| 11/26/2007: Unit Receives Task Force Marne's First MRAPs Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, became the first in Task Force Marne to receive the Army's new mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, known as MRAPs. defenselink.mil |
12/28/2007: Scrap-Metal Salvage Puts Iraqis to Work Fourteen Iraqis have begun working in the Defense Reutilization Material Office yard to reduce damaged and unusable vehicles into scrap metal. The metal will be sold to an outside business and eventually end up in an Iraqi foundry. defenselink.mil |
01/29/2008: Villagers Help Forces Rid Areas of Insurgent Weapons Villagers in Afghanistan have helped coalition and Afghan security forces recover numerous weapons caches over the last two months, military officials reported. defenselink.mil |
03/03/2008: Korean War Hero Receives Posthumous Medal of Honor President Bush presented the Medal of Honor to the family of the late Army Master Sgt. Woodrow Keeble, the first full-blooded Sioux Indian to receive the nation's highest military award, for heroism during the Korean War. While wounded, Keeble risked his life to save others. defenselink.mil |
04/04/2008: Gates Leaves NATO Summit Pleased With Outcomes Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates left the three-day NATO summit in Romania with a positive view, telling reporters: "I think, all in all, it was a very successful summit from the standpoint of the alliance." defenselink.mil |