Here is the finished blog I started Friday night...
Given the intensity of the last few days for all of us with warriors in the fight, tonight's blog will be simple. Pictures of the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment operating in the Baghdad area, 3rd Squadron operating in the Bread Basket and a recap of the airstrike on Arab Jabour, a Sunni rural area on the southern outskirts of Baghdad.
I think we could all use a little breathing room, don't you? I am mentally fatigued at this time and I am not ashamed to admit it...but I am hanging in there. Each day I press on because it is a day closer to having them home. How are you doing?
You will have to read the article, 21 Qaeda Fighters Killed in US Air Blitz: Iraq Sheikh, to understand the title of my blog tonight. Also, I have embedded a video from Reuters that was shared by the info hounds. It summarizes the early days of Operation Phantom Phoenix.
First the video...
Now some current pictures...2nd and 3rd Squadron operations...check the faces. See any of your loved ones?
Enjoy!
US soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, storm into a house as they search for a suspected militant during a raid in Baghdad. In a major boost for reconciliation in deeply divided Iraq, Shiite and Sunni MPs unanimously passed a law on Saturday allowing ex-officials of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life.(AFP/Jewel Samad)
US soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, storm a house from the roof top as they search for a suspected militant during a raid in Baghdad. In a major boost for reconciliation in deeply divided Iraq, Shiite and Sunni MPs unanimously passed a law on Saturday allowing ex-officials of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life. (AFP/Jewel Samad)
A U.S. army soldier from Ghostrider Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment runs for cover during Operation Phantom Phoenix in the village of Abu Musa on the northern outskirts of Muqdadiyah, in the volatile Diyala province, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. Facing another decision about U.S. troop levels in Iraq by spring, U.S. President Bush said Saturday Jan. 12, 2008 it's 'fine with me' if generals recommend no more reductions than those already planned to take the force posture down to about 130,000. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
U.S. army soldiers from Ghostrider Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment take a break after searching a house during Operation Phantom Phoenix in the village of Abu Musa on the northern outskirts of Muqdadiyah, in the volatile Diyala province, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
U.S. army soldiers from Ghostrider Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment view an area from a rooftop during Operation Phantom Phoenix in the village of Abu Musa on the northern outskirts of Muqdadiyah, in the volatile Diyala province, about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
US soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, sit inside their Stryker armored vehicle while en route on a mission in Baghdad. (AFP/Jewel Samad)
US soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, secure the roof of a house as their comrades search the house in Baghdad. A massive US air blitz on Al-Qaeda targets south of Baghdad killed a local leader of the jihadi network and at least 20 other militants, the head of an anti-Qaeda front said on Friday. (AFP/Jewel Samad)
US soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, break into an abandoned house in Baghdad. A massive US air blitz on Al-Qaeda targets south of Baghdad killed a local leader of the jihadi network and at least 20 other militants, the head of an anti-Qaeda front said on Friday.(AFP/Jewel Samad)
US soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, storm into a house in Baghdad. A massive US air blitz on Al-Qaeda targets south of Baghdad killed a local leader of the jihadi network and at least 20 other militants, the head of an anti-Qaeda front said on Friday. (AFP/Jewel Samad)--------------------------
Chris, we love you son and are constantly praying for you and the entire 2nd SCR. I remember your sacrifice and courage every day.
Never give up...be safe!
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- Collabman
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