Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Photos From Jim Webb's Recent Iraq Tour

We thought we'd share these photos from Senator Jim Webb's recent trip to Iraq, which were contained in a recent mass email from Webb's office.
Photo Credit: Gordon Peterson (Nov. 29, 2007)
Senator Jim Webb (center) and Senator Jon Tester (center left), escorted by Col. John Charlton (left), commander of the U.S. Army's 1st Brigade Combat Team, tour "Hurricane Point" in Ramadi, Iraq, during a visit to Anbar Province.

Photo Credit: Gordon Peterson (Nov. 29, 2007)
During a visit to Ramadi in Iraq's al-Anbar Province Nov. 29, 2007, Senator Jim Webb gained a richer appreciation for his son's combat tour there with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment in 2006 and 2007. Webb is pictured here at "Hurricane Point" in Ramadi, a site along the Euphrates River close to his son's former battalion command post.

Photo Credit: Gordon Peterson (Nov. 29, 2007)
Senator Jim Webb confers with Sgt. Major Scott D. Reeves, USMC, of Petersburg, VA (center), and Capt. Daniel Gaskell, USMC, of Stafford, VA (right), during a Nov. 29, 2007, visit to a joint U.S.-Iraqi security station in Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's al-Anbar province. Marines from the battalion jointly man the security station and patrol the city with Iraqi police. Reeves is the command sergeant major of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, and Gaskell commands Foxtrot Company in the battalion.
Photo Credit: Gordon Peterson (Nov. 30, 2007)
Senator Jim Webb confers with Brig. Gen. Edward Cardon (center right), deputy commanding general (support) of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, following a Nov. 30, 2007, visit with soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division stationed in Iskandariyah, Iraq. Located 30 miles south of Baghdad near the Euphrates River, the city is largely populated by Shia Muslims. Also pictured are Thomas Timberman (center left), director of an Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team in Iskandariyah, and Lt. Col. Michael Getchell (back to camera), commander of the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.
Photo Credit: Gordon Peterson (Nov. 29, 2007)
Senator Jim Webb receives a briefing on the security situation in Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's al-Anbar province, from Lt. Col. Jay M. Bargeron, commander of the 2nd Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment, during a visit Nov. 29, 2007, to a U.S.-Iraqi joint security station in Ramadi. U.S. Marines from the battalion man the security station and patrol the city with Iraqi police.
Photo Credit: Jennifer Park (Nov. 29, 2007)
Senator Jim Webb and Senator Jon Tester speak with General Petraeus, Commander of Multinational Forces in Iraq on the security situation in Iraq.

Photo Credit: Gordon Peterson (Nov. 30, 2007) Senator Jon Tester and Senator Jim Webb confer with Dr. Barham Salih, Iraq's deputy prime minister, during a meeting in Baghdad Nov. 30, 2007. Senators Webb and Tester visited several U.S. military units in Kuwait and Iraq during a two-day visit to the region.
Photo Credit: Sgt. David Begley (Nov. 30, 2007)
Senator Webb with the Virginia Army National Guard 3rd battalion, 116th brigade at Kuwait Naval Base.
Photo Credit: Sgt. David Begley (Nov. 30, 2007)
Senator Webb with Virginia Army National Guard 3rd battalion, 116th brigade at Kuwait Naval Base.

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