Not This Time
Hotel outpost.jpg An old hotel in southwestern Samarra, just west of the Golden Mosque,
Jeff Emanuel is a journalist and military affairs writer who contributed extensively to The Weekly Standard in 2007 as an embedded reporter covering U.S. military operations in Iraq. His on-the-ground dispatches chronicled combat patrols, counterinsurgency missions, and daily life for American troops in cities such as Samarra and Tal Afar. His reporting provided vivid firsthand accounts during the surge period of the Iraq War.
Hotel outpost.jpg An old hotel in southwestern Samarra, just west of the Golden Mosque,
Samarra, Iraq
Samarra, Iraq
Samarra, Iraq
Samarra, Iraq
Salman Pak, Iraq
Recruits make their way through the 'shoot-house.'
Marcus.jpg SFC Marcus checks a young Iraqi girl's throat for strep in Wuerdiya, Iraq.
SSG Matt Jemison (2).jpg SSG Matt Jemison, a squad leader in Baker Company 1-15's first platoon,
Salman Pak, Iraq
Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad