Soldiers Secure Khalis JCC During Early Morning Attack
Tikrit, Iraq -- 1st Infantry Division Soldiers secured the Joint Coordination Center in Khalis after anti-Iraqi forces attacked it at about 5:15 a.m. on Nov. 27.
The anti-Iraqi forces attacked the center using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades from the vicinity of a nearby school. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment secured the JCC and evacuated one wounded Iraqi National Guard soldier to a Multi-National Forces medical facility for treatment.
ING soldiers secured the school building and discovered additional weapons including RPG rounds and mortar plates. Explosive ordnance disposal teams destroyed six improvised explosive devices around the village.
No 1st Infantry Division Soldiers were injured in the incident.
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