Operation Comanche Swarm II uncovers cache

Photo By Staff Sgt. James Hutto | Scouts from Troop C,3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment display part of the cache they found during Operation Comanche Swarm II east of Baghdad, Sept. 2.  

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, IRAQ

09.04.2007

Story by Spc. James Hutto 

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division

By Spc. Ben Hutto
3rd HBCT Public Affairs

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER – Acting on tips from concerned citizens, scouts from Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, detained three people and seized a large cache east of Baghdad, Sept. 2.

The 789th Explosive Ordnance Company, from Fort Benning, Ga., currently attached to 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, destroyed eight rocket propelled grenades, six 82 mm mortars, two fragmentary grenades, 21 mortar fuses, a 5-gallon fuel can filled with an unknown explosive, 20 detonating cords, two blasting caps and three rocket propelled grenade launchers.

Two AK-47 assault rifles, seven magazines and improvised explosive device-making materials were confiscated.

Third Squadron, 1st Cav. Regt., is a part of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, stationed in Fort Benning, Ga.

• Date Taken: 09.04.2007
• Date Posted: 09.04.2007 15:31
• Story ID: 12175
• Location: FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, IQ