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3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq –Rakkasan soldiers recovered a cache near Abu Hillah, June 30.
Soldiers from Company C, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division discovered the cache while executing a mission about 16 kilometers south of Baghdad.
The cache included seven rocket propelled grenades, three 60 mm mortars, two 80 mm mortars, one 105 mm mortar, five anti-tank mines and various other explosives.
About 50 percent of the cache was serviceable.
An explosive ordnance disposal team performed a controlled detonation destroying explosives found in the cache.
"Rakkasan soldiers continue to comb our area of operations to rid it of these dangerous weapons," said Lt. Col. Daniel Dolwick, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. brigade deputy commander. "Every mortar, every rocket, every weapon found during security operations directly contributes to the safety and security of the Iraqi citizens."
| Date Taken: | 07.03.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 07.03.2008 04:13 |
| Story ID: | 21140 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 250 |
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