SFC Todd Oliver, PAO 173rd Airborne Brigade

 

18 June 2003 Click here: USAREUR Public Affairs News Release

 

18 June 2003 http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/htmlinks/Press_Releases/2003/Jun2003/16Jun2003-01.htm

 

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2003/n06132003_200306131.html

 

http://www.register-herald.com/articles/2003/04/02/news/local_news/deaconson3.txt

 

 26 July 2003 http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=16717

 

March 2004- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040313/ap_on_re_eu/italy_iraq_us_homecoming_2

 

Ken Dilanian, Philadelphia Inquirer and Steve Vogel, Washington Post

are is "embedded" with the 173d, They Report...

 

 

March 16th report: War with Iraq  http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/iraq/5451673.htm

 

March 20th report: War with Iraq http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/iraq/5369551.htm

 

March 26th Report: Airborne jumps into northern Iraq  http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/5488005.htm

 

March 27th Report; Paratroopers jump into Iraq after queasy ride  http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/iraq/5490007.htm

 

March 27th Report: Army puts key force in Iraq's north  http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/5490139.htm

 

March 28th Report; Paratroopers had little time to move http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/5501254.htm

 

March 30th Report; Kurdish leader urges TV cutoff in Iraq  http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/5516434.htm

 

April 06 Report     Air strikes push some Iraqis back on the northern front

 

April 07, Report,  Friendly fire incident kills 18 Kurdish guerrillas

 

April 10, Report,  a fight with Iraqis   http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/iraq/dispatches/5597786.htm

 

April 11, Report,  Facing U.S. and Kurdish forces, Iraqis flee key northern cities

 

April 13, Report; Playing diplomat for a day http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/iraq/dispatches/5623196.htm

 

EPHS graduate 173rd  Brigade  ttp://www.edenprairienews.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=3930&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2h

Other Sky Soldier Articles

 

U.S. Paratroopers Land in Northern Iraq  http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/cp/Awar-northern-iraq-troops.RyAp_DMQ.html

 

U.S. Paratroopers Seize N. Iraq Airfield     http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/co/Awar-rdp.RdTx_DMQ.html

 

Paratroops Move Closer To Defenders   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15092-2003Apr2.html

 

U.S. troops near Baghdad  http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/5535188.htm
 

Utah Man Paratroops Into Iraq  http://www.ktvx.com/war_with_iraq/home_front/story.aspx?content_id=E512C546-6A45-49D5-903B-C2AEFA5B44D6
 

In Northern Iraq, Small Force, Big Tasks http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63238-2003Mar31.html

 

PRIVATE MARK TUCKER: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/5480517.htm

 

173RD   A I R B O R N E   B R I G A D E   http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030331/force/2.html

 

Army Prepares to Secure Oil Fields in Northern Iraq http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82272,00.html

 

U.S. paratroopers secure airfield in northern Iraq  http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/26/sprj.irq.war.main/index.html

 

Troops, supplies pour into north  http://www.msnbc.com/news/886517.asp

 

More U.S. troops, armor head to Iraq http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/27/sprj.irq.war.main/index.html

 

Helenan is part of airborne unit that seized airfield http://www.helenair.com/articles/2003/03/27/helena_top/a01032703_02.txt

 

173rd Airborne Brigade ready for mission  http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=14089

 

US Army paratroopers seize airfield in northern Iraq http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=13391&archive=true

 

US begins dual-track strategy in war against Iraq  http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=13170&archive=true

 

Pilots tell of harrowing drop of 173rd  http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=14109

 

Brigade drops everything for Iraq mission http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=14098

 

C-17s assume towering presence in Aviano  http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=14090

 

120,000 more U.S. troops get orders for war zone http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=13449&archive=true

 

Paratroopers mark buildup in northern Iraq  http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=13422&archive=true

 

Local paratrooper helps open front  http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/projects/war/lo032803s2.shtml

 

ON DUTY: BRIAN J. GAUDETTE   http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/104894285555400.xml?oregonian?nwg

 

War with Iraq   http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/special_packages/iraq/5369551.htm

 

Bare-bones Bashur airfield supports 173rd  http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=14557

 

They served together as Boy Scouts, http://www.modbee.com/local/story/6521453p-7464507c.html

 

Coalition Continues Fight in Baghdad, Northern Iraq  http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2003/n04102003_200304104.html

 

Confronting Iraq  http://www.bakersfield.com/local/spec/iraq/story/2912761p-2948131c.html

 

Attacked   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1550-2003Apr9.html
 

U.S. Troops Try to Keep Peace   26NORT.html-ex=1052396266&ei=1&en=f9f21d42fa164de9

 

US troops break into bank vault  http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01318649.htm

 

Kurds Offer a Model  http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/hassell050103.html

 

U.S. Military Launches Joint Patrols in Kirkuk  http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2652014

 

Surrounded by pipes, not the sky http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=15325
 

Troops hunt for chemicals, find bones, http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=15347

 

Army 'mayor' plans for diversity in Kirkuk's future http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=15349

 

U.S. soldier dies in accident in Iraq,  http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04594749.htm

 

streets of Kirkuk   http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=14718&archive=true

 

photo of soldier http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/030402/soldier.shtml

 

Purple Heart  http://www.hqusareur.army.mil/htmlinks/Press_Releases/2003/May2003/27May2003-01.htm

 

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/news_release.asp?NewsRelease=20030649.txt

 

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