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PB Summers Takes Shape, Establishes Security Presence Near Suwayrah SGT www.TaskForceMarne.com Volume 1, Issue 26 March 27, 2008 Serving Task Force Marne and MND-Center MP canine care................P. 4 HVT captured..................P. 5 Overcoming injury.......... P. 8 Knighthawk challenge.....P. 12 Photo by Sgt. Ben Brody Caring for residents, Sgt. Joseph Lagas (left) and Spc. Brian Weaver, along with Iraqi troops, search farmhouses near Patrol Base Summers during getting bad guys. Page 4 Operation Marne Rugged, March 15. Lagas, Weaver and other Soldiers from Co. A, 2-69th Armor Regt., attached to 4th BCT, 3rd Inf. Div., are building PB Summers near Suwayrah, 20 miles south of Baghdad. PB Summers takes shape, establishes security presence near Suwayrah SGT. BEN BRODY 4th BCT, 3rd Inf. Div. PAO tance and found the destroyed the Iraqis seem pretty receptive Pfc. Vince Richardson, a base uninhabited. to us being here,” said 1st Lt. medic with Company A, set “I think there was a ‘shock Stephen Eldridge, Company down his 50-pound aid bag FOB KALSU – In a bid to and awe’ effect on the local A fi re support offi cer. “Some and went to work, cleaning Internet, computers establish a formidable U.S. people, to see so much combat people offered us chai and they the wound and replacing the for local girls. Page 9 security presence near Su- power arrive so suddenly,” ex- were all waving to us when we dressing. The boy winced, wayrah, Iraq, Soldiers began plained Capt. James Browning, left. We certainly did our best but didn’t cry, as Richardson construction of Patrol Base Company A commander. to make a good fi rst impres- dabbed the wound with an- Summers amid the ruins of a As part of the company se- sion.” tiseptic. former Iraqi Air Force Base cured the patrol base area, Soldiers from Red Platoon As Red Platoon returned March 15. Company A’s Red Platoon and Iraqi troops cataloged resi- to PB Summers, a small dust In a huge convoy of fi ght- and Iraqi Army Soldiers swept dents’ personal weapons and storm rolled in, turning the ing vehicles and tractor trail- through a neighboring village, met with the village sheikh. sky a deep red. The Soldiers ers, Soldiers from Company shaking hands and greeting During the patrol, a group of ate a quick meal and slept in A, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor their new neighbors over chai. children followed the Soldiers their trucks, waiting for their Regiment, attached to 4th Bri- Their Bradleys and Humvees around, cracking jokes and try- next mission that night. gade Combat Team, 3rd Infan- idling on the main road, Sol- ing out their English on the Around midnight, the pla- try Division, pushed toward diers spent nearly eight hours troops. toon set out into the desert the Tigris River from Forward walking from house to house One boy of about four had surrounding the patrol base Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. by the shortest route possible a fi lthy, bloodstained bandage and climbed one of the many In stark contrast to the push – often through barnyards full wrapped around his head – his small ordnance bunkers that So you want to set up Patrol Base Kelsey, of huge cows. father said he was hit by a rock to be an IP. Page 7 Iraq, in December, Soldiers “It’s sometimes tough to tell while playing with other chil- See SECURITY, page 6 encountered almost no resis- when you fi rst meet people, but dren. Marne Focus, page 2 MND-Center March 27, 2008 MMarnearne 6 ssendsends 3rd Inf. Div. women make history every day When I am out visiting you every In the 3rd Infantry Division women sites, and many other things. It gets to day, I am amazed by the work of our are making history every day. Women the point where race or gender doesn’t fine female Soldiers. Throughout are earning Bronze Stars, Meritori- matter – it’s the Soldier’s work that March we focused on celebrating the ous Service Medals, Air Medals, and does. history of women in our Army, but Army Commendation Medals. More Over here, we are all at risk – men over here, women are making history notably, in the past year, 125 women and women alike. SGT Trista Moretti every day. from the Fourth Brigade, 25th Infan- I start my day by reading intelli- try Division paid the ultimate sacri- gence, and the sergeant in charge of fice when a rocket hit her trailer while human intelligence comes into my she was eating lunch. 2LT Tracy Al- office ever morning to brief me. She ger from the Third Brigade, 101st lays out the reports from the day pri- Airborne Division paid the ultimate or, and focuses my attention to areas sacrifice when her logistics supply in which our Soldiers are at risk. She convoy hit an IED. Both were a part focuses me so that I can focus the of Task Force Marne, and both are re- staff and brigade commanders. With membered for being brave heroes. the same sight picture she provides, As I look across our formations, the entire Division can take the fight they would be empty without the fe- to the enemy. males that serve. The Division Head- My favorite thing to do each day quarters is 15 percent female – with- is to sign awards for our magnifi- out these 167 women, the Division cent Soldiers, and the women in our Headquarters would not be able to awards section process them within operate. 24 hours of arriving at the Division Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch As we reflect on the fifth anniver- Headquarters. Task Force Marne Commander sary of the war in Iraq, and women Every day I get in the back of my are serving in even greater capacities helicopter to visit you. Often, when I have earned Combat Action Badges, than they have in the past. Our for- get off my helicopter I am greeted by 54 female medics have earned Com- mations would be empty without this a female Soldier running landing zone bat Medics Badges, and five female magnificent group of Soldiers, and control, and when I reach my destina- Soldiers have earned a Purple Heart. our successes as well. tion, there is usually a female jour- In today’s war, the lines are blurred nalist taking pictures or recording the between the front and those who sup- session. As I walk the Iraqi markets port them. I know that I see a female and talk to the locals, the leaders tell Soldier everywhere I turn. They are me of the female doctors, medics, and driving convoys, flying helicopters, ROCK OF specialists who work with their towns running supply yards, purifying wa- to get the schools rebuilt, the clinics ter, cooking, translating, analyzing staffed, and agriculture revitalized. intelligence, running communication THE MARNE! Editorial Staff Managing Editor – Master Sgt. Marcia Triggs Editor – Sgt. Michael Connors Marne Focus is an authorized publication for Layout – Sgt. Jasmine Chopra members of Task Force Marne and its support Contributing Writers – Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, Staff Sgt. Carlos assets in accordance with Army Regulation 360- Lazo, Sgt. Benjamin Brody, Spc. Emily J. Wilsoncroft Graphics – Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, Spc. Emily J. Wilsoncroft 1. Contents of Marne Focus are not necessarily official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Gov- TASK FORCE MARNE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE Contributing Units ernment, Department of Defense, Department 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Commanding General – Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division of the Army or Task Force Marne. All editorial Command Sergeant Major – Command Sgt. Maj. Jesse L. Andrews Jr. 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division content of Marne Focus is prepared, edited, pro- 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Inftantry Division vided and approved by the Task Force Marne Task Force Marne Public Aff airs Staff 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Public Affairs Office. This publication can be 214th Fires Brigade TF Marne PAO – Lt. Col. Randy Martin 7th Sustainment Brigade found at www.dvidshub.net. Contact the edi- TF Marne PA NCOIC – Master Sgt. Marcia Triggs 720th Military Police Battalion tor, Sgt. Michael Connors, at michael.connors@ Mobile Unit 6 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion iraq.centcom.mil. 875th Engineering Battalion 302nd Mobile Public Aff airs Detachment March 27, 2008 MND-Center Marne Focus, page 3 With National Geospatial Intelligence Agency’s assistance, clarity emerges from ‘fog of war’ BY RAY MCNULTY MND-C PAO CAMP VICTORY — Multi-National Division - Center formed in spring 2007 as part of the U.S. troop surge. The progress made since then has been well- documented as Soldiers have built a network of pa- trol bases covering the “belts” of suburbs and agricul- tural communities surrounding southern and eastern Baghdad. What is less well-known is the surge in sup- port required from other U.S. government agencies in bringing about those gains. In MND-C, one of the most signifi cant of those surge partners is the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The NGA – a Department of Defense support agen- cy and member of the U.S. intelligence community - is a silent partner in the Iraq fi ght. “When the fog of war thickens, as it always does, geospatial intelligence creates a vivid visual picture of the battle space,” said NGA director Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett. Murrett explained that the mapping and imagery Courtesy Photo his staff produces gives Specialist Monica Mitchell, ACE GEOINT, G2 section, 3rd Inf. Div. (right), and Chief Warrant Offi cer 1 Scott “When the mission commanders on the Potter, ACE GEOINT branch chief, G2 section, 3rd Inf.
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