Battalion operation aims to deter IDF, weapons trafficking and caches in vicinity of Joint Base Balad Anaconda [Image 2 of 8]

BALAD, IRAQ

06.20.2008

Courtesy Photo

1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

First Lt. Forest Davis, a platoon leader with the 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), takes a knee to give a SITREP update to the battalion?s tactical operations center, while Staff Sgt. Miguel Miranda, an acting platoon sergeant with the battalion, pulls security during a combat patrol near Albu Hishma, Iraq. The artillerymen from the 2-320th FAR have been conducting "Operation Balls DiMaggio" since June 18; the operation is a full-spectrum combat operation aimed at interdicting weapons trafficking, capturing munitions financiers, limiting indirect-fire attacks, and other insurgent activity, in vicinity of the Joint Base Balad Anaconda. During the course of the operation, the "Balls of the Eagle" Battalion has been conducting 24-hour combat patrols in an effort to provide a long lasting effect on an ever improving security situation in the area.

• Date Taken: 06.20.2008
• Date Posted: 06.22.2008 09:02
• Photo ID: 96106
• VIRIN: 080622-M-0000S-002
• Resolution: 2143x2848
• Size: 3.72 MB
• Location: BALAD, IQ