AMID REDEPLOYMENT 101ST CONTINUES RECONSTRUCTION MISSION

	NEWS RELEASE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND 7115 South Boundary Boulevard MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101 Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

January 14, 2004
Release Number: 04-01-40

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AMID REDEPLOYMENT 101ST CONTINUES RECONSTRUCTION MISSION

MOSUL, IRAQ (Jan. 14, 2004) – The operational tempo of the 101st Airborne Division remains high today as its soldiers prepared for redeployment and completed major reconstruction projects in Northern Iraq.

Soldiers of the 926th Engineer Battalion put a generator into operation at the Mosul beet sugar factory. This project will ensure the factory has power at all times, boosting employment in the city and also contribute to the city’s power grid during peak load times.

The Division's Surgeon section sponsored a program that provided three new ambulances to hospitals in Mosul and Qayyarah. The ambulances are 2004 model from a prominent Japanese manufacturer and cost more than $120,000.

In the small town of Filfell, north of Mosul, the division’s Fire Support Element led an effort to restore an oil storage depot to operation. The station, once used as an export station to Turkey, can hold 12,000 liters of oil and will return to its original purpose when Iraq’s oil industry infrastructure is running at full capacity.

The 101st continues to work with the citizens and leaders of Iraq to make it a safe, prosperous, and democratic nation.

1 posted on 01/14/2004 1:47:34 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl

To: MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...

Soldiers of the 926th Engineer Battalion put a generator into operation at the Mosul beet sugar factory. This project will ensure the factory has power at all times, boosting employment in the city and also contribute to the city’s power grid during peak load times.

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2 posted on 01/14/2004 1:50:46 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

I wonder if the Iraqi people are grateful for all of this, or if they think it's their due?

3 posted on 01/14/2004 2:13:44 PM PST by McGavin999 (Evil thrives when good men do nothing!)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

I also think the Iraqis are ungrateful, but I think our wonderful soldiers would do these things anyway.

4 posted on 01/14/2004 2:38:30 PM PST by BushisTheMan

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

AMID REDEPLOYMENT 101ST CONTINUES RECONSTRUCTION MISSION ~ Bump!

5 posted on 01/14/2004 4:03:13 PM PST by blackie

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

6 posted on 01/14/2004 7:04:42 PM PST by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))

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