US Soldiers Save Lives, Discover Large Weapons Caches

48th Brigade Combat Team PAO ^ | 09.26.2005

[Calpernia]

CAMP STRYKER, Iraq – Task Force Baghdad Soldiers uncovered a large weapons cache in the outskirts of western Baghdad while conducting a morning patrol on Sept. 24.

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, 48th Brigade Combat Team, have been successful in finding weapons caches within their area of operations. In less than a month they have found six weapons caches of significant size, two of which were extremely large. Capt. James H. Alexander, Jr., an operations officer with 2nd Bn, 130 Inf. Regt., attributes this success to the troops on the ground.

“I’m very impressed with these Soldiers, they work together as a cohesive team at squad and platoon level and they get out on the ground to get the job done,” said Alexander, a Columbus, Ga. resident.

The cache included 11 improvised explosive devices, one sniper rifle, 18 Motorola telephones, one mortar tube, 14 60 mm mortar rounds, one artillery round, nine washing machine timers and an unspecified amount of TNT and C4 plastic explosives.

Six suspected terrorists were also detained as a result of the find.

“Even if they take one (terrorist) off the street, it is motivating, but when a find of this size comes in, we are more than pleased. These Soldiers are saving lives,” said Alexander.

[Calpernia]

Task Force Baghdad Soldiers uncovered a large weapons cache in the outskirts of western Baghdad while conducting a morning patrol on Sept. 24.

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, 48th Brigade Combat Team, have been successful in finding weapons caches within their area of operations. In less than a month they have found six weapons caches of significant size, two of which were extremely large. Capt. James H. Alexander, Jr., an operations officer with 2nd Bn, 130 Inf. Regt., attributes this success to the troops on the ground.

[Calpernia]

I forgot who has the STRYKER ping list. Do you know?

[ozzymandus]

One rifle and one small mortar is a "sizeable cache"?

[Calpernia]

The cache included 11 improvised explosive devices, one sniper rifle, 18 Motorola telephones, one mortar tube, 14 60 mm mortar rounds, one artillery round, nine washing machine timers and an unspecified amount of TNT and C4 plastic explosives.

[bnelson44]

Six suspected terrorists were also detained as a result of the find.

That's the best thing they found.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[islander-11]

My nephew is in a Stryker unit in Mosul right now. If anyone has a Stryker unit ping list, please add me!

Thanks.

[Calpernia]

We have a freeper with a Stryker ping list. I will track him down today.

Xzins, do you remember?

[Unicorn]

Too many prisoners.

[Calpernia]

It's Cannoneer No. 4!

Cannoneer, do you still have your Stryker ping list? Islander-11 would like to be added.

[xzins]

I don't have a Stryker ping list. I've pinged two who might know.

[Calpernia]

Thanks xzins!

[demkicker]

Six suspected terrorists were also detained as a result of the find.

Too bad Lindy England is unavailable.

[Thunder 6]

It's Cannoneer #4...he's the keeper of all things SBCT.

Regards,

[xzins]

Ping to T6's post #15.

[Calpernia]

Thank you Xzins.

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

islander-11 has been aded to the Stryker Brigade Combat Team Tactical Studies Group (Chairborne).

Be advised that ping list is on my About page and anybody who runs up on Stryker threads is welcome to use it. I am back in Afghanistan now, so anybody who wants to take up the mission of head Stryker pinger is welcome to relieve me.

[Old Student]

"Too many prisoners."

Wrong. Too few sources of more informtion.