troop, 278th Armored Cavalry Reg- iment, 13th Sustainment Command CONTINGENCY OPERATING (Expeditionary) and a Smyrna, BASE MAREZ, Iraq Tenn., native, holds a candle during Mass April 3 at St. Elijah Monastery – More than 600 New leadership at Contingency Operating Base service members Marez, Iraq. and civilians cel- ebrated Easter “It’s an amazing thing for with weekend them,” he said. services April First Lt. Geoffrey Whitaker, 3 and 4 at St. Elijah Monastery, the garrison chaplain at COB the oldest Christian monastery Marez with the Regimental in Iraq, at Contingency Operat- Fires Squadron, 278th Armored ing Base Marez. Cavalry Regiment, 13th Sustain- A candlelit Mass was held ment Command (Expedition- April 3 and two other services ary), said he was honored to be were held April 4 at the 1,700- part of the services. year-old structure. “To get to celebrate Easter in “This is the second time the oldest Christian monastery we’ve done this,” said Capt. Pat- in Iraq … it’s a once in a lifetime Sustainment battalions rick Van Durme, the battalion opportunity,” said Whitaker, a transfer authority chaplain with 1st Battalion, 19th Murphy, N.C., native. Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Sgt. 1st Class Bobby Brooks, Infantry Division and a Dans- a shop foreman with A Battery, Page 8 ville, N.Y., native. RFS, 278th ACR and a Sevier- Van Durme said turnout for ville, Tenn., native, said it was a the events was large and in- privilege to experience so many cluded civilian workers from cultures coming together in a Tech savvy around the world and from the historic location to celebrate Mosul area, which has the larg- Easter. est Christian population in Iraq. SEE MASS ON PAGE 4 General praises Providers for base closure efforts STORY AND PHOTO BY Operating Base Adder, Iraq, as PFC . LISA A. CO P E well as preparing Cedar for clo- EXP E DITIONARY TIM E S STAFF sure. Capt. Valentino Bailey, the CAMP CEDAR II, Iraq – Brig. contracting officer with the 36th Gen. Randal A. Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sus- Dragon, the dep- tainment Command (Expedi- uty commanding tionary) and a Dallas native, said general with 1st Cedar should be closed down by Infantry Divi- the Aug. 21 deadline set by Unit- sion, visited ed States Division – South. New weapon system keeps Camp Cedar Bailey accompanied Dragon II, Iraq, April 3 to observe the during his visit and briefed him Soldiers safer on road Trucks move containerized housing units March 11 from Camp Cedar II, Iraq, to progress that has been made on the status of the Cedar to Ad- Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, to be used for the new convoy sup- port center under construction at Adder and to start preparing Cedar for base toward transferring convoy sup- der move. Page 16 closure. port operations to Contingency SEE PRAISE ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 EXP E DITIONARY TIM E S April 14, 2010 Balad Blotter March 25 - April 1 Chaplain’s Corner: overcome FAILURE TO OBEY ORDER : A complainant telephoned the Law Enforcement Desk and re- ported the subject was passing out and throwing up at the bus stop adjacent to building 7303 and had been transported to the giants, have faith emergency room with a possible drug overdose. A patrol was briefed and dispatched to the ER in the Air Force Theater Hos- BY CA P T . MAR K D. PHI ll I P S whelmed with relationship, finance, career, parent- pital. The patrol arrived on the scene and made contact with 278TH ACR CHAPLAIN ing or decision-making issues. If we are not careful, witness two who said, via Air Force IMT 1168/Statement of then fear oftentimes replaces the courage to move Witness, at roughly 10 a.m., the subject arrived at the ER inco- welve men slowly climbed the forward and overcome. herent and complaining of nausea escorted by the complainant Ttreacherous mountain, determined It is this fear that causes many people to miss the and witness one. The subject was uncooperative and struggled to reach their objective and complete greatest blessings in life. Some experience the fear of with medical personnel when they attempted to remove his shirt and pants. Witness two said he found substances in the their mission. failure, the fear of ridicule or simply the fear of the subject’s uniform pockets and held them until the patrol seized The mission was very simple: reach unknown. them as evidence via Department of the Army Form 4137/Evi- the top of the peak, look into the valley, Notice that Joshua and Caleb exhibited faith in dence/Property Custody Document. The patrol arrived on the and spy on the enemy forces. Afghani- the face of fear. scene at the subject’s living quarters H-7 housing/C-59 and se- stan? Iraq? No, this mission took place almost 3,500 According to Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the as- cured the room. The complainant said, via Air Force IMT 1168/ years ago. Moses had led the Israelites on a long jour- surance of things hoped for, the conviction of things Statement of Complainant, at roughly 9:40 a.m., she arrived at the bus stop to see the subject passing in and out of conscious- ney. not seen.” ness, throwing up and unable to walk. The complainant said, They had finally reached their objective to seize what Militarily, Joshua and Caleb knew the Israelites along with witness one, she transported the subject to the ER God had promised: Canaan, the promised land. could not win the battle, but they also knew that God at roughly 10 a.m. and made contact with witness two. Witness Ten of the 12 spies saw the enemy as "giants" in the was greater than anyone they would face, and they one’s statement corroborates the complainant’s statement. valley and became extremely fearful. Reporting back to chose to put their faith in God. Investigators conducted a three way conference call to gain search authority. Authority was granted. Investigators initiated Moses, the 10 unanimously decided there was no way the Only when our fear is replaced with courage can a search of the subject’s living quarters. The search terminated Israelites could overtake the enemy occupying the val- we make the right decisions in life and expect the best with 27 pieces of evidence obtained from the room. The subject ley. that God has to offer. will remain in the hospital until 8 a.m. April 3 and is unable to However, two of the spies, Joshua and Caleb, had a So, how do we obtain the faith we need? Interest- provide a statement. Witness one was instructed to escort the completely different report. ingly, faith is an action word. When we are faced with subject to the LED for questioning upon his release. They declared in Numbers 14:7-9, "The land, which a dilemma, God does not expect us to do nothing but we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good to step forward and trust that he will guide our deci- POSSIBLE IDENTITY THEFT: land. If the Lord delights in us, he will bring us into this sions that we make. A complainant walked into the Law Enforcement Desk April 1 land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and Faith causes us to reach out beyond our own abili- and reported a possible identity theft. The complainant said, via honey. Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not ties and trust in that which is greater than what we Air Force IMT 1168/Statement of Suspect/Witness/Complainant, March 27, she called her bank (Scotia Bank) in the Virgin Islands fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. have to offer. Faith in God gives us confidence be- to verify a deposit was made. The complainant was asked to give Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is cause we know God cannot fail. her social security number to gain access to her account. The com- with us; do not fear them.” How do we know this? The answers are found in plainant said the banker relayed to her the social security number If the 12 men were there together, how would two God’s Word. belonging to the complainant brought up someone else’s name. men see something different? Clearly, Joshua and Caleb Romans 10:17 declares, “So faith comes from hear- The complainant called her mother in the Virgin Islands to inform her about the situation and spoke to her aunt who works at the knew they were in the center of God's will. If God had led ing and hearing through the word of Christ.” same bank. The complainant said, March 29, her aunt provided them this far, he would surely deliver them in this leg of When you place your faith in God, do not fear the her with information on the person who is using her social secu- their journey. “giants” in your life. God is greater than all of your rity number. Her mom sent her information about what to do as The other 10 spies relied only on their sight with no problems and has a wonderful plan for your success.
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