1st Cav, ICDC Conduct Joint Cordon-and-Search Mission ("exceeded everybody's expectations")

MNFI-MNCI ^ | June 5, 2004

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

1st Cav, ICDC Conduct Joint Cordon-and-Search Mission

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Under the guidance of 1st Cavalry Division troops, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps Soldiers recently conducted a cordon-and-search mission in the Al Sowaib area of Al Rashid. It was the first large-scale ICDC combat operation in the 1st Cavalry area of operations.

Capt. Martin Wohlgemuth, a fire-support officer with 1st Cavalry Division, said the ICDC Soldiers did exactly what they were trained to do.

"We had a team that went in and cleared the building, another team that went in and searched, and they did exactly that," Wohlgemuth said. "They searched the buildings. We found plenty of weapons with ammunition. I couldn't have asked for anything more. They exceeded everybody's expectations."

Staff Sgt. Faletoa Sea, a fire-support noncommissioned officer with the 1st Cavalry said that even though the ICDC troops are completely trained yet, "I was very pleased with their performance. We need to make sure they can do the job, so when we leave, it can be a better place for the citizens of Iraq."

Ultimately, the ICDC, along with other Iraqi security forces, will replace the need for a Coalition security presence in Baghdad.

Along with a performance that pleased their 1st Cav trainers, the ICDC Soldiers successfully seized several illegal sniper weapons with ammunition, along with some counterfeit money.
 

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[speekinout]

I don't think it took Reagan long to get us out of the carter doldrums. Things were already looking up by 1982.
But a Kerry Presidency would be forever disastrous. The terrorists would be emboldened beyond belief, and we wouldn't have any allies who trusted us.

I don't care a whit about who likes us - or likes our President. I only care about whether the evil people in the world are too afraid to test us. I want them all to come to the same conclusion Qaddafi did.

Bush scares the bejeesus out of terrorists; Kerry scares the bejeesus out of many Americans. I can only hope that's most of the voters.