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Convoy hits road through danger

Apr-20-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

Reporter Bill Nemitz describes traveling in a convoy from FOB Marez in Mosul. He is embedded with the 133rd Maine NG attached to Task Force Olympia.

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MOSUL, Iraq - They stand shoulder-to-shoulder inside Charlie Company's small briefing room, 19 soldiers with Kevlar helmets strapped to their heads, tactical vests wrapped around their upper torsos and M-16 rifles slung over their shoulders. All eyes and ears are on Capt. Michael Mitchell, the company commander.

"I want you to keep your game faces on. Keep your thumb on the safety at all times," Mitchell says, his voice deadly serious. "Look out for your buddy. Make sure your buddy stays awake."

Charlie Company, one of four that comprise the Maine National Guard's 133rd Engineer Battalion, soon will leave the relatively safe confines of Camp Marez on a morning mission to "The Castle." Once a prison used by Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war, it now serves as a training base for the fledgling Iraqi Armed Forces.

Charlie Company's objective: Rendezvous with a 22-soldier detachment from the 133rd that has been working on The Castle for the last 10 days and escort them back to Camp Marez.

Very interesting article.


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