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Hawai'i troops shifted to volatile Mosul area

Apr- 7-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

TFO gets more troops.

[Link to Full Article]
By William Cole
Advertiser Military Writer

TALL AFAR, Iraq — Nearly a battalion's worth of Schofield Barracks soldiers have been shifted out of the 2nd Brigade's operating area and temporarily assigned to help the Stryker Brigade in the increasingly volatile Mosul area.

More than 500 soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment are taking part in stepped up anti-terrorism and stabilization efforts in the region that includes Iraq's third-largest city and borders with Syria, Turkey and Iran.

"To allow the Stryker Brigade commander to do focused operations with a higher degree of intensity, he's been given (additional) assets for a particular period of time," said Lt. Col. Dave Miller, commander of the 1-14 Golden Dragons.

The additional assets include Black Hawk helicopters, trucks, the extra "boots on the ground" and about 70 vehicles that the Schofield soldiers brought with them.

The whole article is worth reading, which was written by a reporter embedded with the unit.


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