CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE COBRA, Iraq – Despite fierce 50-knot winds and blowing dust, an HH-60M medevac helicopter crew circled Contingency Operating Site Cobra, focused on the importance of their mission—evacuating an injured Soldier to medical care. After a Soldier from 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division suffered serious injuries April 4, medics at the COS Cobra aid station quickly realized the dust storm raging outside would turn a routine medevac mission into an extraordinary flight. As with any other day, air ambulance crews from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment waited for calls. “The initial call was just like running (civilian emergency medical services); you’re always on call waiting for the phone

BAGHDAD— As part of the advise, train, and assist mission under Operation New Dawn, Soldiers with B Troop, 6th “Saber” Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center provided traffic control point operations training to their Iraqi partners, the 1st Mechanized Brigade, 4th Iraqi Federal Police Division, May 2 at Camp Liberty, Iraq. This intent of the training was for the 1st Mech. Bde. to maintain the skills they need, as well as learn new ones, in order to ensure the people of Iraq can continue to safely travel on the major roads in Baghdad. “Given that they [work in] traffic control points a lot already, this training gave us a