Posted on 01/22/2005 1:42:40 PM PST by KiloLima
ABU GHRAIB, Iraq — When Pfc. Jimmy Giron of Company B, 27th Engineer Battalion, found a weapons cache in the front of a house recently, his buddies said it seemed as if he’d witnessed the birth of his child.
“You should have seen the look on his face when he pulled those mortars out of the bag,” said 1st Lt. Daniel Hurd, 1st Platoon leader with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment. “It was priceless.”
The platoon, along with their assigned soldier from the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based engineer battalion, is on a nearly constant hunt for weapons caches in this troubled city, which is just north of Baghdad International Airport.
Giron’s find contained seven 60 mm mortars, one 82 mm mortar, eight mortar fuses, shotgun shells, papers with technical data for accurately firing the mortars and a remote control garage door opener which soldiers believed would have been used to trigger roadside bombs.
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Do you all think this writer reveals too many specific details?
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I don't think there's anything in there that'll compromise operational techniques or security. The whole process, just like the writer implies, is interactive. When the bad guys start losing too many of their caches, they'll look for a different way to hide the weapons and then we'll adjust & they'll adjust again, etc. This is why the individual soldier is more valuable than any wonder weapon. Soldiers think, adapt, and then adapt again to fit the individual circumstances.
BTW, this unit, the 2-14 Infantry, was the infantry unit assigned to the Quick Reaction Force that went to the aid of TF Ranger in Mogadishu in 1993. Two KIA & 30 WIA on that day, iirc. They had actually seen more combat & been into the city more than the Rangers. Unfortunately, they were not kept in the planning loop by the special operators and when the op went brown, they had to react from a standing start with no knowledge of the actual situation on the ground. OK, I'm digressing, but when i saw that unit designation, it just reminded me...
Excellent news, thanks for the answer there,mark502inf.
Yes--I don't like all the details about their units being given out. But like the listing of the weapons.
I'm sure that if posted in Stars and Stripes the info is ok..
Dangerous work, God Bless them!
Their courage and bravery never ceases to amaze me! God Bless them!!!
Thanks for your well-informed answers. I was worried about locational information. Stars and Stripes is more leftist (like the MSM) than I would like . . .
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