Release A050724a
Soldiers capture insurgents, weapons and explosives
Multi-National Force-Iraq
FOB KALSU, Iraq – U.S. Soldiers captured more than 100 insurgents as well as weapons and explosives during a recent operation in the vicinity of Owesat.
Items seized and destroyed included 186 mortar rounds, three 122mm artillery rounds, 65 hand grenades and 500 pounds of explosives. Rocket-propelled grenades, launchers, small-arms ammunition and aiming equipment were also found and destroyed.
The Soldiers are from the 150th Engineer Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team.
The 155th BCT is a U.S. Army unit assigned to the II Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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For more information, contact 155 th Brigade Combat Team PAO Maj. Erby Montgomery, at erby.montgomery@us.army.mil
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