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Sgt. Neil Mesick and Spc. Jason McElroy search for a weapons cache in the early hours of the morning, Oct. 4, 2008, during Operation Gimlet Tidal Wave in Aqur Quf, northwest of Baghdad. Mesick, a resident of Wahiawa, Hawaii, and McElroy, a native of Milwaukee, are both infantrymen assigned to 2nd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment "Gimlets," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. During Operation Gimlet Tidal Wave, the MND-B Soldiers from 1st Bn. 21st Inf. Regt., joined with their Iraqi army counterparts from the 24th Battalion, 6th IA Division, to search targeted areas historically used by terrorists in the vicinity of Abu Ghuraib to plant improvised explosive devices and transport weapons and militants to Baghdad. The one-day operation netted 20 caches throughout the Abu Ghuraib area.
| Date Taken: | 10.04.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 10.06.2008 12:16 |
| Photo ID: | 120385 |
| VIRIN: | 081006-A-7411W-002 |
| Resolution: | 1248x2241 |
| Size: | 423.8 KB |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 238 |
| Downloads: | 26 |
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