WEBVTT 00:06.640 --> 00:10.540 today on freedom from the 00:10.540 --> 00:12.596 Iraq soldiers stepped up security in 00:12.596 --> 00:14.762 Baghdad and helicopter pilots to learn 00:14.762 --> 00:14.550 on the fly . 00:23.140 --> 00:25.362 Welcome to this edition of Freedom turn 00:25.362 --> 00:27.584 Iraq , I'm 50 john Sheldon and here's a 00:27.584 --> 00:29.807 look at events shaping the region . The 00:29.807 --> 00:31.529 Baghdad security plan known as 00:31.529 --> 00:33.584 Operation Together Forward is one of 00:33.584 --> 00:35.640 the top priorities for the country's 00:35.640 --> 00:37.696 new government . As part of the plan 00:37.696 --> 00:37.300 coalition and Iraqi forces are 00:37.300 --> 00:39.133 searching thousands of homes and 00:39.133 --> 00:41.356 businesses in Western Baghdad Shula and 00:41.356 --> 00:43.078 armory and neighborhoods . The 00:43.078 --> 00:45.189 operation aims to reduce the level of 00:45.189 --> 00:47.078 murders , terrorism and sectarian 00:47.078 --> 00:48.800 violence in the capital city . 00:48.800 --> 00:50.856 Meanwhile , soldiers from the fourth 00:50.856 --> 00:50.710 Infantry Division and the Iraqi 00:50.710 --> 00:52.821 National Police are stepping up their 00:52.821 --> 00:54.654 efforts in Southern Baghdad Army 00:54.654 --> 00:56.654 Sergeant joseph Norton tells us how 00:56.654 --> 00:58.543 they're making the area safer for 00:58.543 --> 01:00.920 citizens soldiers from the second 01:00.920 --> 01:03.670 battalion , 506 regimental combat team 01:03.680 --> 01:05.624 attached to the fourth I . D . S . 01:05.624 --> 01:07.458 Fourth Brigade accompanied Iraqi 01:07.458 --> 01:09.402 National Police . And according in 01:09.402 --> 01:11.569 search in the door district where they 01:11.569 --> 01:13.569 visited each house in the area with 01:13.569 --> 01:15.513 crews working day and night . They 01:15.513 --> 01:17.569 stopped at approximately 5000 houses 01:17.569 --> 01:19.624 over a three day period . A daunting 01:19.624 --> 01:21.791 task accomplished in large part by the 01:21.791 --> 01:23.958 tireless efforts of the Iraqi National 01:23.958 --> 01:26.124 Police , they did pretty good . We are 01:26.124 --> 01:28.180 just supporting them like you said . 01:28.180 --> 01:30.347 And uh we're just , we're just here to 01:30.347 --> 01:30.240 make sure that they are doing it right 01:30.240 --> 01:32.980 and with them to learn something , you 01:32.980 --> 01:36.130 know and learn how to actually interact 01:36.130 --> 01:38.352 with their own people and how to how to 01:38.352 --> 01:41.760 search houses . The right way . The 01:41.760 --> 01:43.927 objective . During the searches was to 01:43.927 --> 01:46.500 register one Ak 47 per household in 01:46.500 --> 01:48.500 accordance with Iraqi law and 01:48.500 --> 01:50.460 confiscate any other unauthorized 01:50.460 --> 01:52.516 weapons . But there was more to this 01:52.516 --> 01:54.738 mission than just a weapons search . We 01:54.738 --> 01:57.340 also want to make sure that uh these 01:57.340 --> 01:59.451 national peace get face time with the 01:59.451 --> 02:01.618 people . The last National Police unit 02:01.618 --> 02:04.350 was not well liked but uh right now 02:04.350 --> 02:06.683 these new national police are motivated , 02:06.683 --> 02:08.572 they're going to work with people 02:08.572 --> 02:10.572 according to one of the residents . 02:10.572 --> 02:12.683 Going , house to house , working with 02:12.683 --> 02:16.270 the people has paid off . Some of the 02:16.270 --> 02:18.381 reports we've heard on the television 02:18.381 --> 02:20.580 about the Iraqi security forces doing 02:20.580 --> 02:23.630 bad things was very incorrect . We can 02:23.630 --> 02:25.940 sleep better now because the I . S . F . 02:25.950 --> 02:28.172 Is keeping us safe in our neighborhoods 02:28.172 --> 02:30.117 to the soldiers . That is the most 02:30.117 --> 02:32.006 important aspect of their mission 02:32.006 --> 02:34.228 Andorra . Their success is not measured 02:34.228 --> 02:35.894 in the number of weapons they 02:35.894 --> 02:37.950 confiscate but that they are able to 02:37.950 --> 02:40.283 protect the innocent people of the area . 02:40.283 --> 02:42.394 And with a capable Iraqi police force 02:42.394 --> 02:44.561 in the lead , they are one step closer 02:44.561 --> 02:46.783 to making this a reality for the fourth 02:46.783 --> 02:49.006 Brigade , Fourth I . D . Public Affairs 02:49.006 --> 02:50.894 Office . I'm Army Sergeant joseph 02:50.894 --> 02:52.839 Norton . While coalition and Iraqi 02:52.839 --> 02:55.061 forces tried to keep the streets safe , 02:55.061 --> 02:57.172 the country faces other challenges on 02:57.172 --> 02:59.506 the road to peace , multinational force , 02:59.506 --> 03:01.506 Iraq spokesman , Major General Bill 03:01.506 --> 03:01.450 caldwell spoke about some of those 03:01.450 --> 03:03.617 challenges during a press conference , 03:03.617 --> 03:05.394 the military forces . The Iraqi 03:05.394 --> 03:07.617 security forces , the coalition support 03:07.617 --> 03:09.617 can help set the stage for peace to 03:09.617 --> 03:11.728 occur but they cannot achieve peace . 03:11.728 --> 03:13.561 It's going to take all the other 03:13.561 --> 03:15.394 factors . It's going to take the 03:15.394 --> 03:17.339 economics , it's going to take the 03:17.339 --> 03:17.050 governance and its most important . 03:17.050 --> 03:19.106 They're gonna take the will of Iraqi 03:19.106 --> 03:20.994 people to make this both work and 03:20.994 --> 03:23.217 sustain itself . But they've absolutely 03:23.217 --> 03:25.930 got the commitment as we see it from 03:25.930 --> 03:27.930 the government of Iraq and from the 03:27.930 --> 03:29.986 coalition forces , the United States 03:29.986 --> 03:32.208 mission here in Iraq to support them in 03:32.208 --> 03:35.550 that endeavour . After the break 03:35.550 --> 03:37.606 helicopter pilot to learn how to fly 03:37.606 --> 03:37.500 stay 03:37.500 --> 03:43.340 with , 03:43.350 --> 03:45.517 just want to tell you how proud we are 03:45.517 --> 03:47.517 of the work that you're doing . The 03:47.517 --> 03:49.350 work that you do here is vitally 03:49.350 --> 03:52.180 important . Not just to like but the 03:52.190 --> 03:54.570 rest of the world . Uh We appreciate 03:54.570 --> 03:56.626 your service and the service of your 03:56.626 --> 03:58.737 family . Stay safe . Come back soon . 03:58.737 --> 03:59.737 God bless you 03:59.737 --> 04:05.650 with . 04:07.040 --> 04:08.040 Mhm . 04:37.740 --> 04:41.500 Us marines captured three 04:41.500 --> 04:43.500 suspects linked to the murder of an 04:43.500 --> 04:45.611 Iraqi man in Haditha eyewitnesses say 04:45.611 --> 04:47.611 four masked gunmen showed up at the 04:47.611 --> 04:49.500 man's home and threatened to kill 04:49.500 --> 04:51.389 anyone who has assisted coalition 04:51.389 --> 04:53.444 forces . The victim fired a rifle at 04:53.444 --> 04:55.611 them in self defense , killing one and 04:55.611 --> 04:55.480 wounding two others . The two of the 04:55.480 --> 04:57.702 gunmen overpowered him after he ran out 04:57.702 --> 04:59.924 Obama then executed him in front of his 04:59.924 --> 05:02.091 house . Try the one the first airborne 05:02.091 --> 05:04.313 Division transferred responsibility for 05:04.313 --> 05:06.369 security operations in Mahmoudiya to 05:06.369 --> 05:08.536 the Iraqi army earlier this week . U . 05:08.536 --> 05:10.536 S . Forces will stay in the area to 05:10.536 --> 05:12.647 provide logistics in combat support . 05:12.647 --> 05:14.758 Training is one of the foundations of 05:14.758 --> 05:16.924 the U . S . Military in the war zone . 05:16.924 --> 05:16.420 Good training can mean the difference 05:16.420 --> 05:18.670 between life and death . Army Sergeant 05:18.670 --> 05:20.781 Andrew bunker take us to al assad and 05:20.781 --> 05:22.726 shows us how one soldiers learning 05:22.726 --> 05:25.520 valuable lessons on the fly a Virginia 05:25.520 --> 05:27.631 National Guard Black Hawk flight crew 05:27.631 --> 05:29.920 from the second to 24th Aviation 05:29.920 --> 05:31.920 Regiment gets the last minute brief 05:31.920 --> 05:34.680 before today's flight . Normally their 05:34.680 --> 05:37.050 mission is to provide convoy support 05:37.060 --> 05:38.893 and black troops and supplies to 05:38.893 --> 05:41.760 various regions in Iraq . Today's 05:41.760 --> 05:43.927 mission is different . It's a training 05:43.927 --> 05:45.927 mission and there's plenty to learn 05:45.927 --> 05:48.093 from this instructor one supply school 05:48.093 --> 05:51.970 in 1970 . And uh right after 05:51.970 --> 05:54.660 high school uh got to go to Vietnam . 05:54.840 --> 05:56.970 Now the season veteran is sharing his 05:56.970 --> 05:59.303 years of experience by training a new U . 05:59.303 --> 06:01.850 H . 60 Black Hawk pilot in a combat 06:01.850 --> 06:05.550 zone . We 06:05.560 --> 06:08.750 uh have uh brand new 06:08.760 --> 06:12.210 lieutenant that is just out of flight 06:12.210 --> 06:15.930 school trying to get her uh qualified 06:15.940 --> 06:18.650 that way . She can be integrated into 06:18.650 --> 06:20.970 the unit and start flying missions for 06:20.970 --> 06:23.470 us . This former sailor graduate from 06:23.480 --> 06:25.970 Army Flight School in january decades 06:25.970 --> 06:28.520 after her instructor today , warrant 06:28.520 --> 06:30.680 Officer Crockett evaluates her on 06:30.680 --> 06:33.050 certain maneuvers , landings and 06:33.050 --> 06:35.900 emergency procedures . So I'm reading 06:35.900 --> 06:39.290 this level three . Hopefully after the 06:39.290 --> 06:41.346 slide will be reading this level too 06:41.346 --> 06:43.512 and that means that I'll be able to go 06:43.512 --> 06:45.457 out by missions with an instructor 06:45.457 --> 06:47.960 pilot with me and then once I am Aro 06:47.960 --> 06:50.016 one reading this level one , I'll be 06:50.016 --> 06:52.370 able to fly with the pilot in command . 06:52.620 --> 06:54.740 Today's flight brings this lieutenant 06:54.750 --> 06:56.670 one step closer to completing her 06:56.670 --> 06:58.990 training with an experienced warrant 06:58.990 --> 07:01.101 officer guiding her . She'll be ready 07:01.101 --> 07:02.934 for upcoming missions in the war 07:02.934 --> 07:04.910 against terrorism . Army Sergeant 07:04.910 --> 07:08.110 Andrew Brooker Al Asad Iraq 07:08.120 --> 07:11.940 more than 30 years ago brings fluid CH 07:11.940 --> 07:13.884 53 sea stein's over the jungles of 07:13.884 --> 07:15.930 Vietnam Army Sergeant Tom counting 07:15.930 --> 07:17.819 finds even though the scenery has 07:17.819 --> 07:19.708 changed , the helicopters haven't 07:19.708 --> 07:21.819 mechanics for marine heavy helicopter 07:21.819 --> 07:24.110 squadron for 63rd expected agent at the 07:24.120 --> 07:27.260 CH 53 jumping to identify the problem . 07:27.340 --> 07:29.396 It looks like they will have to tear 07:29.396 --> 07:31.396 apart motor of this Vietnam era sea 07:31.396 --> 07:33.451 stallion that supports marines in Al 07:33.451 --> 07:35.618 Asad Iraq to take a lot of maintenance 07:35.618 --> 07:37.390 for these aircraft . Um , they 07:37.390 --> 07:39.630 obviously don't fix themselves so they 07:39.640 --> 07:42.020 spend hours upon hours every day and 07:42.020 --> 07:44.350 making sure that they're safe and that 07:44.360 --> 07:46.582 they're working properly . Major Rogers 07:46.582 --> 07:48.749 mentioned this type of work is typical 07:48.749 --> 07:50.749 for helicopters and his team spends 07:50.749 --> 07:52.916 less maintenance time for flight hours 07:52.916 --> 07:54.971 compared to other helicopter crews . 07:54.971 --> 07:57.027 It's surprising but it also , it's a 07:57.027 --> 07:59.249 testament to the guy who came before us 07:59.249 --> 08:00.860 and who have worked on these 08:00.860 --> 08:00.760 helicopters and Captain Nolan and 08:00.760 --> 08:02.538 marines will continue using the 08:02.538 --> 08:04.649 helicopter due to its reliability and 08:04.649 --> 08:06.760 versatility but they're only reliable 08:06.760 --> 08:08.982 because of the maintenance crews , hard 08:08.982 --> 08:11.204 work and spare parts or spare engine in 08:11.204 --> 08:13.316 this case , Army Sergeant Tom conning 08:13.316 --> 08:16.430 al Asad . Iraq More than one million 08:16.430 --> 08:18.541 service members have deployed to Iraq 08:18.541 --> 08:20.708 since the beginning of Operation Iraqi 08:20.708 --> 08:22.708 Freedom . Some troops have deployed 08:22.708 --> 08:24.930 more than once since operations began . 08:24.930 --> 08:26.597 Army Sergeant Michael Mccurry 08:26.597 --> 08:26.360 introduces us to a soldier who 08:26.360 --> 08:28.638 volunteered to come back a second time . 08:28.810 --> 08:30.699 Sergeant Cole Norris's inspecting 08:30.699 --> 08:32.866 ammunition at the ammo supply point on 08:32.866 --> 08:35.780 logistical support area anaconda . His 08:35.780 --> 08:39.490 work hasn't gone unnoticed . Partner is 08:39.490 --> 08:42.670 a very good worker is assigned to the 08:42.670 --> 08:45.220 units , but he fit right in immediately 08:46.380 --> 08:49.730 quiet . Uh , lead by example soldier 08:49.740 --> 08:53.030 which , which is troops , uh , respect 08:53.030 --> 08:55.560 and look after his function is 08:55.560 --> 08:58.550 important . Ammo is not his first mos 08:58.560 --> 09:00.670 this Missoula Montana based soldier 09:00.670 --> 09:02.614 cross trained in order to serve in 09:02.614 --> 09:05.200 support of Operation Iraqi Freedom . A 09:05.200 --> 09:07.480 draftsman by trade . Sergeant Morris 09:07.480 --> 09:10.040 answered the call to duty . It's almost 09:10.040 --> 09:11.873 an action that really funny mind 09:11.873 --> 09:15.720 talking into it . Uh , by the time I 09:15.720 --> 09:17.890 realistically came around , I couldn't 09:17.900 --> 09:19.789 think about not being in the army 09:19.789 --> 09:22.190 because I've been in 17 , 09:22.200 --> 09:25.970 a pretty good experience all around 09:26.000 --> 09:29.190 a better person because Sergeant Norris 09:29.190 --> 09:32.510 had a reason to volunteer Freedom , I 09:32.510 --> 09:34.566 guess . Uh , you know , we do what I 09:34.566 --> 09:38.250 want to do whenever I want to do and uh , 09:38.260 --> 09:40.316 you got to be able to defend that if 09:40.316 --> 09:42.371 you want to keep it otherwise , just 09:42.371 --> 09:44.538 someone else out there . It's going to 09:44.538 --> 09:46.600 take it from Sergeant Norris is not 09:46.600 --> 09:48.900 unfamiliar with Iraq . He served as a 09:48.900 --> 09:51.280 fueler during O . I . F . One and 09:51.280 --> 09:53.336 volunteered to come back with a four 09:53.336 --> 09:55.447 52nd ordinance company when they were 09:55.447 --> 09:58.130 short staff . I was surprised 09:58.140 --> 10:00.196 especially since he's been over here 10:00.196 --> 10:02.307 before . It's actually cross training 10:02.307 --> 10:04.560 for the second time coming over here . 10:04.570 --> 10:07.150 Um It's just a credit upon him and the 10:07.160 --> 10:11.130 credit upon him being an american and a 10:11.140 --> 10:13.620 soldier . Sergeant . Cole Morris 10:13.630 --> 10:15.580 putting the mission first 10:15.590 --> 10:19.230 from black Iraq . Um Army 10:19.230 --> 10:21.580 Sergeant Michael mastery tool seventh 10:21.590 --> 10:24.140 and pad . Thanks for watching the 10:24.140 --> 10:26.196 newscast that brings you the stories 10:26.196 --> 10:28.140 from the front lines of the war on 10:28.140 --> 10:28.080 terror and Operation Iraqi . Freedom 10:28.090 --> 10:30.257 from All of us here at A . F . N . And 10:30.257 --> 10:32.460 Freedom Journal Rock . Have a safe day 10:35.320 --> 10:37.550 change . Mhm . 10:39.040 --> 10:39.360 Yeah .