22nd Battalion
3rd Brigade, 1st Battalion
The 3rd Brigade, 1st Battalion of the 1st Division was formerly known as the 22nd Battalion.
What was then the 22nd Battalion with the other battalions of the 6th Brigade, deployed to Mosul for the January elections, was expected to stay no later than Feb. 15. But shortly after the elections, the unit received new orders. Instead of returning to its base near Baghdad, the brigade's 22nd, 23rd and 24th battalions were assigned to provide security in Mosul, even as American units were leaving. The 22nd and 24th battalions were to share sectors with American units but often work alone or with limited U.S. support.
The Iraqi 22nd Battalion acted on information from informants and captured insurgents which led them to a warehouse filled with explosives, weapons, and munitions, March 7, 2005 in Al Jededa. The warehouse contained more than 200,000 small arms rounds, 13 rifles of various types, 11 rocket propelled grenade launchers, 116 rocket propelled grenades, 110 RPG booster rockets, nine complete mortar systems, 610 60mm mortar rounds, 208 82mm mortar rounds, 152 120mm mortar rounds, 11 122mm artillery rounds, 59 57mm rockets, two 107mm rockets, and one 73mm rocket. In addition, the soldiers found 225 blasting caps, more than 50 pounds of plastic explosives, detonation cord, timed fuses, 75 hand grenades, more than 1,800 pounds of explosive propellant, four boxes of improvised explosive device making materials, and radios and base station phones.
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
