WEBVTT 00:07.240 --> 00:10.720 today on Freedom's journal Iraq mps 00:10.720 --> 00:12.887 stopped by an Iraqi police station and 00:12.887 --> 00:15.109 marines clear I E . Ds from the streets 00:15.109 --> 00:16.109 of the column , 00:16.109 --> 00:24.170 Welcome 00:24.170 --> 00:26.170 to this edition of freedom criminal 00:26.170 --> 00:28.170 Iraq on private chris charbonneau , 00:28.170 --> 00:30.003 communicating with local support 00:30.003 --> 00:32.170 services in Iraq is the cornerstone of 00:32.170 --> 00:32.090 the transitioning to an Iraqi led 00:32.090 --> 00:34.257 government sergeant . First class jOHn 00:34.257 --> 00:36.257 freeze shows us how military police 00:36.257 --> 00:37.979 officers meet with their Iraqi 00:37.979 --> 00:40.090 counterparts wake up over there . All 00:40.090 --> 00:41.923 right , let's go load up for the 00:41.923 --> 00:43.990 military police officers of the 94th 00:44.000 --> 00:46.260 and key company . Each patrol starts 00:46.260 --> 00:48.530 off pretty much the same equipment is 00:48.530 --> 00:50.474 checked . The soldiers are given a 00:50.474 --> 00:52.641 thorough inspection to ensure they are 00:52.641 --> 00:54.863 fully mission ready and then briefed by 00:54.863 --> 00:57.030 their supervisor . It may appear as if 00:57.030 --> 00:59.141 they have done this hundreds of times 00:59.141 --> 01:01.363 before , but the mps based in Camp echo 01:01.363 --> 01:03.474 just outside Ad Diwaniyah , Iraq have 01:03.474 --> 01:05.530 just begun the year long tour here . 01:05.530 --> 01:07.641 Their mission is to develop the Iraqi 01:07.641 --> 01:09.697 police force into a department , the 01:09.697 --> 01:12.700 Iraqi public and trust . We basically 01:12.700 --> 01:15.820 assess them on their level on how much 01:15.830 --> 01:17.941 help they need to get them to a level 01:17.941 --> 01:20.052 where they can sustain themselves and 01:20.052 --> 01:22.163 work really well with their community 01:22.163 --> 01:24.219 to make it a safer place for them to 01:24.219 --> 01:26.441 live . Key leaders from both sides meet 01:26.441 --> 01:28.552 regularly to discuss improvements for 01:28.552 --> 01:30.663 training and job related issues . The 01:30.663 --> 01:32.886 grounds are also searched by the mps to 01:32.886 --> 01:35.052 ensure the police station is not being 01:35.052 --> 01:37.274 used by insurgent sympathizers to store 01:37.274 --> 01:39.274 legal weapons caches or bomb making 01:39.274 --> 01:41.441 materials , all part of the government 01:41.441 --> 01:43.663 of Iraq's efforts to rid its ministries 01:43.663 --> 01:43.560 of corruption and sectarian militias . 01:43.940 --> 01:46.590 The 94th will maintain this 01:46.590 --> 01:48.646 relationship throughout the year and 01:48.646 --> 01:50.423 mentor the Iraqi police have Ad 01:50.423 --> 01:53.550 Diwaniyah , 31st class john freeze camp 01:53.550 --> 01:57.030 echo Iraq traveling by car in Iraq is 01:57.030 --> 01:59.170 dangerous , not just for us and Iraqi 01:59.170 --> 02:01.600 soldiers put for Iraqi citizens as well 02:01.610 --> 02:03.777 as Lance corporal Ryan Tomlinson shows 02:03.777 --> 02:05.721 us marines into Cottam going route 02:05.721 --> 02:07.832 clearing missions to secure the roads 02:07.832 --> 02:10.054 from the threat of improvised explosive 02:10.054 --> 02:13.950 devices . Marine common engineers and 02:13.950 --> 02:16.061 camps . Economy , Iraq are taking the 02:16.061 --> 02:17.950 fight to the streets , improvised 02:17.950 --> 02:20.172 explosive devices are a constant threat 02:20.172 --> 02:22.339 to military forces and Iraqi civilians 02:22.339 --> 02:24.339 in the Al Anbar province . The main 02:24.339 --> 02:26.940 thing is we clear the roads so it just 02:26.950 --> 02:30.310 helps with everything and let the 02:30.310 --> 02:32.850 civilians go through , you know , back 02:32.850 --> 02:34.850 and forth . Word take their kids to 02:34.850 --> 02:38.790 school , uh , just move around without 02:38.800 --> 02:41.300 the fear of being killed . Vehicle 02:41.300 --> 02:43.522 patrols , ensure the roads are safe for 02:43.522 --> 02:45.660 all local civilians . Us and Iraqi 02:45.660 --> 02:48.040 military forces a job which First 02:48.040 --> 02:50.580 Lieutenant Kirk wittenberg says isn't 02:50.590 --> 02:52.630 an easy passed . The job itself is 02:52.630 --> 02:54.797 stressful enough . They don't need any 02:54.797 --> 02:57.260 pressing them out anymore . Like you've 02:57.260 --> 02:59.960 seen in the news 60% of myself that's 02:59.970 --> 03:03.240 in Iraq comes from , I use our job is 03:03.240 --> 03:05.740 to go out and play with them . So you 03:05.740 --> 03:08.340 can tell that most people don't do that . 03:08.340 --> 03:10.451 Marines agree the job itself is worth 03:10.451 --> 03:12.618 the effort . Despite the stress , they 03:12.618 --> 03:14.896 patrol the streets counteracting I . D . 03:14.896 --> 03:17.550 S on a daily basis . Their job to clear 03:17.550 --> 03:21.360 the roads for a safer Iraq is knowing 03:21.360 --> 03:24.960 that we're actually helping our 03:24.960 --> 03:27.980 coalition forces are forces get back to 03:27.980 --> 03:29.813 the advantage these marines will 03:29.813 --> 03:31.980 continue to clear the roads to benefit 03:31.980 --> 03:33.869 coalition forces . Iraqi security 03:33.869 --> 03:36.490 forces and its citizens until the day 03:36.490 --> 03:38.720 they return the United States and 03:38.730 --> 03:41.530 Okinawa Japan branch corporal Ryan al 03:41.530 --> 03:44.650 Thompson can take Autumn . Iraq 03:45.740 --> 03:47.740 sustaining an operation like oh I F 03:47.740 --> 03:49.684 requires a lot of coordination and 03:49.684 --> 03:51.740 planning . Moving massive amounts of 03:51.740 --> 03:53.740 cargo through the Middle East is no 03:53.740 --> 03:55.851 simple task in this report , Sergeant 03:55.851 --> 03:57.907 paul robert shows us how Oi escargot 03:57.907 --> 04:01.590 gets to the troops every day . 04:01.590 --> 04:03.757 Hundreds of trucks haul cargo from the 04:03.757 --> 04:05.812 Persian gulf all the way to Northern 04:05.812 --> 04:08.020 Iraq . The 49th Movement Control 04:08.020 --> 04:09.909 Battalion of the 13th sustainment 04:09.909 --> 04:12.160 command is responsible for tracking 04:12.160 --> 04:14.950 that cargo from Fort to Fort Army 04:14.950 --> 04:17.172 transportation companies in Kuwait then 04:17.172 --> 04:19.710 load the cargo onto flatbed trucks to 04:19.710 --> 04:22.010 take it in the theater . Heavy 04:22.010 --> 04:24.600 equipment , transport truck or hits as 04:24.600 --> 04:26.711 it's called , can even carry payloads 04:26.711 --> 04:29.590 as big as an M one tank delivery is 04:29.590 --> 04:31.920 surprisingly fast . Consider the 04:31.920 --> 04:35.040 distances traveled Once the cargo is 04:35.040 --> 04:38.490 loaded in the port to be driven up to a 04:38.490 --> 04:41.130 major hub here in countries usually 3-5 04:41.130 --> 04:43.130 days , depending on what hug you're 04:43.130 --> 04:45.460 going to . Traffic coordinators 04:45.460 --> 04:47.460 electronically track and assist the 04:47.460 --> 04:49.793 drivers and selecting the safest routes . 04:49.793 --> 04:52.127 Travel based on current threat analysis , 04:52.340 --> 04:55.270 Sergeant kevin wellness explains , we 04:55.270 --> 04:57.437 oversee everything that goes on and we 04:57.437 --> 04:59.603 make sure everybody knows what's going 04:59.603 --> 05:01.714 on so that that we do our best to try 05:01.714 --> 05:03.881 to keep people from getting hurt . The 05:03.881 --> 05:05.992 transportation coordinator listens to 05:05.992 --> 05:07.881 radio traffic for the location of 05:07.881 --> 05:09.659 potential threats and detonated 05:09.659 --> 05:11.381 improvised explosive devices , 05:11.840 --> 05:14.110 locations marked on a map can be viewed 05:14.120 --> 05:16.560 by transporters all over Iraq . It 05:16.560 --> 05:18.727 makes me feel like I am out there with 05:18.727 --> 05:20.727 them because I'm helping them . I'm 05:20.727 --> 05:22.838 helping them get to their destination 05:22.838 --> 05:24.727 safely without getting wounded or 05:24.727 --> 05:26.782 anything like that . Highway traffic 05:26.782 --> 05:28.782 division Chief Captain Michael Shaw 05:28.782 --> 05:30.616 coordinates the final leg of the 05:30.616 --> 05:32.727 logistical journey from the hub Civil 05:32.727 --> 05:36.050 War fighter hub is mainly largest scale 05:36.050 --> 05:39.760 polls that has the ability to support 05:39.770 --> 05:42.970 outlined outland forward operating 05:42.970 --> 05:46.380 bases and they support these operating 05:46.380 --> 05:49.010 bases , logistically not all cargo is 05:49.010 --> 05:51.740 transported by ground or see the air as 05:51.740 --> 05:54.430 well . Soldiers are the 49th worked 05:54.430 --> 05:56.670 closely with their counterparts in the 05:56.680 --> 05:58.900 fourth core Material Management Center 05:58.910 --> 06:00.890 to push as much cargo by air as 06:00.890 --> 06:03.500 possible . So if it's able to fit on 06:03.500 --> 06:05.722 air , we like to move it on there . The 06:05.722 --> 06:08.570 second thing is our first choice is 06:08.570 --> 06:10.626 always there because we're trying to 06:10.626 --> 06:13.130 get as many soldiers off the road as we 06:13.130 --> 06:15.200 can go . Army logistics supply line 06:15.200 --> 06:17.700 supports more than 140,000 U . S . 06:17.700 --> 06:19.750 Service members and thousands of 06:19.750 --> 06:22.360 civilians and contractors . American 06:22.360 --> 06:24.820 Civil War Colonel john mosby of the 06:24.820 --> 06:26.710 confederacy quotes the line that 06:26.710 --> 06:28.599 connects an army with his base of 06:28.599 --> 06:31.140 supplies is the heel of Achilles . Its 06:31.140 --> 06:33.350 most vital and vulnerable point . 06:33.640 --> 06:35.918 Despite the difficulty of this mission , 06:35.918 --> 06:37.918 troops continue received newer body 06:37.918 --> 06:40.029 armor for themselves , improved armor 06:40.029 --> 06:41.862 for their vehicles and high tech 06:41.862 --> 06:44.029 equipment to provide them an advantage 06:44.029 --> 06:46.196 on the battlefield , reporting for the 06:46.196 --> 06:48.029 2/10 impact and 13th sustainment 06:48.029 --> 06:49.862 command . I'm army sergeant paul 06:49.862 --> 06:53.750 roberts . After the break , Donald 06:53.750 --> 06:56.028 Rumsfeld makes his final visit to Iraq , 06:56.028 --> 06:58.194 his defense secretary , Stay with us . 07:00.740 --> 07:01.740 Mhm 07:08.840 --> 07:09.840 and there , 07:17.940 --> 07:18.940 Yeah , 07:24.240 --> 07:25.240 Mhm . 07:26.840 --> 07:30.700 You're watching Freedoms 07:30.700 --> 07:34.160 here in Iraq on a F N . 07:34.640 --> 07:36.751 For the regional headline update . We 07:36.751 --> 07:38.862 go to Airman first class Grant Hagman 07:38.862 --> 07:39.918 at the news desk . 07:42.510 --> 07:44.677 Iraqi soldiers responded to an alleged 07:44.677 --> 07:46.899 terrorist attack on a mosque in Western 07:46.899 --> 07:49.010 Baghdad on saturday and approximately 07:49.010 --> 07:51.232 one PM elements of the sixth Iraqi army 07:51.232 --> 07:53.177 division responded to reports that 07:53.177 --> 07:55.390 terrorists were firing Ak 47 rocket 07:55.390 --> 07:57.446 propelled grenades at the Al Hussein 07:57.446 --> 07:59.279 mosque located in the Al Mansour 07:59.279 --> 08:01.057 district . Iraqi army responded 08:01.057 --> 08:03.279 immediately and inform coalition forces 08:03.279 --> 08:05.279 of the pack as Harris fled from the 08:05.279 --> 08:07.279 scene before coalition forces could 08:07.279 --> 08:09.680 arrive with help of coalition advisers . 08:09.690 --> 08:11.660 First , Iraqi Army Division forces 08:11.660 --> 08:13.716 detained three suspects during a New 08:13.716 --> 08:15.771 Year's Eve operation near Fallujah . 08:15.771 --> 08:17.882 The suspects are allegedly part of an 08:17.882 --> 08:19.660 Al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist cell 08:19.660 --> 08:21.660 responsible for planting improvised 08:21.660 --> 08:23.549 explosive devices targeting Iraqi 08:23.549 --> 08:25.327 security forces in the Al Anbar 08:25.327 --> 08:27.549 province . There were no Iraqi civilian 08:27.549 --> 08:29.327 Iraqi forces or coalition force 08:29.327 --> 08:31.780 casualties in the Operation Special 08:31.780 --> 08:33.724 Iraqi police forces with coalition 08:33.724 --> 08:35.620 advisers captured six suspected 08:35.620 --> 08:37.842 insurgents on New Year's Eve in a rural 08:37.842 --> 08:39.842 area south of Baghdad . The alleged 08:39.842 --> 08:41.731 insurgents who are believed to be 08:41.731 --> 08:43.620 connected to al Qaeda in Iraq are 08:43.620 --> 08:45.509 suspected of using their farms as 08:45.509 --> 08:47.676 training areas for al Qaeda terrorists 08:47.676 --> 08:49.676 and manufacturing store i E Ds with 08:49.676 --> 08:51.842 headlines from around the region . I'm 08:51.842 --> 08:54.120 Airman first class Grant Hagman , Yeah , 08:54.540 --> 08:57.680 yeah , yeah . Before he left office 08:57.680 --> 08:59.791 last month , former Defense Secretary 08:59.791 --> 09:01.902 Donald Rumsfeld made a trip to Iraq . 09:01.902 --> 09:03.902 Special screening poll shows us the 09:03.902 --> 09:06.069 former secretaries final visit to Iraq 09:06.069 --> 09:08.291 service members that logistical support 09:08.291 --> 09:10.069 area Anaconda in Iraq . Welcome 09:10.069 --> 09:12.124 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld 09:12.124 --> 09:14.124 for his final tour of Ohio . On his 09:14.124 --> 09:16.620 trip , Mr Rumsfeld viewed F 16 fighting 09:16.620 --> 09:18.731 falcons and met with the chairman who 09:18.731 --> 09:20.898 keep these war machines battle ready . 09:20.898 --> 09:22.787 Three 32nd Air expeditionary wing 09:22.787 --> 09:25.009 airman showed off their weapons systems 09:25.009 --> 09:28.490 and explained their mission . All right 09:28.780 --> 09:32.580 after visiting the Air Force Mr 09:32.580 --> 09:34.413 Rumsfeld met soldiers of charlie 09:34.413 --> 09:36.580 company Second of the one 35th General 09:36.580 --> 09:38.800 Support Aviation battalion pilots , 09:38.810 --> 09:40.921 medics and crew chiefs stood by their 09:40.921 --> 09:42.866 birds to shake hands with the only 09:42.866 --> 09:45.032 Secretary of Defense to serve twice in 09:45.032 --> 09:47.254 that role . The air crews probably told 09:47.254 --> 09:49.477 the Secretary how fast they can respond 09:49.477 --> 09:51.588 to a medical evacuation this year and 09:51.588 --> 09:53.760 how that saved lives . LSD Anaconda is 09:53.760 --> 09:55.649 not the secretaries only stock in 09:55.649 --> 09:57.871 theater soldiers , sailors , Airmen and 09:57.871 --> 10:00.050 marines in Mosul Baghdad and Al assad 10:00.060 --> 10:02.227 also met with the Secretary before his 10:02.227 --> 10:04.780 long flight home . 13th sustainment 10:04.780 --> 10:07.550 command and the impact on specialist 10:07.560 --> 10:10.410 brian told tune into the next FBI 10:10.410 --> 10:12.521 special stony Kenneth takes us to the 10:12.521 --> 10:14.521 lot where the secretary of the army 10:14.521 --> 10:16.466 recently made a visit to the state 10:16.466 --> 10:19.520 hasn't changed . The objective is noble 10:20.450 --> 10:22.740 break going over saying the greatest 10:23.090 --> 10:26.250 terrorism that does it . For this 10:26.250 --> 10:28.417 edition of Freedom Journal Iraq . Tune 10:28.417 --> 10:30.583 in next time for more stories from the 10:30.583 --> 10:32.417 front lines of Operation Iraqi . 10:32.417 --> 10:34.583 Freedom until then from all of us here 10:34.583 --> 10:36.806 defending Freedom's Journal Iraq . Stay 10:36.806 --> 10:39.740 safe out there . Mhm . Mhm . Yeah . 10:45.040 --> 10:48.250 Yeah . Right .