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United We Roll World Tour Show
Stardust Radio www.stardustradio.com
Tuesday 7/19/11 2:00pm – 3:30pm Central (Live)
Wednesday 7/20/11 6:30pm – 8:00pm Central (Repeat)

Welcome Stardust Listeners! Thank you for joining us on United We Roll
Tuesday, the 19th day of July, 2011.

Now on to business and today's show - we will check in with two deployed members, one from the Army and one from two Air Force members. Remember, if you are not able to stay with us through the afternoon today, this show will repeat again tomorrow, Wednesday, July 20th at 6:30pm Central.

(2:12pm) We will start off our visits with Army SFC Patrick Noling who is on deployment with 3rd Platoon, A Co, 1st Bn, 63rd AR, 2/1 AAB at Camp Liberty in Iraq. I will give you a heads up that the sound quality is not the best, but then conditions during these calls is not always the best, either.

(2:46pm) Our next visit is truly inspirational as we speak with Air Force SSG Diamond Edwards who is serving with the 376th ECS (Expeditionary Communications Squadron). SSG Edwards shares a great deal of interesting information about his present mission as a Project Manager, and how he came to be in this service.

We would like to express our appreciation to some folks without whom the visits this week would not be possible. Our deepest appreciation goes to Air Force TSgt Tammie Moore and Army CPT Selina Tolonen.

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"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war,
no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceived
veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by our nation."
George Washington

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MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL & MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA!

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Vanguard Battalion ( 1-18 IN with 2-1 AAB ) Patrol with 9th Iraqi Army to Deter indirect Fire Attacks on Bases and Camps

Ever vigilant, ever aware - Our prayers continue for the safety of our men and women on duty in Iraq. See photos www.facebook.com/unitedweroll

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20110719-03 July 19, 2011
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‘Vanguard’ Battalion patrols with 9th Iraqi Army Division to deter indirect fire attacks
By Spc. William A. Joeckel, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C

BAGHDAD—Soldiers with Company A, 1st “Vanguard” Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center, stationed at Camp Taji, Iraq, and their 9th Iraqi Army Division partners, are working to ensure enemy forces realize their indirect fire attacks on U.S. bases do not go unnoticed.

Members of violent extremist networks occasionally attempt to launch such attacks—using mortars and rockets—from areas near bases. It is up to Soldiers who patrol these areas to deter attacks and promote a sense of partnered U.S. and Iraqi Army presence in these locations. With that in mind, Soldiers with Company A and their 9th IA Div. counterparts conducted a joint patrol July 9 near Camp Taji.

“We look for anything that seems out of the ordinary, that poses a threat, such as rocket rails and [Improvised Rocket Assisted Mortars],” said Spc. Michael Spinosa, an infantryman with Company A, 1st Bn., 18th Inf. Regt. and a Shelton, Conn., native.

Many insurgent groups have established areas from which they launch many of their attacks. U.S. forces track attacks as a way to identify potential locations for future attacks to originate from.
This intelligence is also passed down to the Iraqi Army, who also have the job to inspect suspicious sites in order to deter future attacks.

“Information can be obtained from the Iraqi Army and used if it can be verified,” said Pfc. Ronald Hegedus, an intelligence analyst with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Bn., 18th Inf. Regt. and a Sierra Vista, Ariz., native. In addition, we give information to the Iraqi Army for the Iraqi Soldiers to use while patrolling.

As the Soldiers of the 9th Iraqi Army Division are stationed in a base that partially surrounds Camp Taji, an attack on U.S. forces here is an attack on Iraqi Soldiers as well. During searches, Soldiers with the 9th IA Div. join Company A Soldiers when they patrol.

“The enemy knows that the U.S. and Iraqi Army patrol these sites, because in a lot of these areas there are personnel that we believe act as lookouts for them,” said Sgt. 1st Class Allen Cottone, an infantryman and a platoon sergeant with Company A, 1st Bn., 18th Inf. Regt. and a Virginia Beach, Va., native.

Having the 9th IA Div. patrol with Company A not only adds to the size of a patrolling force, but also allows for the Iraqis to get to know the people and the areas for which they are responsible.

“They’re doing a lot better then I saw them doing back in 2008,” Cottone said. “They are heading in the right direction and if they keep doing what they are doing now, they will be prepared when we leave.”

On the most recent patrol, Soldiers with Company A were joined by Command Sgt. Maj. Ray Devens, command sergeant major of the 25th Infantry Division and USD-C.

“Command Sgt. Maj. Devens was able to see how his Soldiers were doing out in sector,” Cottone said. “Instead of just hearing about the work we are doing, he actually saw us performing our job.”

Patrolling near U.S. bases keeps enemy groups on their toes, reducing their opportunity to launch attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces.

“I think it is very important that we keep on doing these missions,” said Spinosa. “I feel that they have a great impact on what the enemy does.”

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Members of 2-1 AAB in Iraq Receive Purple Heart and Combat Patches

*The Combat Patch signifies that a soldier has been in active combat

BAGHDAD—Col. Paul Calvert, second from right, commander of 2nd “Dagger” Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and an Athens, Ga., native, awards the Purple Heart to Spc. Justin Morgan, right, a medic with 1st “Dragon” Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C and a San Antonio native, July 12, 2011 at Camp Liberty, Iraq for wounds sustained in an improvised explosive device attack. Morgan also received the Combat Medic Badge, awarded to medics who perform medical duties while being actively engaged by the enemy, for the same incident. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Phemister, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C)

Also, Lt. Jared Viernes, right, a platoon leader with 1st “Dragon” Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C and a Selah, Wash., native, July 12, 2011 at Camp Liberty, Iraq, received Combat Infantryman Badge, earned when his unit was attacked by insurgents with anti-tank hand grenades. Viernes was leading the patrol and is in consideration for additional decorations in recognition of his leadership following the attack.

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