'Diablos' Take the Reins From 3rd Cavalry [Image 5 of 6]

NINEWEH PROVINCE, IRAQ

11.10.2008

Photo by Sgt. Geoffrey Ingersoll 

I Marine Expeditionary Force

Sgt. 1st Class James L. Price, platoon sergeant, scout platoon, Eagle Troop, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, points out places of interest to Capt. Keith P. Tighe, commanding officer, Company D, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, during a battle space changeover meeting at Combat Outpost Heider, Nov. 10. Price, 42, Houston, Texas, and Tighe, 39, Sacramento, Calif., talked at length about possible insurgency hot spots and trade routes in Tighe's new area of operations. The "Diablos" of Company D accepted responsibility for battle space in the Nineweh province Nov. 10. The Marines relieved soldiers from the Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Mission accomplishment for the Diablos is to enable stabilization of Mosul by maintaining presence in towns, villages and along trade routes used by FFF and insurgents. The Marines make up one element of the first Marine Air Ground Task Force outside Anbar in Iraq since 2004. They traveled to the Nineweh province to kick off Operation Defeat al-Qaida in the North II, an operation aimed at stamping out the insurgency just west of the restive city of Mosul.

• Date Taken: 11.10.2008
• Date Posted: 02.04.2012 16:01
• Photo ID: 136656
• VIRIN: 081110-M-8187I-001
• Resolution: 3504x2336
• Size: 1.58 MB
• Location: NINEWEH PROVINCE, IQ