U.S. Air Force military working dogs in Iraq are invaluable in protecting troops on and off bases. They conduct frequent patrols and assist security forces airmen at entry-control points.
U.S. military officials in Iraq expressed optimism that a truce being worked out between the Iraqi government and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militia will help reduce violence in Baghdad's Sadr City section.
All military services met or exceeded their recruiting goals for April, with the Marine Corps recruiting 142 percent of its goal, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.
