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    Battalion operation aims to deter IDF, weapons trafficking and caches in vicinity of Joint Base Balad Anaconda [Image 4 of 8]

    Battalion operation aims to deter IDF, weapons trafficking and caches in vicinity of Joint Base Balad Anaconda

    Spc. Sean G. Boening, a radio and telephone operator with the 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pulls security during a combat patrol near the Tigris River. 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.

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    Date Taken: 06.20.2008
    Date Posted: 06.22.2008 09:03
    Photo ID: 96108
    VIRIN: 080622-M-0000S-004
    Resolution: 3814x2637
    Size: 5.71 MB
    Location: BALAD, IQ

    Web Views: 157
    Downloads: 28

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