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Stryker gunner fights through ambush

Aug- 4-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

A 1-14 CAV soldier is featured in the Army's "Soldier Stories" segment.

[Link to Article] (Photo included)

Sgt. Justin Scott Little, gunner of a Stryker vehicle, helped his unit fight through an ambush recently in Iraq.

Little of Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment is the commander's gunner. His primary weapon is the mounted M2 .50-caliber machine gun.

His unit came under attack in downtown Baghdad when crossing under an overpass. Little said insurgents used grenades, improvised explosive devices, mortars and small arms fire in the attack.

"It's a surreal feeling, everything is [slow-motion]. You really don't think, you just react like you've been trained to during a contact," Little said.

Little was one member of Alpha Troop who traveled 1,400 kilometers from July 17 to 21 while escorting the Republic of Korea Army from Tallil to Irbil, north of the Green Line.


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