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411th

22 January - Fort Hood, TX The 411th MP Company (Speed & Power) returned home to Fort Hood from Operation Iraqi Freedom-III. They returned to a rowdy and enthusiastic reception, at the 13th Corps Support Command Physical Fitness Center. The 89th MP Brigade Commander COL Michael Galloucis had nothing but praise for the redeploying Soldiers of all the units. One wounded Soldier in particular received accolades from COL Galloucis. SPC Bryan Anderson, 411th MP Company lost both his legs and his left arm in October when a roadside bomb detonated just as his vehicle passed by.

64th

27 January - Fort Hood, TX The 64th MP Company (Guardians) returned home to Fort Hood from Operation Iraqi Freedom-III. They returned to a reception at the 13th Corps Support Command Physical Fitness Center where the families and loved ones were waiting with excited anticipation. The 64th MP Company performed most of its missions in the Al Zuhour and Ademiyah Police Districts of Baghdad. According to CPT Chad Froehlich, their commanding officer, most of their missions involved teaching, mentoring and coaching the Iraqi Police in these districts.

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   The 720th MP Battalion dedicated the 720th MP Battalion Memorial Grove to the the Battalion Casualties from its formation 10 February 1942 to current deployments.

   Built through contributions from the members, the memorial is located at Gauntlet Field, Battalion Avenue and Old Ironsides, beside the Battalion Headquarters at Fort Hood.

110th

29 June - Iraq Members of the 1st Squad, 2nd Platoon, 110th MP Company were performing a routine 12 hour area security patrol assignment just outside Camp Ashraf, Iraq, about 100 kilometers west of the Iranian border and 60 kilometers north of Baghdad. The focus of their patrol in the late afternoon were a group of buildings just outside the base that were suspected of being used by enemy combatants to conduct surveillance and target an Iraqi check point. As the dismounted patrol was checking the buildings an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) planted under a sidewalk exploded seriously wounding five members of the patrol.

   SSG Eric Reese, SGT Robert W. Krei, SPC Amanda Lynn, SPC Jim Wencil and PFC Jeff Antimary. All five were immediately transported to Camp Anaconda, just outside of Balad Airbase located in Northern Iraq approximately 68 kilometers North of Baghdad. SSG Reese was treated and returned for duty. SGT Krei, SPC’s Lynn and Wencil and PFC Antimary were stabilized and later transported back to the U.S. for further medical treatment. Four hours after being wounded, SGT Krei, while still hospitalized at Camp Anaconda, requested and received permission to reenlist. The ceremony was held in the medical ward.

410th

SPC Graves

19 October - Fort Hood, TX SGT Andrew S. Jones, 411th MP Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Brigade, was awarded the title of Soldier of the Year at a luncheon held at the Fort Hood Catering and Conference Center. Throughout the event, Soldiers competed for points in weapons qualification, common tasks testing including mystery tasks, a physical training test, and a formal board presided over by five command sergeant's major. Jones, who was recently promoted to sergeant, credited those who supported him throughout the competition and added that, without them, he “wouldn’t be standing here today. CSM Neil Ciotola, the III Corps and Fort Hood command sergeant major, hosted the event and opened the awards luncheon by recognizing the units and individuals who supported the competition. During the ceremony, the winners were presented with gifts from Fort Hood area sponsors.

   SGT Jones received a $100 gift certificate from Central Texas College Book Store, a $100 pre-paid long-distance phone card and a leather briefcase from Embarq, $100 cash and a plaque of appreciation from Texas Partners Federal Credit Union, a plaque from Armed Forces Benefits Association, a gold wrist watch and merit award plaque from Geico Insurance, a plaque from Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce, $50 cash and a paperweight from Harker Heights Chamber of Commerce, a $100 gift certificate from Army and Air Force Exchange Service, a $100 saving bond from Texas Society Daughters of American Revolution, a variety of tactical gear from Military Clothing Sales, a seven-inch DVD player with carrying case and assorted movies from Fort Hood National Bank, a leather Lazy Boy chair from Freedom TV and Appliances, a mounted musket valued at $435 from Pioneer Services, a $1,000 savings bond from the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce, a set of dress blues and a $35,000 one-year lease of an Automax automobile of the Soldiers’ choice from the Association of the United States Army.

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30 December -  Baghdad, Iraq Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who spent his last years in captivity after his ruthless regime was toppled by the U.S.-led coalition in 2003, was hanged before dawn Saturday at 6:10 a.m. (10 p.m. Friday ET) for crimes committed in a brutal crackdown during his reign. Hussein was convicted and sentenced to death for his role in the 1982 Dujail massacre, in which 148 Iraqis were killed after a failed assassination attempt against the then-Iraqi president.

   Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, told Iraqi television, "This dark page has been turned over.” "Saddam is gone. Today Iraq is an Iraq for all the Iraqis, and all the Iraqis are looking forward. The [Hussein] era has gone forever." Al-Iraqiya state television aired videotape of Hussein's last moments several hours after the execution. Rubaie, who witnessed the execution, said the former leader was "strangely submissive" to the process. "He was a broken man," he said. "He was afraid. You could see fear in his face." Rubaie said that Hussein carried with him a copy of the Quran.

   The execution took place at the 5th Division intelligence office in Qadhimiya, outside the heavily fortified Green Zone. His death was witnessed by 14 Iraqi officials, no Americans were present. Rubaie said Hussein refused to wear a black hood over his head before execution.

   White House deputy press secretary Scott Stanzel said President Bush was asleep when the execution took place and was not awakened. The president had been briefed by national security adviser Stephen Hadley before retiring and was aware the hanging was imminent. The White House issued a statement praising the Iraqi people for giving Hussein a fair trial. "Fair trials were unimaginable under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule," The statement read. "It is a testament to the Iraqi people's resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial."

   Two other codefendants, Barzan Hassan, Hussein's half-brother, and Awwad Bandar, the former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court were also found guilty and had been expected to face execution with Hussein, but Rubaie said their executions were postponed. "We chose to postpone Barzan and Awwad's execution to a later date because we wanted to have this day to have an historic distinction," he said. "We wanted to have one specific date for Saddam so people remember this date to be linked to Saddam's execution and nothing else."