[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Many of the Solders of the 1st Armored Division’s 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, “Bandits,” are closing in on their first year of deployment during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

... they are relocating to camps southeast of Baghdad to take on a major role in Operation Rapier Thrust.

...The advance party would serve as a litmus test for the newly chosen convoy route -- an untested, untried course bypassing known areas of enemy activity.

The convoy commanders did not pretend to think that this would be an easy move...

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1-37 Armor Battalion

"Bandits"

Home is where the enemy lives.

- Operation Rapier Thrust -

                   Godspeed!

[FreedomPoster]

Treadhead bump.