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Provided below are a number of recent articles written by 1LT Dana Scott highlighting recent operations by the 2-8 FA, 1/25 SBCT.
Headlines:
Iraqi Army Conducts Combined Operation with TF Automatic, Iraqi Army Delivers IED Detonating Device, Iraqi Army and C/2-8 Conduct Combined Cordon and Search
Full Articles:
Iraqi Army Conducts Combined Operation with TF Automatic
NINEWAH, IRAQ – Task Force (TF) Automatic conducted two simultaneous raids in Ninewah Province yesterday in conjunction with 3rd Iraqi Army (IA) Brigade in order to capture Ali Hussein Bahkr and weapons caches.
At objectives Delhi and Rome, the IA and TF Automatic were able to track down the targeted individual, as well as a small illegal weapons cache. Bahkr was detained with 1 x glock, 1 x small pistol, 1 x shotgun, 4 x AK-47 and 1 x 75 round drum (7.62 mm) full. Bahkr also tested positive for both TNT and TET.
The IA and TF Automatic continue to maintain pressure against the AIF in order to ensure a successful RIP/TOA with 4-11 Field Artillery.
Iraqi Army Delivers IED Detonating Device
AL HAWD, IRAQ – Task Force (TF) Automatic’s explosive ordinance demolition (EOD) Team 6, led by Master Sgt. Charles Lee, responded to an IED related call from the front gate of FOB Endurance on August 3rd.
An Iraqi Army (IA) officer had delivered an IED detonating device to the front gate. The device was from an IED that had already detonated behind an IA convoy the day prior in Al Hawd.
The device consisted of one silver Senao LRCT base station, model 3310N with modified antenna and one gray washing machine timer. There was no power source with the device, however.
The team recovered the device from the IA officer for exploitation. The process demonstrated another example of the IA and Coalition working together.
Iraqi Army and C/2-8 Conduct Combined Cordon and Search
AKRAT, IRAQ – Task Force (TF) Automatic’s C/2-8 Field Artillery (FA), led by Cpt. Matt Yost, conducted a combined operation with 1/3rd Iraqi Army (IA) Battalion, led by Brig. Gen. Ali Atala Mallow, on August 5th in Akrat.
The units conducted a well-planned cordon and search, involving both a ground and air assault element, in order to detain suspected terrorists Fadl Raifa’I Essa and Abdullah Mohammed Sadoon. The operation also led to the capture of 23 other suspected terrorists.
The cordon and search operation demonstrated another example of the IA and Coalition working together.