1-89 CAV supports Federal Police in island mission

Photo By Lt. Col. Timothy Hyde | U.S. Soldiers of 1-89 Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and Iraqi federal police secure a perimeter during Operation Eyedrop Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 11. The operation was a joint Air Insertion mission to find possible ordnance hidden in the area.  

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

12.11.2009

Story by Maj. Timothy Hyde 

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division supported their partnered Iraqi federal police unit in a clearing operation of an island in the Tigris River, Dec. 11.

The operation was to prevent the trafficking of enemy weapons and personnel across the river and into the rural areas east of Baghdad.

"We had to coordinate with the 1st Air [Cavalry Brigade] for transportation and close air support, [explosive ordinance disposal] for any found ordnance and military K-9 units to help search for ordinance," said Capt. Joshua Dailey, of Monmouth, Ore.

To prepare for the operation, the American troops conducted training and rehearsals with their FP counterparts. The training included coordination for close air support, Soldier formations while conducting the clearing operation, and "sack load" training for loading and unloading personnel and equipment on and off the aircraft.

The American Soldiers then observed the FP unit as they conducted the search of the island to deter the use of the island as a cache point or way point for movement of personnel or weapons.

• Date Taken: 12.11.2009
• Date Posted: 12.14.2009 07:27
• Story ID: 42722
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ