Polish army completes mission, transfers authority to MND-C
Multi-National Force-Iraq
Sunday, 05 October 2008
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20081006-01
Oct. 6, 2008
Polish army completes mission, transfers authority to MND-C
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BAGHDAD – The Polish army declared a successful mission complete during a ceremony Oct. 4 at Camp Echo, Qadasiyah Province.
Polish forces transferred the operating area of Multi-National Division-Central South to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
During their rotation, MND-CS soldiers destroyed more than 18 million pieces of various munitions, manned 42,000 checkpoints and conducted more than 70,000 patrols and convoys.
MND-CS conducted more than 22,000 humanitarian and civil assistance projects to purify water, improve electrical power stations, re-establish the educational infrastructure, rebuild and remodel medical facilities and administrative buildings.
“You should be enormously proud of all that you have accomplished,” said General Ray Odierno, commander, Multi-National Force – Iraq. “You came not to conquer, but to liberate. You sought not personal gain, but liberty, and you build not an empire, but a sovereign nation. You created hope where terror reigned, and you have made history.”
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FOR MORE INFORMATION OR FOR HIGH-RES PHOTOS, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS – IRAQ PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE BY E-MAIL AT:
MNCIPAOVICTORYMAINJO@IRAQ.CENTCOM.MIL
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