An Iraqi Bomb Disposal Company was at Camp Taqaddum, May 6, 2006 to assist their American counterparts in a controlled demolition of damaged ammunition and other ordnance. The Americans are developing the Iraqis?Bomb Disposal Company, based out of Camp Habbiniyah. The 1st Marine Logistics Group?s EOD Company here stays busy responding to 15 ? 25 calls daily, in addition to training the Iraqis, who have already received three months of training from American contractors who taught them basic unexploded ordnance and explosive remnants of war reduction, cache disposal and minefield operations. The Americans are helping the Iraqis refine the skills they need to negate the threat after Coalition Forces leave, said Jeremy, a Navy EOD officer. - An Iraqi Bomb Disposal Company was at Camp Taqaddum, May 6, 2006 to assist their American counterparts in a controlled demolition of damaged ammunition and other ordnance. The Americans are developing the Iraqis?Bomb Disposal Company, based out of Camp Habbiniyah. The 1st Marine Logistics Group?s EOD Company here stays busy responding to 15 ? 25 calls daily, in addition to training the Iraqis, who have already received three months of training from American contractors who taught them basic unexploded ordnance and explosive remnants of war reduction, cache disposal and minefield operations. The Americans are helping the Iraqis refine the skills they need to negate the threat after Coalition Forces leave, said Jeremy, a Navy EOD officer.

Thanks to the United Through Reading program here, dealing with the deployment has been a bit easier for Master Sgt. Elizabeth L. Scharnhorst, a 40-year-old mother of two, Alex, 10, and Adam, 9. Scharnhorst, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, is serving as the legal chief for Camp Taqaddum's Legal Services Support Team. A passionate advocate of the program - which allows service members to record videos of themselves to send home to loved ones - Scharnhorst tells everyone she meets to sign up for a session. She does this, she says, because it's a great program that reaps an invaluable reward for minimal amounts of effort; something every deployed service member can appreciate. "All it takes is time," said Scharnhorst.::n:: - Thanks to the United Through Reading program here, dealing with the deployment has been a bit easier for Master Sgt. Elizabeth L. Scharnhorst, a 40-year-old mother of two, Alex, 10, and Adam, 9. Scharnhorst, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, is serving as the legal chief for Camp Taqaddum's Legal Services Support Team. A passionate advocate of the program - which allows service members to record videos of themselves to send home to loved ones - Scharnhorst tells everyone she meets to sign up for a session. She does this, she says, because it's a great program that reaps an invaluable reward for minimal amounts of effort; something every deployed service member can appreciate. "All it takes is time," said Scharnhorst.::n::

Naval medical personnel manage chaos April 13, 2006, as they treat wounded service members who just arrived at Camp Taqaddumâ??s main surgical facility for emergency medical treatment. The service members were injured in a recent insurgent attack in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. Taqaddum Surgical handles the duties of both a shock trauma platoon and a forward resuscitative surgical suite, which are essentially makeshift emergency and operating rooms. When a service member is injured in battle in the Al Anbar Province, he receives specialized resuscitative treatment from the STP, with surgery provided by the FRSS. More extensive care is provided at one of the Combat Army Surgical Hospitals in Baghdad or Balad. - Naval medical personnel manage chaos April 13, 2006, as they treat wounded service members who just arrived at Camp Taqaddumâ??s main surgical facility for emergency medical treatment. The service members were injured in a recent insurgent attack in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. Taqaddum Surgical handles the duties of both a shock trauma platoon and a forward resuscitative surgical suite, which are essentially makeshift emergency and operating rooms. When a service member is injured in battle in the Al Anbar Province, he receives specialized resuscitative treatment from the STP, with surgery provided by the FRSS. More extensive care is provided at one of the Combat Army Surgical Hospitals in Baghdad or Balad.