WEBVTT 00:05.840 --> 00:08.350 today on Freedom's Journal Iraq police 00:08.350 --> 00:10.517 and module has seen a few setbacks the 00:10.517 --> 00:13.400 last several months back on track . Now 00:13.430 --> 00:15.460 we'll take you there Next 00:15.470 --> 00:24.710 Welcome 00:24.710 --> 00:26.932 to this edition of Freedom Journal Iraq 00:26.960 --> 00:29.071 um army sergeant sharing neighbors in 00:29.071 --> 00:30.960 here to look at the latest events 00:30.960 --> 00:33.182 shaping the region . Last november , an 00:33.182 --> 00:35.480 uprising in Mosul resulted in nearly 00:35.480 --> 00:37.760 every one of the city's police stations 00:37.760 --> 00:40.230 being overrun . Sergeant first class 00:40.230 --> 00:42.341 Lance Mille said reports that despite 00:42.341 --> 00:44.830 the setback , the police are undeterred 00:44.830 --> 00:46.997 and ready to protect their video again 00:46.997 --> 00:49.760 with the help of coalition forces , 00:49.840 --> 00:53.650 soldiers from 00:53.650 --> 00:55.620 Alpha company third Battalion 21st 00:55.630 --> 00:57.741 infantry regiments delivered supplies 00:57.741 --> 01:01.060 to a police station Rafidia bringing 01:01.060 --> 01:03.282 all this stuff into the R . T station . 01:03.282 --> 01:05.338 The RPS are going to help unload the 01:05.338 --> 01:07.800 trucks . Any three was the only station 01:07.800 --> 01:09.967 to survive . Last november's attacks , 01:09.967 --> 01:12.360 a police station is any three and it's 01:12.360 --> 01:14.471 in the town of Russia's . Yeah , it's 01:14.471 --> 01:16.582 the only three stations that survived 01:16.582 --> 01:18.638 last november is on the down and the 01:18.638 --> 01:21.310 police requested new uniforms and Ak 47 01:21.320 --> 01:24.860 ammunition to uh read answer department . 01:24.870 --> 01:27.540 So , uh , request wants you to brigade 01:27.550 --> 01:30.500 and we had to drop out today , helped 01:30.500 --> 01:32.850 those guys repaint their , the officers , 01:32.860 --> 01:35.950 our police can count working because 01:35.960 --> 01:39.480 the uniform . So you know , when I can 01:39.490 --> 01:43.110 become anyone not see the uniform 01:43.270 --> 01:47.040 uniform for people for the police maybe 01:47.050 --> 01:50.850 say this civilian people . So the 01:50.850 --> 01:54.710 uniform is very good for us . Also the 01:54.720 --> 01:57.930 case in uniform on the , on 01:58.620 --> 02:01.780 the with power to 02:01.790 --> 02:05.140 guess working good AK 02:05.140 --> 02:08.160 47 you have 100 the supplies in place 02:08.240 --> 02:10.240 for Sergeant Dallas makes a list of 02:10.240 --> 02:13.190 requests for future supply missions for 02:13.190 --> 02:15.490 the time . The police officers that any 02:15.490 --> 02:18.110 three are looking and feeling more like 02:18.110 --> 02:20.277 the police officers . They have proved 02:20.277 --> 02:23.180 themselves to be reporting from Russia 02:23.180 --> 02:25.560 idea . I'm army Sergeant Lance Milstead 02:25.570 --> 02:28.070 366 M pad Mosul 02:28.080 --> 02:32.260 Iraq . 02:32.340 --> 02:34.410 According to the Associated Press 02:34.420 --> 02:36.480 American freelance journalist steve 02:36.480 --> 02:38.424 Vincent has been found dead in the 02:38.424 --> 02:40.700 southern Iraqi city of basra . Police 02:40.710 --> 02:42.960 said he had been shot multiple times 02:42.970 --> 02:45.270 after he and his Iraqi translator were 02:45.270 --> 02:48.000 abducted at gunpoint hours earlier . I 02:48.000 --> 02:50.056 can confirm to you that officials in 02:50.056 --> 02:51.944 Bosnia have recovered the body of 02:51.944 --> 02:54.056 journalist steve Vincent said embassy 02:54.056 --> 02:56.167 spokesman Pete Mitchell . The U . S . 02:56.167 --> 02:57.944 Embassy is working with british 02:57.944 --> 03:00.056 military and local Iraqi officials in 03:00.056 --> 03:02.222 Bosnia to determine who is responsible 03:02.222 --> 03:04.389 for the death of this journalist . Our 03:04.389 --> 03:06.222 condolences go out to the family 03:06.222 --> 03:08.333 according to the report . Vincent and 03:08.333 --> 03:10.278 the translator were seized Tuesday 03:10.278 --> 03:12.333 afternoon by five gunmen in a police 03:12.333 --> 03:14.389 car as they left a currency exchange 03:14.389 --> 03:16.510 shop . Army sergeant scott speaks , 03:16.510 --> 03:18.380 joins us now with more ally of 03:18.380 --> 03:21.000 headlines . Six marines assigned to 03:21.000 --> 03:22.889 regimental combat team two Second 03:22.889 --> 03:24.667 Marine Division , Second Marine 03:24.667 --> 03:26.889 expeditionary force forward were killed 03:26.889 --> 03:29.056 august 1st while conducting dismounted 03:29.056 --> 03:31.167 operations outside Haditha . They are 03:31.167 --> 03:33.167 engaged by terrorists and killed by 03:33.167 --> 03:35.167 small arms fire . Five marines were 03:35.167 --> 03:37.389 killed in the initial attack . The body 03:37.389 --> 03:39.611 of the sixth marine was later found and 03:39.611 --> 03:41.722 recovered a few kilometers away . The 03:41.722 --> 03:43.944 circumstances of the incident are under 03:43.944 --> 03:46.111 investigation . Things of the deceased 03:46.111 --> 03:46.050 for being held until next of kin is 03:46.050 --> 03:49.310 notified . Coalition forces detained 11 03:49.310 --> 03:51.254 terror suspects and seized weapons 03:51.254 --> 03:53.199 along with bomb detonating devices 03:53.199 --> 03:54.977 during five separate operations 03:54.977 --> 03:57.310 conducted in west and southwest Baghdad . 03:57.310 --> 03:59.310 On sunday while securing a roadside 03:59.310 --> 04:01.143 bomb , a task force Baghdad unit 04:01.143 --> 04:03.254 spotted two people parked on a nearby 04:03.254 --> 04:05.199 overpass . As the soldiers went to 04:05.199 --> 04:07.366 investigate another car drove up , the 04:07.366 --> 04:09.532 two men jumped inside and the car sped 04:09.532 --> 04:11.754 off after chasing and seizing the men . 04:11.754 --> 04:11.700 Soldiers took the men back to the 04:11.700 --> 04:13.922 vehicle left on the overpass . A search 04:13.922 --> 04:16.390 found explosives material inside the 04:16.390 --> 04:18.612 vehicles impounded and the two men were 04:18.612 --> 04:21.310 taken into custody for questioning . In 04:21.310 --> 04:23.610 south Baghdad Anti Iraqi forces driving 04:23.610 --> 04:25.443 a blue van fired on a task force 04:25.443 --> 04:28.390 Baghdad patrol around six p.m. The unit 04:28.390 --> 04:30.446 pursued the van for 10 minutes until 04:30.446 --> 04:32.501 the vehicle pulled over and the anti 04:32.501 --> 04:34.557 Iraqi forces jumped out and tried to 04:34.557 --> 04:36.890 get away by running through a cornfield . 04:36.890 --> 04:38.946 The unit caught one of the Attackers 04:38.946 --> 04:38.570 and took him into custody for 04:38.570 --> 04:40.410 questioning . And that's today's 04:40.720 --> 04:43.660 headlines when we come back , hope that 04:43.660 --> 04:45.771 a job doesn't have to be glamorous to 04:45.771 --> 04:47.850 be appreciated , especially when it 04:47.850 --> 04:50.700 concerns a soldier's appetite . But 04:50.710 --> 04:52.877 first a reminder for specialist Jackie 04:52.877 --> 04:54.780 risk of summerfield florida that 04:54.780 --> 04:56.290 America supports you 05:16.550 --> 05:20.150 for a F in 05:20.150 --> 05:22.261 Iraq . I'm Navy lieutenant . Oh , any 05:22.261 --> 05:24.950 Japan . And this is why we're here 05:25.140 --> 05:28.180 during a training exercise conducted by 05:28.180 --> 05:30.360 the US Air Force advisory team . An 05:30.360 --> 05:32.270 Iraqi Air Force load master for 05:32.270 --> 05:34.960 Squadron 23 observed a C one thirties 05:34.960 --> 05:36.960 during engine start up 05:37.040 --> 05:40.870 carrying out all his pre flight 05:40.870 --> 05:43.030 inspections below the master ensures 05:43.030 --> 05:44.863 his helmet and oxygen system are 05:44.863 --> 05:47.570 properly functioning here . Captain 05:47.570 --> 05:49.930 Andrew para navigator from the seven 05:49.930 --> 05:52.280 77th expeditionary airlift squadron 05:52.290 --> 05:54.457 trains an Iraqi counterpart . Squadron 05:54.457 --> 05:58.210 23 U . S . Air Force advisory team 05:58.210 --> 06:00.440 instructors monitor the Squadron 23 06:00.440 --> 06:02.607 trainees procedures as they prepare to 06:02.607 --> 06:05.550 take off . Squadron 23 demonstrates 06:05.560 --> 06:07.700 they have mastered their training by 06:07.700 --> 06:10.160 taking full control of the C 1 30 06:10.170 --> 06:13.900 next why we're here ? Thanks to Joint 06:13.900 --> 06:16.122 combat Camera for the photos . I'm Navy 06:16.122 --> 06:19.120 lieutenant . Oh , honey Japan . Ever 06:19.120 --> 06:21.231 since the army drew its first line in 06:21.231 --> 06:23.342 the sand at Lexington massachusetts . 06:23.342 --> 06:25.176 During the american revolution , 06:25.176 --> 06:27.231 commanders have been responsible for 06:27.231 --> 06:29.176 supplying quality substance to its 06:29.176 --> 06:31.120 soldiers . To date . The army food 06:31.120 --> 06:33.342 service program is steadily adapting to 06:33.342 --> 06:35.509 the soldiers need on the ever changing 06:35.509 --> 06:37.740 battlefield . Marine corporal mike 06:37.740 --> 06:39.573 browning met with one company of 06:39.573 --> 06:42.160 soldiers at Fort Operating Base Cobra . 06:43.340 --> 06:45.562 This is the Continental Army instituted 06:45.562 --> 06:47.840 the first formal military food program . 06:47.840 --> 06:49.896 In 17 75 . Army cooks have served in 06:49.896 --> 06:52.007 the forefront of every major conflict 06:52.007 --> 06:55.340 to include World War Two and the korean 06:55.340 --> 06:58.850 war , The Vietnam conflict 06:59.100 --> 07:03.030 gulf war and now Operation 07:03.030 --> 07:05.590 Iraqi Freedom This handful of soldiers 07:05.590 --> 07:07.590 from third platoon to 78 regimental 07:07.590 --> 07:09.757 combat troops are some of the few army 07:09.757 --> 07:11.923 cooks . In Iraq who actually conduct a 07:11.923 --> 07:14.090 military occupational specialty or mos 07:14.090 --> 07:16.150 on a daily basis . But it's simply , 07:16.160 --> 07:18.438 there just aren't that many in theater . 07:18.438 --> 07:21.770 I love it . Uh Me and a lot of people 07:21.770 --> 07:23.992 that I've talked to , we all agree that 07:23.992 --> 07:26.159 the cooks that actually do their job , 07:26.159 --> 07:28.440 we make the best food , uh caviar comes 07:28.440 --> 07:30.551 in , they do their job , but it's the 07:30.551 --> 07:32.773 same stuff all the time . It's my spice 07:32.773 --> 07:34.996 and my season . We come in , we put our 07:34.996 --> 07:37.162 heart and soul into what we do . Uh We 07:37.162 --> 07:39.950 make a good meal since the normal meal 07:39.950 --> 07:42.061 can take up to six hours to prepare . 07:42.061 --> 07:44.283 These cooks spend most of their days in 07:44.283 --> 07:46.283 the kitchen , which some say is the 07:46.283 --> 07:48.506 hottest spot on bob Cobra , even though 07:48.506 --> 07:50.672 the soldiers endure the raging heat in 07:50.672 --> 07:52.450 the end is the smile that makes 07:52.450 --> 07:54.506 everything they do worth it . Get to 07:54.506 --> 07:57.700 meet each soldier's several soldiers we 07:57.700 --> 08:00.280 need each day . We have people come 08:00.280 --> 08:03.040 from out of five bob covered the each 08:03.050 --> 08:05.161 regardless of the action taking place 08:05.161 --> 08:07.272 around them . These folks have a game 08:07.272 --> 08:09.439 plan . It doesn't matter if it's taken 08:09.439 --> 08:11.661 lobster or chicken parmesan . They have 08:11.661 --> 08:13.883 a mission and nothing slows them down . 08:13.883 --> 08:15.994 Usually we come in , drop our meals , 08:15.994 --> 08:18.161 uh discuss who's gonna do one . Uh and 08:18.161 --> 08:20.740 then we start cooking stoves on , get 08:20.740 --> 08:22.740 to work . The massacres continue to 08:22.740 --> 08:25.480 carry on a 230 year tradition . Not 08:25.480 --> 08:27.258 only are they serving personnel 08:27.258 --> 08:29.369 involved , Cobra , they ventured down 08:29.369 --> 08:31.591 to areas surrounding the base as well , 08:31.591 --> 08:33.813 where they prepared meals for the local 08:33.813 --> 08:35.980 sheikhs or F . N . A . Marine corporal 08:35.980 --> 08:38.258 mike , browning forward operating base . 08:38.258 --> 08:40.202 Cobra Iraq thanks for watching the 08:40.202 --> 08:42.313 newscast that brings you stories from 08:42.313 --> 08:44.369 the front lines of the war on terror 08:44.369 --> 08:46.640 and Operation Iraqi . Freedom from all 08:46.640 --> 08:48.751 of us here at A . F . N . And Freedom 08:48.751 --> 08:50.760 Journal Iraq have a great day , 09:17.240 --> 09:17.440 Yeah .