Stryker Brigade News

Dear 1/25 Stryker Brigade Friends,

We've compiled a series of Internet links below that capture just a small portion of the many great things the 1/25 SBCT - Lancer team does each day for Iraq and its citizens. The links are divided into five sections: Lancer Operations, Life as a Lancer, How Lancers are Influencing Iraqis, the Lancer Truth about Strykers, and Photos of the Lancer Team. In each case we have selected articles that reveal the great things Lancer soldiers are doing and refute much of the negativity specific to the larger media forums. Each of these articles is available through one link. We did not include any article links that required a webpage membership or a subscription.

The large media networks so often focus on tragedy at the expense of the progress we and the Iraqis witness every day. I hope that these links will illustrate for you and your friends the rest of the story. These amazing Lancer soldiers, and the equally amazing Iraqi security forces and Iraqi people, are fighting fiercely together to defeat these insurgents and bring peace to this country. The Lancers' physical and emotional investment in this noble mission is often overwhelmed by the media reports that confine their coverage to violence, when stories of courage and progress are happening on every street corner in Mosul and the Ninevah Province. The Lancer team is grateful for your constant support and prayers. Best wishes from Mosul!

LANCER OPERATIONS

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002386093_sunnis17.html

* Qabr Abed, an insurgent hideout, turned around by SBCT troops.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159763,00.html

* Fox News covers the capture of Abu Talha, a Zarqawi Lieutenant.

http://www.navytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-980445.php

* An embedded reporter in the recent SBCT operations at Rawah.

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/local/story.asp?ID=59669

* LT Kenneally describes Mosul and election success for the (Spokane) Spokesman-Review

LIFE AS A LANCER

http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/webx?14@345.VcLUaaWubjh.0@.ee85c59

* Tacoma journalist Matt Misterek describes his two-week experience with SBCT soldiers.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/4942608p-4522619c.html

* Tacoma journalist Matt Misterek on “The Life and Times of Lancer 6.”

http://www.67cshdocs.com/Daily_Journals/November/nov07.htm

* Soldiers run ½ marathon at Mosul Airfield.

http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/

* Michael Yon describes in detail the life of Lancer Soldiers in combat.

HOW LANCERS ARE INFLUENCING IRAQIS

http://www.backfive.net/main/2005/07/iraqis march ag.html

* Short summary with photos of the Iraqi March against Terror

http://www.strykernews.com/archives/2005/07/16/iraqi_police_rescue_child_detain_four_and_seize_large_weapons_cache.html

* Iraqi Police rescue a kidnapped child and uncover a large weapons cache.

http://www.strykernews.com/archives/2005/07/15/security_forces_provide_medical_aid_for_local_children.html

* A brief example of one of many operations to aide local Iraqis.

http://1-25sbctmosulupdates.blogspot.com/2005/06/visit-to-girls-orphanage-school.html

* A Lancer Platoon Leader describes his unit’s visit to an Iraqi girls’ orphanage.

http://1-25sbctmosulupdates.blogspot.com/2005/05/102nd-iraqi-army-leads-successful.html

* An example of a Lancer-trained Iraqi Army unit conducting independent operations.

THE LANCER TRUTH ABOUT STRYKERS

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/as-iraq-0406-0-5d05v3431.htm

* Soldiers’ opinions of the Stryker in combat in The Anniston (AL) Star.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22009-2005Apr2.html

* Soldiers’ opinions of the Stryker in combat detailed in The Washington Post.

PHOTOS OF THE LANCER TEAM

http://community.theolympian.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album145

* Photos of 1-25 SBCT in The Olympian

http://www.thenewstribune.com/images/galleries/iraq/photos/gunsight2.htm

* Photos of 1-25 SBCT in The News Tribune

http://www.strykernews.com/gallery/smilesfromiraq

* Photos – “Smiles from Iraq” – a photo compilation of Iraqi civilians with Lancer soldiers.

Respectfully,

Lancer 6
Robert B. Brown
Commander, 1/25 SBCT
Operation Iraqi Freedom