U.S. Casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan reported 3/18-3/23/06

Two soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Division, died due to enemy action yesterday while operating in Iraq's Anbar province, Multinational Force Iraq officials announced today. Officials provided no further details. The soldiers' names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The Defense Department has identified four other soldiers who died recently in Iraq:
Spc. Antoine J. McKinzie, 25, of Indianapolis, died March 21 in Baghdad when his Humvee came under enemy small-arms fire. McKinzie was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
Staff Sgt. Ricardo Barraza, 24, of Shafter, Calif. , and Sgt. Dale G. Brehm, 23, of Turlock, Calif. , died March 18 in Ramadi, Iraq, when they came under small-arms fire by enemy forces. Both soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Pfc. Amy A. Duerksen, 19, of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. , died March 11 in Baghdad from a noncombat related injury. Duerksen was assigned to the 4th Combat Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Pfc. Amy A. Duerksen, 19, of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 11, from a non-combat related injury. Duerksen was assigned to the 4th Combat Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

A U. S. soldier was killed in Baghdad today, and the Defense Department has identified two previous casualties. A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier was killed by small-arms fire today while patrolling in western Baghdad. No further details were available. The soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of the family.
The Defense Department also identified two soldiers who were killed . Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson, 21, of St. Louis; and Spc. Carlos M. Gonzalez, 22, of Middletown, N. Y. , died in Tikrit, Iraq, March 16, when a mortar round detonated. Both soldiers were assigned to the 101st Military Intelligence Detachment, 501st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson, 21, of St. Louis, Mo. and Spc. Carlos M. Gonzalez, 22, of Middletown, N.Y. were killed in Tikrit, Iraq, on Mar. 16, when a mortar round detonated. Pinson and Gonzalez were assigned to the 101st Military Intelligence Detachment, 501st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

U.S. Casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan

Lance Cpl. Nicholas R. Anderson, 21, of Sauk City, Wis., died March 13 in a non-hostile vehicle accident in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The incident is under investigation.

Lance Cpl. Kristen K. Figueroa, 20, of Honolulu, Hawaii, died March 12 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Lance Cpl. Bunny Long, 22, of Modesto, Calif., died March 10 from a suicide, vehicle-borne, improvised explosive device in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2006 – A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier and a Marine assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, are the latest U. S. casualties in Iraq, military officials reported today. The soldier was killed today by a roadside bomb eastern Baghdad, officials said. The Marine died today of wounds suffered yesterday during enemy action in Iraq's Anbar province. Their names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

WASHINGTON, March 11, 2006 – A U. S. Marine was killed yesterday when a car bomb detonated near the city of Fallujah, Iraq, military officials in Iraq reported. Three members of an Iraqi family and a soldier from the Iraqi army were also killed by the blast. No further details were available. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The Defense Department recently released the names of four servicemembers killed in Iraq.
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Justin R. Martone, 31, of Bedford, Va. , died March 7 when an improvised explosive device detonated in the Iraq's Anbar province. Martone was assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. Marine Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry, 28, of Lorena, Texas, died March 8 when an IED detonated in Anbar province. Fry was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N. C. Marine Cpl. Adam O. Zanutto, 26, of Caliente, Calif. , died March 6 at the National Naval Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. , from wounds received Feb. 25 as a result of an IED in Anbar province. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. Army Pfc. Ricky Salas Jr. , 22, of Roswell, N. M. , died in Mosul, Iraq, March 7 when an IED detonated near his military vehicle. Salas was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, Friedberg, Germany.

Staff Sgt. Bryan A. Lewis, 32, of Bunkie, La., died north of Rustamiyah, Iraq, on March 13, when an improvised device detonated near his HMMWV during a convoy operations. Lewis was assigned to the 519th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, Fort Polk La.

The following U.S. soldiers were killed west of Asadabad, Afghanistan, on March 12, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations. Staff Sgt. Joseph, R. Ray, 29, of Asheville, N.C. Ray was assigned to the Army Reserve's 391st Engineer Battalion, Asheville, N.C. Sgt. Kevin D. Akins, 29, of Burnsville, N.C. Akins was assigned to the Army Reserve's 391st Engineer Battalion, Asheville, N.C. Sgt. Anton J. Hiett, 25, of Mount Airy, N.C. Hiett was assigned to the Army Reserve's 391st Engineer Battalion, Greenville, S.C. Spc. Joshua L. Hill, 24, of Fairmount, Ind. Hill was assigned to the Army Reserve's 391st Engineer Battalion, Asheville, N.C.

Two U. S. soldiers were killed and another was wounded March 16 in an indirect fire attack on Contingency Operating Base Speicher in Iraq, Multinational Force Iraq officials announced today. (3/18) The three soldiers were all members of Task Force Band of Brothers from the 101st Airborne Division. The names of the soldiers killed are being withheld until their families are notified, officials said. The wounded soldier is being treated in a local military medical facility.Contingency Operating Base Speicher is northwest of Tikrit.

[from 3/17] A Task Force Band of Brothers soldier from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, was shot and killed while manning an observation post in Samarra yesterday, and Defense Department officials have identified some recent war casualties. The soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of family.
The Defense Department has announced the names of eight soldiers who died recently supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan:
Pfc. Angelo A. Zawaydeh, 19, of San Bruno, Calif. , died in Baghdad March 15 when his traffic control point came under mortar attack. Zawaydeh was assigned to the Army's 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Staff Sgt. Bryan A. Lewis, 32, of Bunkie, La. , died north of Rustamiyah, Iraq, March 13, when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee. Lewis was assigned to the 519th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, Fort Polk, La.
Staff Sgt. Marco A. Silva, 27, of Alva, Fla. ; and Sgt. Corey A. Dan, 22, of Norway, Maine, died near Ramadi, Iraq, March 13, when they came under small-arms fire and a roadside bomb detonated. The two soldiers were assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Four soldiers assigned to the Army Reserve's 391st Engineer Battalion, Asheville, N. C. , died west of Asadabad, Afghanistan, March 12, when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee. Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Joseph, R. Ray, 29, of Asheville, N. C. ; Sgt. Kevin D. Akins, 29, of Burnsville, N. C. ;
Sgt. Anton J. Hiett, 25, of Mount Airy, N. C. ; and Spc. Joshua L. Hill, 24, of Fairmount, Ind.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Defense Department news releases. )

This week at Anthology Film Archives

the latest from Anthology...favorite quote, "in a dizzying Baudrillardian irony"...courtesy of D. Lim/Village Voice.

ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
32 SECOND AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10003
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Tribute to Alexander Kluge
rare screenings of Kluge’s major feature films, plus newly subtitled shorts…When Anthology opened its doors at 32 Second Avenue in 1988, the first series we presented was a retrospective of Alexander Kluge. The central figure in the formation of the New German Cinema, a student of Theodor Adorno and author across several media, Kluge is one of the most vital post-war European artists. We are especially excited to present this partial retrospective of Kluge’s films from the collection of The Goethe-Institut New York, to whom we give thanks. Hopefully, this series will prove a useful introduction to serious film-goers, for whom Kluge is more spoken of than seen. All films in 16mm, English-subtitled, directed by Alexander Kluge. Our rare presentation of Kluge’s short films, however, will be on 16mm and Beta SP, and have been newly subtitled through the auspices of Brown University. “Kluge's theories of the cinema are founded on the conception that mainstream narrative cinema works by a process of closing off the ability for the spectator to engage their imaginative faculties while watching a film. Kluge does not simply take for granted the notion of spectator as passive observer. For him, under the right circumstances—that is, those circumstances created by the right kind of film—the spectator can assume a much more active role during the screening of a film.Kluge aspires consciously in his various roles as filmmaker, theorist, and activist to develop new modes of constructing films that will in turn provide the spectator with new and more active ways of engaging with such films; ways of activating the spectator's own capacity to make connections between vastly disparate images.” – Michelle Langford, Senses of Cinema
FILM SCHEDULE:
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
We are happy to present this program of rare Kluge shorts, newly subtitled for this presentation. Total running time: ca. 100 minutes. –
Wednesday, March 15 at 7:00 and Saturday, March 18 at 4:30.
YESTERDAY GIRL/ABSCHIED VON GESTERN1966, 88 minutes, 16mm, b&w. –
Wednesday, March 15 at 9:15 and Saturday, March 18 at 7:00.T
HE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IS A VERY DEAD END/IN GEFAHR UND GRÖSTER NOT BRINGT DER MITTELWEG DEN TOD1974, 90 minutes, 16mm, color. –
Thursday, March 16 at 7:00 and Sunday, March 19 at 7:00.
ARTISTS UNDER THE BIG TOP: PERPLEXED/DIE ARTISTEN IN DER ZIRKUSKUPPEL: RATLOS1968, 103 minutes, 16mm, color/b&w.–
Thursday, March 16 at 9:00 and Sunday, March 19 at 4:30.
THE PATRIOT/DIE PATRIOTIN1979, 121 minutes, 16mm, color/b&w.–
Friday, March 17 at 7:00 and Sunday, March 19 at 9:00.
THE POWER OF EMOTION/DIE MACHT DER GEFÜHLE1983, 115 minutes, 16mm, color/b&w.–
Friday, March 17 at 9:30 and Monday, March 20 at 7:30.
THE BLIND DIRECTOR/DER ANGRIFF DER GEGENWART AUF DIE ÜBRIGE ZEIT1985, 113 minutes, 16mm, color/b&w.–
Saturday, March 18 at 9:00 and Tuesday, March 21 at 7:30.
For complete info on films, please see:http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/schedule/?festival_id=16-

THE WORLD OF JIA ZHANGKE
These four films by Jia Zhangke demonstrate a major new talent in humanist filmmaking. Viewed as a series, Jia’s meditations on displacement and lost intimacy overwhelmingly diagnose the troubling core of a shifting world. If you haven’t seen them, you’re in for a real treat.
XIAO WU/THE PICKPOCKET1997, 107 minutes. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Jia Zhangke’s debut feature is set in his backwater northern hometown of Fengyang. Xiao Wu is a petty thief who finds himself a stranger in his own town. Rejected by his family and ostracized by his former cronies – all now entrepreneurs in the new economy – Xiao Wu pins his emotional hopes on Mei Mei, a hostess at a local karaoke bar. A spare, Bressonian portrait of a lost soul, XIAO WU is also a fascinating depiction of contemporary Chinese society at the end of the century.“One of the most impressive Chinese films of the 90s.” –
SIGHT & SOUND–Thursday, March 16 at 7:30 and Saturday, March 18 at 3:45.
UNKNOWN PLEASURES 2002, 113 minutes. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Distributed by New Yorker Films.Restless and unemployed teenaged best friends Xiao Ji and Bin Bin spend their time wandering around on motorbikes and hanging out at the pool hall. Sparks fly however, when Xiao Ji meets the beautiful dancer Qiao Qiao, and Bin Bin pursues a romance with a young student but without hope, love doesn’t prevail and desperation sets in. Taking a cue from American crime movies, the temptation of easy money becomes too difficult to resist and in a final attempt to break free from their day-to-day suburban life Xiao Ji and Bin Bin embark on half-baked plan to rob a bank. A harrowing account of disillusioned young people living in China, director Jia Zhangke still finds plenty to laugh about. Beautifully photographed by famed cinematographer Yu Lik-wai, UNKNOWN PLEASURES cements Zhangke’s reputation as one of China’s most important filmmakers.–
Thursday, March 16 at 9:45 and Saturday, March 18 at 6:00.
PLATFORM2000, 155 minutes. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Pictured right.Jia Zhangke’s second feature is his best work to date and one of the greatest of all Chinese films. Its subject is the great theme of Chinese cinema, the discovery of history, which links such otherwise disparate masterpieces as THE BLUE KITE, BLUSH, ACTRESS, THE PUPPET MASTER, and A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY. The story charts the course of the Cultural Revolution for about a decade, noting the shifts in values and lifestyles, culture and economy, as China moves inexorably from Maoism to capitalism, as witnessed by five actors in a provincial traveling theater troupe. Many episodes unfold in single long takes, with offscreen sound playing an important role, and the beautifully choreographed mise en scène recalls the fluid Hungarian pageants of Miklós Jancsó in the 60s and 70s. Originally 192 minutes long, the film was recut by Jia to its current 155 minutes and improved in the process. – Jonathan Rosenbaum–
Friday, March 17 at 8:00 and Sunday, March 19 at 8:00
THE WORLD2004, 143 minutes. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Distributed by Zeitgeist Films. After three underground productions, Jia Zhangke goes global. The latest dispatch from the world’s greatest filmmaker under 40 revisits the themes of UNKNOWN PLEASURES and PLATFORM: a hesitant romance, the growing pains of modernization, the urge for flight in a culture of inertia. Jia’s rootless young adults are finally in the big city – and in a dizzying Baudrillardian irony, employed at a Beijing theme park that, with its replicas of global tourist attractions, promises ‘a new world every day.’ From the sensational opening tracking shot to the flurry of animated punctuation, Jia’s first government-sanctioned film is his most flamboyant yet. – Dennis Lim, THE VILLAGE VOICE–
Saturday, March 18 at 8:30 and Sunday, March 19 at 5:00. --
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fun with your iPOD

technically, you're supposed to do this from your iTUNES library but seeing as I'm at work and blogger doesn't WORK on mac (why not? isn't it the 21st Century people?)...anyway, I'll have to make due with my tiny iPOD mini:

Number of songs: 807 (? where did the other go??)
Sort by song:
First song: "40" U2
Last song:"Zydeco Gris Gris"
Sort by time - can't do this sorry...
Sort by artist
First Artist: 22 Jacks
Last Artist: ZZ Top
Sort by album
First Album: "12 #1 Hits from..."
Last Album: "Zooropa" U2
Sort By Number of Plays - can't do this on my mini
Search"Sex": How Many songs come up?: can't do this
"Death": How Many Songs come up?: can't do this either
"Love": How many songs come up?: or this
"You": How many songs come up?: or this
"Heart": How many songs come up?: or this. fine.

timesucks

recent timesucks:

Firsts and Lasts...
FIRST REAL BEST FRIEND: define "real"? probably Angie
FIRST SCHOOL: montesorri on mercer island
FIRST CELL PHONE: HUGE analog phone they made me buy when I worked at Warner
FIRST FUNERAL: first one I remember was Grandpa George Garrett & that was mainly because they had a special seat for kids (me!) in the limo that went to the cemetary.
FIRST PET: goldfish named Rainbow, cat named Whiskey
FIRST BIG TRIP: most likely when I was a baby. First trip I remember was Berlin/Switz/Amsterdam when I was 5.
FIRST FLIGHT: you'd have to ask my mom
FIRST CELEBRITY CRUSH: Spock or Little Joe from Bonanza. I was pretty hot for the Hardy Boys for a while too. And the Monkees.
FIRST TIME OUT OF THE COUNTRY? you'd have to ask my mom
FIRST JOB: that I got paid for? Office of Financial Management, Forecast & Estimation Division, State of Washington. I was 16 (?).
FIRST MYSPACE FRIEND: no thanks.
LAST PERSON YOU HUGGED: Megan or Drew - just saying polite goodnight last night - not big on hugging...
LAST CAR RIDE: in WDC with my sister in December, unless taxis count.
LAST TIME YOU CRIED: Last night during the new Wim Wenders film, "don't come knocking".
LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED: "polyester" at about 4 this morning.
LAST FOOD YOU ATE: diet coke
LAST ITEM BOUGHT: metrocard
LAST SHIRT WORN: wearing black buttondown right now...last night wore pink t-shirt
LAST PHONE CALL: work related
LAST TEXT MESSAGE: don't do text
LAST THING YOU TOUCHED: mouse/keyboard
LAST FUNERAL: my brother's in 1998. Haven't gone to one since unless 9-11 memorial counts
LAST TIME AT THE MALL: that would be last november in Arizona.
LAST TIME YOU WERE EXCITED FOR SOMETHING: last night
LAST PERSON YOU SAW: Sara or one of the interns
LAST THING YOU DRANK: diet coke/water

"Performance" at Museum of the Moving Image

Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell Performance
Friday, March 31, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, April 1, 6:30 p.m.Sunday, April 2, 6:30 p.m.
1970, 105 mins., United Kingdom.
With Mick Jagger, James Fox, Anita Pallenberg. In this mind-bending Blow-Up-inspired artifact of 1960s swinging London, a gangster hides out in the mansion of a retired rock star. Restored to its original X-rated version.

The Museum of the Moving Image on 35th Avenue at the corner of 36th Street in Astoria.On WEEKDAYS, use the R or V to Steinway.On WEEKENDS, take the R or G.

proof that there are people crankier than me...

thanks to johnno for this

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=irule

U.S. Casualties in Iraq 3/6-3/10/06

Staff Sgt. Dwayne P. R. Lewis, 26, of New York City, died in Baghdad, Iraq on Feb. 27, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire during a dismounted patrol. Lewis was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder, of Finksburg, Md., died March 3 from a non combat-related vehicle accident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Combat Service Support Group-1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Staff Sgt. Kevin P. Jessen, 28, of Paragould, Ark., died in Rawah, Iraq, on March 5, when an improvised explosive device detonated during combat operations. Jessen was assigned to the Army's 22nd Chemical Battalion (Technical Escort), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

Gunnery Sgt. Justin R. Martone, 31, of Bedford, Va.died March 7 and Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry, 28, of Lorena, Texas died March 8 from improvised explosive devices in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Martone was assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. Fry was assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Cpl. Adam O. Zanutto, 26, of Caliente, Calif., died March 6 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from wounds received as a result of an improvised explosive device in Al Anbar province, Iraq on Feb. 25. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

U.S. Casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan reported 3/1-3/6/06

From D.O.D. and American Forces Press releases dated 3/1-3/6/06

A soldier was killed in Iraq yesterday, and Defense Department officials have identified two soldiers previously reported killed. A soldier assigned to U. S. Marine Regimental Combat Team 7 died as a result of enemy action while operating in Anbar province. The soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of the family.
The Defense Department also announced the identities of two soldiers killed in Iraq:
Army Sgt. Joshua V. Youmans, 26, of Flushing, Mich. , died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio on March 1 of injuries suffered in Habbaniyah, Iraq, on Nov. 21, when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee. Youmans was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, Saginaw, Mich.
Army Spc. Christopher S. Merchant, 32, of Hardwick, Vt. , died in Ramadi, Iraq, on March 1, when his Humvee came under attack by enemy forces using a car bomb and rocket-propelled grenade. Merchant was assigned to the Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, Jericho, Vt.

Spc. Christopher S. Merchant, 32, of Hardwick, Vt., died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on March 1, when his HMMWV came under attack by enemy forces using a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device and rocket-propelled grenade. Merchant was assigned to the Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, Jericho, Vt.

Pfc. Tina M. Priest, 20, of Austin, Texas, died in Taji, Iraq on March 1, from non-combat related injury. Priest was assigned to the 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Divison, Fort Hood, Texas.The incident is under investigation.

Lance Cpl. John J. Thornton, 22, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Feb. 25 of wounds received as a result of an enemy mortar attack in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).


WASHINGTON, March 2, 2006 – Defense Department officials have announced the identities of six Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom soldiers who died in recent days.
Army Master Sgt. Emigdio E. Elizarraras, 37, of Pico Rivera, Calif. , died in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, on Feb. 28 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during a reconnaissance mission. Elizarraras was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N. C.
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Schornak, 28, of Hoover, Ala. , died in Baghdad on Feb. 26 when his dismounted patrol was engaged by enemy forces using small-arms fire. Schornak was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Army Spcs. Clay P. Farr, 21, of Bakersfield, Calif. ; and Joshua U. Humble, 21, of Appleton, Maine, died in Baghdad on Feb. 26 when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Humvee. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division of Fort Drum, N. Y.
Army Sgt. Dimitri Muscat, 21, of Aurora, Colo. , died in Balad, Iraq, on Feb. 24 of non-combat related injuries suffered earlier that day in Samarra, Iraq. Muscat was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Army Pvt. Joshua F. Powers, 21, of Skiatook, Okla. , died in Baghdad on Feb. 24 from a non-combat related injury. Powers was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

Master Sgt. Emigdio E. Elizarraras, 37, of Pico Rivera, Calif., died in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan on Feb. 28, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during a reconnaissance mission. Elizarraras was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Pfc. Benjamin C. Schuster, 21, of Williamsville, N.Y., died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on Feb. 25, from a gunshot wound. Schuster was assigned to the Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 101st Cavalry Regiment, Buffalo, N.Y.The incident is under investigation.

Spc. Clay P. Farr, 21, of Bakersfield, Calif.Spc. Joshua U. Humble, 21, of Appleton, Maine were killed in Baghdad, Iraq on Feb. 26, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during patrol operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division of Fort Drum, N.Y.

Pvt. Joshua F. Powers, 21, of Skiatook, Okla., died in Baghdad, Iraq on Feb. 24, from a non-combat related injury. Powers was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.The incident is under investigation.

Sgt. Dimitri Muscat, 21, of Aurora, Colo., died in Balad, Iraq, on Feb. 24, of non-combat related injuries sustained earlier that day in Samarra, Iraq. Muscat was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
The incident is under investigation.

WASHINGTON, March 1, 2006 – A U. S. soldier died in a non-combat incident in Iraq today, and Defense Department officials announced the identities of six servicemembers who died previously. The soldier who died today was assigned to Multinational Division Baghdad. No further details were available. The soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Defense officials have identified the following casualties:
Army Spc. Joshua M. Pearce, 21, of Guymon, Okla. , was killed in Mosul, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near the Stryker military vehicle he was patrolling with Feb. 26. Pearce was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Marine Lance Cpl. Adam J. Vanalstine, 21, of Superior, Wis. , was killed Feb. 25 by an improvised explosive device in Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Army Sgt. Jessie Davila, 29, of Greensburg, Kan. , died in Baghdad Feb. 20 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 137th Infantry, Lawrence, Kan.
Three soldiers died near Balad, Iraq, on Feb. 22, when a roadside bomb exploded near their Bradley fighting vehicle. All three soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo. Killed were: Staff Sgt. Curtis T. Howard II, 32, of Ann Arbor, Mich. ; Sgt. Gordon F. Misner II, 23, of Sparks, Nev. ; and Spc. Thomas J. Wilwerth, 21, of Mastic, N. Y.

Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Schornak, 28, of Hoover, Ala., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 26, when his dismounted patrol was engaged by enemy forces using small arms fire. Schornak was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

U.S. Casualties reported in Iraq 2/25-2/28/06

Staff Sgt. Curtis T. Howard II, 32, of Ann Arbor, Mich. Sgt. Gordon F. Misner II, 23, of Sparks, Nev. and Spc. Thomas J. Wilwerth, 21, of Mastic, N.Y. were killed near Balad, Iraq, on Feb. 22, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Bradley Fighting Vehicle. All three soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

Lance Cpl. Adam J. Vanalstine, 21, of Superior, Wis., died Feb. 25, from an improvised explosive device in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

Two Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers were killed in separate incidents over the past two days, and five Iraqi patrols resulted in the detention of three suspected insurgents in Ramadi. West of the capital, a Multinational Division Baghdad soldier was killed by small-arms fire yesterday, Multinational Force Iraq officials reported. The other died Feb. 26 in central Baghdad. The soldiers' names are being withheld pending notification of the family, and both incidents remain under investigation.

A U. S. soldier in Iraq died yesterday, and Defense Department officials have announced the identities of seven U. S. servicemen and an Air Force civilian killed in action this week.

A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier died of non-combat related injuries yesterday, officials said. The incident is under investigation, and the soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Defense officials announced the following identities of Operation Iraqi Freedom casualties:
Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew D. Conley, 21, of Killen, Ala. , died Feb. 18 when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Ramadi, Iraq. Conley was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Cpl. Conley's unit is attached to 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

Sgt. Charles E. Matheny IV, 23 of Stanwood, Wash. , died in Baghdad on Feb. 18, when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee. Matheny was assigned to the Army's 704th Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Air Force civilian employee Daniel J. Kuhlmeier, 30, of Omaha, Neb. , died Feb. 20 in Baghdad when a roadside bomb struck his convoy. Kuhlmeier was assigned to Detachment 204, 2nd Field Investigations Region, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.

Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Almar L. Fitzgerald, 23, of Lexington, S. C. , died Feb. 21 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds suffered in a roadside bomb explosion Feb. 18 in Iraq's Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit is attached to the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

Staff Sgt. Gregson G. Gourley, 38, of Salt Lake City, Utah. Sgt. Rickey E. Jones, 21, of Kokomo, Ind. Pfc. Christopher L. Marion, 20, of Pineville, Mo. and Pfc. Allan A. Morr, 21, of Shiawassee County, Mich were killed in Al Hawijah, Iraq, on Feb. 22, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during patrol operations. All four soldiers were assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.