82nd Airborne Division continues to uncover caches

CJTF7 ^ | Nov. 20, 2003

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

CJTF-7 Public Affairs

BAGHDAD, Iraq

 82^nd Airborne Division continues to uncover caches

AR RAMADI, Iraq – 82^nd Airborne Division, also know as Task Force “All American,” conducted missions over the past 24-hours focused on defeating former regime loyalists, criminals, and terrorists and assisting to re-establish a safe and secure environment.

The 82d Abn. Div. has conducted three offensive operations, all of which were cordon and searches.  Soldiers also carried out 167 patrols, including eight joint patrols with the Iraqi Border Guard and Iraqi Police, manned 47 observation posts along Highway 10.  During this time, one enemy personnel was wounded and 78 were captured.

Paratroopers from 1^st Battalion, 504^th Parachute Infantry Regiment conducted an air assault cordon and search northeast of Fallujah last night.  The operation resulted in the capture of 37 enemy personnel.  In addition to the captured personnel, the paratroopers confiscated numerous small arms weapons, Jordanian and Syrian currency, fake identification cards, radios, and Thuraya phones.  All of the individuals are being held for further investigation.

Early this morning, soldiers from 1^st Battalion, 32^nd Infantry captured 16 enemy personnel as they attempted to emplace numerous improvised explosive devices (IEDs).  The enemy personnel had in their possession IEDs, mortar systems, mortar rounds, RPGs, and grenades.  During questioning, one of the individuals provided information on additional caches.  The information provided by the local Iraqi proved to be a big find for U.S. forces.  Soldiers immediately searched the area and confiscated four 60mm mortars, eight machine guns, 21 AK-47s, one assault rifle, 34 PG-7 rounds, 29 artillery rounds of various sizes, several crates of grenades, 28 prepared IEDs, over 13,000 rounds of ammunition, and various other munitions. 

Yesterday evening in Ar Ramadi, soldiers from 1^st Battalion, 16^th Infantry Regiment discovered a cache in a field.  They found 32 120mm rounds, 286 82mm mortar rounds, 77 60mm mortar rounds, 28 RPGs, HEAT rounds, two heavy machine guns, demolitions, and over 1500 82mm mortar propellant charges.  Engineers and Explosive Ordnance Detachment teams evacuated and destroyed all contents of the cache. 

The civil affairs teams met with the Babil Council Governing Coordinator of the Iraqi Reconstruction Development Council today to assist the creation of a district council in Mahmudiyah.  The purpose of the meeting was to examine the Baghdad Citizens Handbook and use it as a guide in running a council meeting and integrating local leaders.  In Habbaniyah, Civil Affairs teams continue rehabilitating the regional police station.  Rehabilitation efforts include the purchase of police uniforms and the reconstruction of two primary schools in the area.  These projects will cost approximately $30,000.   We continue training our fourth Iraqi Civil Defense Course class at the Navea Training Center with 165 recruits that will graduate tomorrow.   

Soldiers from the 82^nd Airborne Division, 1^st Infantry Division, and 3^rd Armored Cavalry Regiment remain committed to the destruction of enemy forces and assisting the peaceful Iraqi population in the recovery efforts.  The capture of weapons and munitions within the past operations provides safer communities for the Al Anbar people.   

[skyman]

Thanks for posting this stuff... it's great.

It's about time we took this aggressive approach and it's great to read these to know what kind of progress we are making.

Otherwise all you hear on the mainstream news is another bomb, another attack, more American soldiers dying.

Sky

[KriegerGeist]

I would very much like to see our forces somehow step up the removal or the destruction of all those hundreds of ammo dumps 'caches' that are too numerous to guard. We should haul off all that we cannot destroy and make the rest unusable and inaccessable somehow as quickly as possible.

Deny the enemy of guns, ammo, RPGs and bomb making materials A.S.A.P.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Paratroopers from 1^st Battalion, 504^th Parachute Infantry Regiment conducted an air assault cordon and search northeast of Fallujah last night.  The operation resulted in the capture of 37 enemy personnel.  In addition to the captured personnel, the paratroopers confiscated numerous small arms weapons, Jordanian and Syrian currency, fake identification cards, radios, and Thuraya phones.  All of the individuals are being held for further investigation.

...Early this morning, soldiers from 1^st Battalion, 32^nd Infantry captured 16 enemy personnel as they attempted to emplace numerous improvised explosive devices (IEDs). 

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82nd Airborne Division's productive and dangerous workday.

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[U S Army EOD]

Note the EOD guys are right in there with them. Three cheers for the good guys.

[Southack]

Calling Thuraya


To make a call from a landline telephone to a Thuraya unit, you need to use the international dialling code for Thuraya: +882 16 (+ 8 digit phone number)

[thinktwice]

The 82nd Airborne, an outstanding outfit containing many of the finest soldiers known to man.

[mickie]

What items should I ut in my care package?
Spending about $20-25.
Any ideas?

[kevao]

What items should I ut in my care package? Spending about $20-25. Any ideas?

You could always just send cache.

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[boxerblues]

If you have a dollar store near you, you can fill a fairly big box with snacks cakes, cookies, cereal bowls, canned chips & dips, instant pasta mixes, soup bowls, crackers & cheese. Its cooled off enough you can now send chocolate without fear of it melting. Really anything that can be eaten in one sitting or resealed is best.

Space is still at a premium so send the travel sizes of toothpaste, footpowder, deoderant, shampoo, hand soap and hand sanitizer, small bottle of Febreze & dryer sheets (the tents are starting to get that manly smell about them)

Paperback books (new or used), mens & sports magazines (address label removed if necessary), pads of art paper & drawing pencils, blank cards (birthday & anniversary etc) for them to send back home. Stress relievers like hackey sacs, baseballs, footballs, hand held games, word puzzle books, rubber band shooters are always a hit!

[Coop]

Hooo-ahh!!

[wtc911]

Baby wipes, playing cards, razors (good disposables) batteries, small note pads, pens, lip balm, small bottles of shampoo, toothpaste, etc. duct tape, Krazy Glue, Dr. Schools pads....

If the troops receiving the goods are in the field this stuff will come in handy. If they are in the rear go with more entertaining items.

[blackie]

82nd Airborne Division's productive and dangerous workday ~ Bump!

[mickie]

Thank you so much for the ideas.
Saturday morning I will hit Amelia's.

[mickie]

Boxerblues & wtc911 listed some good ideas for gift boxes for the wonderful servicemen & woman at Christmas....

[Coop]

Airborne bump!

[blackie]

Right-on ~ Bump!

[patton]

Urah!