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3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Public Affairs Office
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq – Rakkasans from 2nd Platoon, Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), found a cache near the Qaqa apartments in Mahmudiyah, about 26 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, May 16.
A tip from a local citizen led the Soldiers to a cache comprised of 450 7.62 mm x 54 mm armor-piercing rounds, one 60 mm mortar system, 15 rocket-propelled grenade motors, 96 mortar cartridges and 10 pounds of mortar propellant bags.
Explosive ordnance disposal personnel transported the items to Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah for later disposal.
| Date Taken: | 05.17.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 05.18.2008 09:07 |
| Story ID: | 19550 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 149 |
| Downloads: | 128 |
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