D Company, 1st of the 15th Infantry Regiment Finds Iranian RPG

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Major Joseph Sowers of the 3rd BCT of the 3rd ID (Rock of the Marne!), reports from FOB Hammer, Iraq:

Soldiers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, currently attached to 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, seized a cache southeast of Baghdad, Dec. 5, that included an Iranian-made rocket propelled grenade.

A local citizen provided the information that resulted in the seizure.

Soldiers collected one 122 mm mortar round, one propellant stick, 100 feet of dual strand electrical chord, and one bag of ball bearings, as well as the Iranian-made rocket propelled grenade.

Explosive ordnance disposal Soldiers from the 789th Ordnance Company, assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, confirmed the rocket propelled grenade was manufactured in Iran in 2006...

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D Company, 1st of the 15th Infantry Regiment Finds Iranian RPG

Major Joseph Sowers of the 3rd BCT of the 3rd ID (Rock of the Marne!), reports from FOB Hammer, Iraq:

Soldiers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, currently attached to 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, seized a cache southeast of Baghdad, Dec. 5, that included an Iranian-made rocket propelled grenade.

A local citizen provided the information that resulted in the seizure.

Soldiers collected one 122 mm mortar round, one propellant stick, 100 feet of dual strand electrical chord, and one bag of ball bearings, as well as the Iranian-made rocket propelled grenade.

Explosive ordnance disposal Soldiers from the 789th Ordnance Company, assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, confirmed the rocket propelled grenade was manufactured in Iran in 2006...

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