MOSUL, Iraq – A ribbon cutting ceremony was held by Iraqi police to re-open their northeast police station in Mosul June 4.
The station had been closed since 2003 because of numerous anti-Iraqi forces attacks that originally caused the IPs to abandon it.
The original station had been so badly attacked that the local IPs had to move down the street to an outpost, while the original station was rebuilt.
“The opening ceremony marked a re-opening of a police station that was once destroyed and now fully manned with police officers who’ve come back to work,” said 1st Lt. Michael McCasland, battalion assistant effects coordinator, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, who attended to ceremony.
IP Re-open Station in Mosul
Written by 101st Airborne Division (AA) PAO
MOSUL, Iraq – A ribbon cutting ceremony was held by Iraqi police to re-open their northeast police station in Mosul June 4.
The station had been closed since 2003 because of numerous anti-Iraqi forces attacks that originally caused the IPs to abandon it.
The original station had been so badly attacked that the local IPs had to move down the street to an outpost, while the original station was rebuilt.
“The opening ceremony marked a re-opening of a police station that was once destroyed and now fully manned with police officers who’ve come back to work,” said 1st Lt. Michael McCasland, battalion assistant effects coordinator, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, who attended to ceremony.
