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April 16, 2008
Sons of Iraq lead MND-C Soldiers to weapons cache (Tameem)
Multi-National Division – Center PAO
BAGHDAD – Sons of Iraq led Multi-National Division – Center Soldiers from Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, and Iraqi Policemen with 3rd Brigade, 1st National Police Division to a large weapons cache in Tameem, a town east of Baghdad, April 14.
The cache was buried approximately 500 meters from the NPheadquarters in Tameem.
“The cache had been in the ground a long time,” said 1st Lt. Andrew Ellison, from Coleman, Ala., a squad leader in Troop C. “EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) Soldiers estimated that the munitions had been buried for over a year based on their condition.”
The cache contained 389 82 mm mortar rounds, 96 125 mm tank rounds, 172 57 mm anti-aircraft rounds, 38 60 mm mortar rounds, 30 130 mm artillery rounds, 17 122 mm mortar rounds, 15 100 mm rockets, seven 155 artillery rounds, five 100 kg aircraft bombs and four 120 mm mortar rounds.
“Even though many of the munitions were badly degraded, they could have still been used to make IEDs (improvised explosive devices),” Ellison said.
“We are extremely happy to help interdict these accelerants here.”
The 3-1st Cav. Regt. is assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Benning, Ga., and has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March 2007. The 789th Ordnance Company (EOD) is from Ft. Benning, Ga., and is currently assigned to the 3rd HBCT.
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April 17, 2008
Iraqi Army discovers IED materials during clearing operations (Mahmudiyah)
Multi-National Division – Center PAO
BAGHDAD – During a clearing operation in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, in support of Operation Marne Piledriver, Iraqi Army soldiers from 25th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division uncovered five weapons caches April 15.
The caches contained two 155 mm artillery rounds, one oxygen tank rigged as an improvised explosive device, a Katusha rocket launcher, two oxygen tanks, two 82 mm mortar tubes, a 3-foot tube of homemade explosives and multiple pressure strips.
Marne Piledriver is taking place in the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), area of operations. While the focus of the operation is on capacity building, Iraqi Security Forces will simultaneously target remaining insurgent pockets with the help of Coalition forces.
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