Mission: Iraq

The story of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team

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News

  • Return rings up sales
  • The comforts of home
  • Commanders return with Stryker brigade
  • At long last, Stryker families reunited
  • From sand to snow, soldiers get a warm return to Fairbanks
  • 4-11 patrols Iraq with Humvees
  • The duty to adjust
  • Strykers make new Baghdad camp from scratch
  • Time working against Strykers in Baghdad
  • Rumsfeld makes no promises
  • Extension rumors growing as first soldiers return
  • Extension rumors growing as first soldiers return
  • Fighting street violence
  • Wilderness challenges
  • A quiet patrol in ‘IED Alley’
  • Meet and greet in Tall Kayf
  • Soldier saves toddler’s life
  • Troops have role in election security
  • The things they carry
  • Next stop, war in Iraq

More news »

Blog

  • Humvee patrol reveals the dangers
  • Trappers Association packages a hit
  • Fast food, short showers at Camp Stryker
  • Gunfire blends in at the market
  • Leaving Iraq, same as it was
  • Quotable
  • Making Iraqi girlfriends
  • Quotables
  • Blood vote and lunch conversation
  • Translators and tea

More blog posts »

Highlights

  • Homecoming stories
  • Extension stories
  • Iraq stories
  • Deployment stories
  • Training stories

Columns

  • A letter from Col. Shields
  • Husband, dad, hero home at last
  • Saying goodbye is never easy

Photos

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About this site

This site contains a collection of stories and photographs printed in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that chronicle the inception and service of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. Unless otherwise noted, all stories and photos were produced by News-Miner staff.

The News-Miner printed a 96-page tabloid section from the same material found on this site. Copies of that section may be for a limited time at local newsstands and at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner offices at 200 North Cushman Street in Fairbanks. Call the circulation department at (907) 459-7566 with questions.

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AP Iraq headlines

  • Iraqi boy's first swim hopeful sign of p…
  • US soldiers in Iraq mark Fourth of July
  • US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,113
  • Gunmen assassinate Shiite official in Ir…
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  • Iraq maps

    • About.com Iraq map Country map with a geography lesson
    • National Geographic Iraq maps Links to Iraq and Baghdad maps
  • Iraq news sites

    • World News Network/Iraq Daily World News Network compilations from various sources.
    • U.S. Department of Defense The DOD's own news reports at DefendAmerica.mil
    • The New York Times nyt.com's offering of Iraq stories
    • Stryker Brigade News Volunteer news reports about the the Army's Stryker brigade teams
    • Reporting from Iraq 2005 Margaret's first trip to Iraq with the 172nd Stryker Brigade
    • CNN.com CNN special reports, "Iraq: Transition of Power"
    • BBC News The BBC's in-depth Iraq news site
    • Battle for Baghdad AP slideshow
    • AP Iraq site Associated Press coverage of the Iraq conflict
  • Iraq opinion/analysis

    • AP embed blog AP writer Ryan Lenz with the 101st Airborne Division
    • Darh Jamail Dispatches Alaskan Darh Jamail's reports from Iraq
    • Electronic Iraq Reports from alternative news publishers and veteran antiwar campaigners
    • Google list of Iraq blogs Google's list of anyone with something to say about Iraq
    • Yahoo list of Iraq blogs Yahoo's list of anyone with something to say about Iraq
  • Iraq weather

    • Baghdad time/weather Current weather conditions, forecast and local time
    • Five-day forecast AccuWeather's forecast for Iraq cities
  • Useful info

    • CIA World Factbook: Iraq Central Intelligence Agency's online reference
    • DOD press releases The latest DOD transcripts
    • Faces of the Fallen Washington Post special report on U.S. casualties
    • Fallen soldiers The DOD's official listing at DefendAmerica.mil
    • Iraq Body Count US-British non-government group estimates civilian casualties
    • U.S. Strategy for Victory The White House document,
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