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• OIF/OEF Casualty Update 19 Aug 2010 [PDF]

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• Last Full Combat Brigade Leaves Iraq in Convoy AFPS 19 Aug 2010 -- Through the dusty driver’s side window, Army Pfc. Thomas Johnson could see the final stretch of dirt road leading to the border.
• Last U.S. Combat Brigade Leaves Iraq RFE/RL 19 Aug 2010 -- The last U.S. combat brigade has left Iraq as part of President Barack Obama's pledge to end combat operations in the country by the end of this month.
• US Combat Mission in Iraq Will Change, But Not Quite Yet VOA 19 Aug 2010 -- The Pentagon says it will be difficult to know when the last American combat soldier leaves Iraq because the troops can perform a variety of functions depending on their mission and orders. Although the last large combat unit left Iraq overnight, the combat mission continues for the remaining troops until the end of the month.
• Iraq Mission to Continue With Stability Operations AFPS 19 Aug 2010 -- With the last full brigade of combat troops now out of Iraq and another 6,000 U.S. forces to leave by the month’s end, the mission in Iraq continues with the transition to stability operations, Army Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, spokesman for U.S. Forces Iraq, told reporters today.
• U.S. Mission in Iraq Officially Changes Sept. 1 AFPS 19 Aug 2010 -- A fundamental shift will take place at the end of the month in the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq, a Pentagon official said today.
• Last U.S. brigade combat team conducts movement out of Iraq Army News 19 Aug 2010 -- The first wave of Soldiers with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, United States Division-Center, departed Baghdad Aug. 13 as the last combat brigade to leave Iraq, as part of the responsible drawdown of troops in Iraq.
• Soldiers see Iraq grow during multiple deployments Army News 19 Aug 2010 -- As Soldiers depart Baghdad, part of the last combat brigade in Iraq, they are leaving a country that has gone through many stages to be where it is today.
• LOGCAP Managers Have Key Role in Drawdown Army News 19 Aug 2010 -- The Logistics Civil Augmentation Program Forward Iraq, under the auspices of the 402d Army Field Support Brigade, executes oversight and requirements management to provide combat service support to U.S. military and Department of State personnel in the Iraq theater of operations, and at the same time continues to have a leading role in supporting United States Forces-Iraq responsible drawdown efforts.
• 42nd Medical Detachment returns after year-long deployment Army News 19 Aug 2010 -- Six Soldiers from the 42nd Medical Detachment celebrated their safe return home from Iraq Aug. 11 during a ceremony held at Army Community Service.
• 472D Military Police Company redeploys Army News 19 Aug 2010 -- The Soldiers of the 472nd Military Police Company returned home from a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on Aug. 13. The date also marks the second anniversary of the unit's reactivation at Fort Wainwright.

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