507th Maintenance Company

combat positions — both were with the 507th Maintenance Company when captured — does not protect them from becoming POWs and possibly facing this danger. Rape, of course, is not a torture restricted by gender, nor is the determination to withstand whatever the enemy dishes out. The qualities that are most important in all military jobs, things like integrity, moral courage and determination, have nothing to do with gender. On the day of March 23rd, 2003, the 507th

she was the commanding officer in Junior ROTC. This is another story of a brave solidier and her sacrifaces to serve and protect her country. In 2001, she was enlisted into the Army as Specialist Lori Piestewa. On February 16th, 2003 in 507th Maintenance Company Unit on Fort Bliss, she was deployed to Iraq that very morning. While out

Flags, Daily Bread pamphlets from the chaplain, maintenance magazines and a candy dish which we all loved. He never boasted about his accomplishments, but you knew there was something special about this gentle giant. As he and I talked prior to him undergoing surgery, he told me that he was assigned to the 507th Maintenance Company during his assignment to Fort Bliss, Texas. This company stood out in my mind because it was the infamous Maintenance Company which Private Jessica Lynch was assigned to when

attached closely to infantry or armored divisions for additional ground support and depended completely on radio communications. However, Detachment X-Ray had a different mission to execute; establish air defense. Thirty-five top-quality troops from 507th AAA rapidly deployed to the Suwon airfield shortly after the Korean War kicked off. After arriving to their destination, the troops downloaded their equipment with the support of the South Korean soldiers. “Despite the language

cohesive field artillery units that the United States Army has seen today. The artillery guns consisted of a large bronze or iron cannon, and a wooden frame connected with bolts wheeled on a carriage. In 1901, Field Artillery divided into 126 companies of Coastal Artillery, also known as the Seacoast Artillery and light field artillery. Air Defense took its first leap by using cannons from forts to shoot at invading ships. The men needed to be highly skilled and trained rigorously in order to

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Introduction On March 20, 2003, the combined military forces of the United States and Britain crossed the southern border of Iraq and Kuwait with the intent of capitulating the government of Saddam Hussein. Over the course of 21 days, the joint task force moved quickly and decisively to seize major objective cities along the road to Baghdad using aviation, armor, artillery, and infantry. Following the overwhelming success of the primary combat operations of the