Dept. of Army – Worth Knowing
• Alternative Energy Powers Iraq Border Checkpoints: A lack of traditional power sources to run equipment poses a significant challenge in Iraq, particularly for remote border security checkpoints unable to connect to the national power grid...
• South Carolina Guard Makes Big Splash With Artificial Reef: The South Carolina National Guard recently dropped 32 armored personnel carriers and M-113 track vehicles into the Atlantic Ocean — and it wasn't by accident...
• Face of Defense: Soldier Launches Recycling Effort in Iraq: The Army teaches soldiers to leave a place better than they found it. One soldier has applied this adage to the Multinational Division Baghdad area of operations by thinking “green.”...
• Water, Sewer Projects Impact Environment in Iraq: Sewer projects and other capacity-building projects managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division are positively affecting the environment in Iraq...
• Face of Defense: Army Lawyer Helps Iraqis Establish Rule of Law: Thousands of years ago, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was the site where Hammurabi created one of the first written codes of law in recorded history, making plain the laws of the land to the people of the land...