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First ID Soldiers Find, Destroy Large Weapons Caches TIKRIT, IRAQ - Task Force Danger soldiers located a weapons cache near Jalula at 9:05 a.m., April 14. Task Force 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment found 93, 57mm rockets and 10 launch tubes. Soldiers secured the cache site until the cache was later destroyed. Release #040416c First Infantry Division Soldiers Find Two Weapons Caches TIKRIT, IRAQ - First Infantry Division soldiers engaged and destroyed a truck west of Samara on April 14 at about 2:54 p.m. Task Force 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, discovered the truck contained 21 120mm rounds, 65...

  1st Infantry Division Soldiers Find Weapons Cache TIKRIT, Iraq -1st Infantry Division soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment confiscated a cache of weapons after stopping a vehicle at a traffic control point near Tikrit at about 1:42 p.m. April 13. A search of the vehicle yielded 11 60mm mortars, 16 fuses and 25 mortar charges which were destroyed by a military explosive ordnance disposal team. The driver of the vehicle was taken to a Coalition detention facility for questioning. Release #040414c Task Force Danger Soldiers Find Cache of Bombs TIKRIT, Iraq - Task Force Danger Soldiers...

  Children Lead 1st Infantry Division Soldiers to Cache TIKRIT, Iraq - Task Force Danger Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment discovered a weapons cache consisting of 18 60mm mortar rounds near Kirkuk April 11 at around 9:45 a.m. The Soldiers found the cache after following up on information from some children playing near a Coalition base. The Soldiers have secured and transported the rounds to a storage facility for destruction.Release #040412h http://www.cjtf7.com/media-information/April2004/040412h.htm   Central Command, Task Force 1st Armored Division Staying the CourseBy Sgt. Merrion Lasonde122nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BAGHDAD, Iraq – U.S. forces will remain...

Task Force Danger Soldiers Locate Cache TIKRIT, Iraq – First Infantry Division soldiers from Task Force 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment discovered a cache north of Samarra on March 31st at about 11:20 a.m. The cache consisted of 220 57mm rockets and one 155mm artillery round. The cache was destroyed at about 1:30 a.m. by an explosive ordnance disposal team. Release #040401ahttp://www.cjtf7.com/media-information/march2004/040401a.htm Task Force Danger Soldiers Apprehend Looters TIKRIT, Iraq – First Infantry Division soldiers from the 9th Engineer Battalion and First Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment detained 147 looters near an ammunition storage facility south of Tikrit on March...

  Information Leads to Capture Near Tuz TIKRIT, IRAQ - Task Force Danger soldiers from 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment detained two suspected arms traffickers in a raid near Tuz at 3:30 a.m. March 25. The soldiers detained the suspects after an Iraqi citizen identified them. The two are suspected of transporting large quantities of weapons between Nasiriyah, Baghdad, Kirkuk and Hawija. The two were taken to a Coalition detention center. Release #040326ahttp://www.cjtf7.com/media-information/march2004/040326a.htm Information Leads 1-18 Infantry to Cache TIKRIT, Iraq – Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment located a weapons cache south of Bayji March 24 at...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 March 16, 2004Release Number: 04-03-40 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1ID AND TASK FORCE DANGER OPERATIONS TIKRIT, Iraq -1st Infantry Division and Task Force Danger conducted 15 patrols Monday and Tuesday as the transfer of authority with Task Force Ironhorse began. Six of the patrols were joint operations conducted with the Iraqi police, Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and the Department of Border Enforcement. Weapons and equipment confiscated in raids and patrols throughout the Task Force Ironhorse area of operations include 100 antipersonnel...