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today

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on Freedom Journal Iraq . The raven

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takes to the skies that guy and Air

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force convoy to pass a milestone on the

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dangerous roads were the lodge ?

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Welcome to the position of Freedom

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Journal . Iraq . I'm army Sergeant

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Michelle guy in his look at events

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shaping the region . A combined U . S .

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And Iraqi patrol killed for insurgents

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and detained three south of hit . The

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team was patrolling along the Euphrates

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River when the insurgents attacked with

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small arms fire . One of the men killed

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was wearing a suicide vest in southern

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Baghdad . 100 and first Airborne

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Division soldiers detained a terror

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suspect acting on a tip from a local

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Iraqi patrol searched the suspect's

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house and found a mortar sites and

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possible bomb making materials . In a

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separate incident . Fourth Infantry

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Division soldiers detained two suspects

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in connection with the destination of

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two roadside bombs southeast of Baghdad .

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The suspect had spotting scopes and

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bomb initiating china's in their

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condition . The military uses

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several unmanned aerial vehicles . The

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surveillance and reconnaissance

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throughout the country . Specialist

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jennifer Cohen takes us to quote ,

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operating base Wilson , how kind of you

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to give it a closer look at one of

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these machines in a time of

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handheld electronic who better to

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control one of the smallest unmanned

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aerial vehicles and soldiers in today's

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waving bye units across Iraq

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Lieutenant , jimmy todd offering and to

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make at least one mission everyday

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way

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a

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way

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lieutenant tosses he likes his job

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because it allows him to see what's

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going on with a staff officer . A lot

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of time on the job to actually give me

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eyes on what goes on outside the wire ,

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especially what goes on when our troops

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are conducting raise conducting .

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Actually able to visualize exactly what

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they see . The Ravens . three ft body

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weighs in at just less than 4.5 counts

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with a five ft wing standard . It has

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three cameras located in the nose which

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provide real time imagery that can be

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recorded onto any video cameras ,

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cameras don't do one is capable of

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night vision and they allow the

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squadron commander to see what's going

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on with his troops .

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Wait

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a

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wait ,

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a

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raven comes apart and can fit into

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three small cases which allows you to

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operate it . Unlike many of the larger

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waves that doesn't need a runway to

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take off instead , you just throw it in

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the air taught those flies on machine

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as a fun experience how exciting . Just

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to be able to see the Humvees just roll

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up on a sergeant house and just be able

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to see the soldiers dispersed with a

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high enough resolution to show someone

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carrying a weapon . You never know what

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you'll see when you begin a 45 minute

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flight . We saw something suspicious

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actually four vehicles at once rolling

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up and down the road and they swept at

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this one point and we did find I was on

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the road . This lady is easily getting

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respect across the nation . Specialist

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jennifer Cohen bob Wilson . Iraq

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raven also has a built in GPS So you

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can fly manually or an autopilot up to

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10 km away . U . S . and Iraqi

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soldiers rescued dozens of people near

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Missoula . All powerful storm step

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through northern Iraq causing flash

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floods along the Greater Zab River .

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Soldiers from the second Iraq division

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used small boats to rescue roughly 100

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people stranded on small islands .

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Blackhawk helicopters from the Five

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42nd Medical Company also saved two men

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stranded in the rising water . Us

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medevac crews dropped of food and

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drinking water to the victims as well .

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You

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are truly making a difference for not

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just this region of the world , but for

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us as well . I thank you for your

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sacrifice , your dedication and most of

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all your love and your patriotism for

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our country . May God bless you now and

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always and go USa

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welcome back roughly . 50 detainees

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were released from facilities

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throughout the country . The combined

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review and release board heads up the

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operation . The Iraqi led board

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consists of people from the ministries

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of human rights , justice , interior

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and multinational forces . So far , the

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panel has looked at over 27,000 cases

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and released more than 14,000

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individuals since june 2004

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airmen have been running supply convoys

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in and out of balad air base on some of

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the world's most dangerous highways .

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Air Force Staff Sergeant kevin Nicholls

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reports

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four million

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miles . This culminates two years worth

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of convoys doing stuff that you guys

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have to stand up to scratch army asked

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us to come in and help out . We're able

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to do it . Just don't forget you guys

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have an important part of history ,

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history that starts with their first

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convoy the day . And these airmen under

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the expression erI Logistics readiness

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squadron go by Detachment 26 32 was the

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army unit they took over for when the

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army left . The name stayed . Another

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part of their history isn't both

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Staff

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and Staff

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Sergeant Dustin Peters and Airman first

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class carl Anderson where gunners from

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another unit passed to help out the

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convoys in balad . They were killed

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when their convoys were hit by roadside

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bombs . I have some airmen that were

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actually with those airmen when they

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were here last time and then the events

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that ended up in their tragic death .

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So it means a lot for some of these

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airmen that have been here doing this

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before .

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Million mile convoy rolled in . And to

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these airmen , it represents more than

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just a mild . They've racked up . It's

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like I enjoy because we take everything

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to heart , especially with our work and

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stuff . You know , we're like family ,

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not just in what the airmen have done ,

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but what the airmen have provided for

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the , for the nation and people of Iraq ,

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we start off with a very honorable ,

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honorable goal . We've met our goal and

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hopefully our efforts will not be

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forgotten as we leave out of here and

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the country of Iraq continues to build

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a strong democracy . That's kevin

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Nicholls , balad Airbase Iraq .

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More than 20 Iraqi soldiers graduated

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from the non commissioned officer

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training program in Hilla . In the

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previous Iraqi regime . Only officers

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received military training , leaving N .

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C . O . S and the soldiers out of the

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loop . The four week program teaches

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leaders the skills they need to further

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develop their soldiers . The graduates

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will put their new knowledge to the

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test as they return to their units to

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be in training their own soldiers .

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Thanks for watching the new cancer

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brings you the stories from the front

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lines of the war on terror and

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Operation Iraqi . Freedom from all of

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us here at A . F . N . And sweet and

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generally have a great day . Mm

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Yeah .