302nd Battalion
Soldiers from the 302nd Battalion, 40th Iraqi Army Brigade found a large weapons cache the night of March 14, 2005 and detained three men during a patrol near Haifa Street in Baghdad. The cache consisted of two 60-millimeter mortar rounds, thirteen 60mm mortar base plates, two 82mm mortar base plates, 22 rocket-propelled grenades and six RPG launchers. The Iraqi Soldiers also found 12 fragmentary grenades, one RPK machine gun, 14 rocket-propelled- grenade fuses, a homemade grenade, an improvised explosive device and eight AK-47 magazines. A military assistance team from the 3rd Infantry Division's 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment assisted Iraqi Security Forces during the operation.
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