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1/25 SBCT Soldier recovering

Oct-26-2009 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

The Daily News Miner profiles a soldier with the 1-5 INF, 1/25 SBCT who was injured in Iraq and is still recovering.

May 18 began like many others in Iraq, with Montoya’s platoon of about 20 other soldiers ordered into a residential area of the city around noon. The “punisher platoon” had been there before. It was an area known for grenade attacks, and two days before, someone had thrown a suspicious rock at the soldiers as some kind of test.

“That’s the only thing we could figure out, see our reaction times,” Montoya said.

The platoon dismounted from their three Stryker vehicles to get a better view of the area. A medic was the first one to notice the grenade.

“I was watching the rooftops, and the next thing I knew I was hearing my medic yelling, so I looked to my medic and he was pointing his weapon at an alleyway,” Montoya said. “As soon as I look over to my right, I saw a grenade with a big stick.”


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