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June 17, 2008

Iraq USO Center

I was thrilled to learn that one of my all-time favorite charities, the USO, opened a center in Iraq! Not only is this great news for the troops there, but it’s further evidence that things are stabilizing over there. All good news for the troops.

The USO has opened its first center in Iraq, right in the heart of the combat zone at our big air base near Balad.
USO
General David Petraeus is pictured above with Ned Powell, the USO’s president and CEO, during opening of this new USO center. This center is just North of Baghdad which will serve our troops right where they need USO services the most. The soldiers had dubbed the area where this center opened “Mortaritaville”, because of its history of frequent mortar and rocket attacks. The 2,300 square-foot facility offers our men and women in uniform a comfortable lounge where they can forget about the war for a few precious moments and enjoy entertainment from home, such as video games, DVDs, movies and more.
There’s also a Cyber Café with free Internet and email access, plus telephone service with prepaid phone cards, so our troops can call home for free to hear the delightful sound of their child’s voice or to have a comforting chat with a friend or loved one.
If you’d like to learn more about this USO Balad Center or any of their other centers visit this link: USO locations. They also offer a great directory of resources for veterans you can find here: Veterans directory.

Written by David · Filed Under Featured, Military News 

The Surge is Working

December 25, 2007

By now you’ve heard the surge is working. While I hate to use statistics to show just how much improvement there has been in Iraq, the stats really do show an impressive turnaround. For Iraq casualty figures visit the Iraq Coalition Casualties site. And let’s not forget about our family in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom).

We couldn’t have asked for a better Christmas present then the safer conditions in Iraq have provided. Even the NY Times is writing about the calm in Iraq although you’d think Chicken Little was the author of the article as every positive development is abruptly challenged with a “but…”. It’s as if they feel a need to point out the frailties of our successes in Iraq to avoid depressing their readers. Their warped passion for our defeat is truly bizarre.

Even Iraqi Christians came out in droves to celebrate Christmas Mass today.

Written by David · Filed Under Military News 

Operation Iraqi Freedom

November 5, 2007

A childhood friend who is currently serving in Iraq sent me an article today about a large explosives factory they closed down recently thanks to a tip from a concerned local resident.

The article about the explosives factory can be found here:

Explosives Factory put out of business

For ongoing news from the front line in Iraq click here:

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Always nice to have good news!

Written by David · Filed Under Military News 

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