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Friday, December 22, 2006

501st Related Press Releases

Here are some recent military press releases I found related to the 501st. (Nick is in A Company)

Dec. 20, 2006
Paratroopers discover large weapons cache in Hamiyah
HAMIYAH, Iraq – Iraqi Police and paratroopers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team 25th Infantry Division, discovered a weapons cache near the Iraqi Police Station in Hamiyah, a town south of Baghdad, Dec. 19.
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8244&Itemid=21

Dec. 18, 2006
Paratroopers detain 18, secure cache at possible safe house
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Paratroopers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, detained 18 suspected insurgents and a weapons cache while searching a house near Jurf As Sakhr Dec 17.
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8199&Itemid=21

Dec. 6, 2006
...Wednesday, paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, found a bomb along a road near the village of Bahbahani, south of Baghdad. An explosive ordnance disposal team dealt with the explosive.
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7892&Itemid=109


Paratroopers find and an IED near Bahbahani
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division found an improvised explosive device (IED) along a road near the village of Bahbahani, Iraq, south of Baghdad, Tuesday. The IED was secured by an explosive ordnance disposal team.
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7818&Itemid=21

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