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An Afternoon with Col. Jon Lehr

Sep- 1-2007 » Filed Under: 4/2 SBCT

J.M. Simpson has another embedded dispatch with the 4/2 SBCT. Excerpt:

The Blackhawk touched down with a bump as clouds of dust engulfed it. Col. Lehr, commander, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 2nd Infantry Division, turned, pointed at me and motioned toward the door.

We both headed out into the rotor wash created dust storm and away from the helicopter. As I ran, I could see Lehr to my left in my peripheral vision.

In a few moments, the Blackhawk lifted off, and the dust … a lot of it … began to settle.

Welcome to Key West, a little hole-in-the-wall that sits hard on the outskirts of Al Rasoul, a town comprised of Sunnis and Shias.


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