Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at [email protected].
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regt., 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat, 4th Infantry Division stationed out of Fort Carson, Colo., shield themselves from a Molotov cocktail - a general name used for various bottle-based improvised flammable weapons - during fire phobia training, Feb. 16, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. The Soldiers are training alongside multinational counterparts in preparation for Kosovo Force 21 in support of Multinational Battle Group-East. MNBG-E is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment, and freedom of movement, within Kosovo. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Duval, 40th Public Affairs Detachment)
A U.S. Soldier and Staff Sgt. Ookaley, a fully trained explosives search dog, searches the palm groves of Al Kalamat, Iraq, Sept. 10, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tiffany Dusterhoft/Released)
Protestant Chaplain Rufus W. Oakley holding services within a few hundred yards of Japanese positions, well within range of their mortars if they had chosen to throw them. Peleliu, September 1944. McElroy. (Marine Corps)
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NARA FILE #: 127-N-95743
WAR & CONFLICT #: 930
