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EOD Team Reduces Accumulated Ordinance

Jun- 4-2005 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

By 1LT Dana Scott
2-8 FA, 1/25 ID

JAGUAR SOUTH AMMUNITION STORAGE POINT, Iraq – Concerned citizens continued to lead the Iraqi Army (IA) to weapons caches throughout the month of May. 2/3rd IA Battalion, in conjunction with C/2-8 Field Artillery of Task Force (TF) Automatic, stored several collected weapons caches at Jaguar South, until TF Automatic’s Explosive Ordinance Detachment (EOD) could reduce them at a later date.

The ordinance had been collected from several weapons caches found in the Tal Abtha and Al Hadr regions.

EOD’s Team 6, led by Master Sergeant Charles Lee, reduced the following ordinance on May 1st: 113 x USSR 82mm O-832 mortars, 225 x Iraqi model unknown hand grenades, 78 x USSR 30mm VOG-17 projos, 2 x Yugoslav 100mm M63 projos, 66 x Chinese MD-21 rocket fuzes, 25 x USSR RGM-2 projo fuzes, 27 x Chinese M6 projo fuzes, 1 x USSR 122mm 9M22U rocket motor and 20 pounds of projectile propellant.

The Coalition and Iraqi Security forces continue to capitalize on a surge of popular support in the Tigris River Valley. The caches uncovered throughout May contributed to the positive momentum enjoyed by TF Automatic.


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