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Cobra Troops Look for Tips Lead- Ing to Criminals, Pg The H2nd Brigadeeart Combat Team, 101st AirborneB Divisioneat (Air Assault) Volume III, Issue 7 May 2008 Cobra troops look for tips lead- ing to criminals, pg. 4 Top Guns set up temporary COP in Rathwaniyah, pg. 6 Page 2 Commander’s Voice The Heart Beat Page 3 CSM Call The Heart Beat accomplished a great deal. The patience and kills, do the right thing even if it is harder Another month gone by and the Brigade This is the first quarter the Battle Field like to thank all the leaders who made it time put into learning and developing our and when no one is looking. Finding ways Combat Team is continuing to get after it. Promotion pilot program is in effect. The possible for our Soldiers to benefit from Strike 6 relationships with local Iraqis has paid off. to improve will lessen the risk that may I would like to take this opportu- this program. Many developments in security, essential save your or your buddy’s life. nity to welcome the Straight Arrow The last topic I would like to address services, economics and governance have Several battalions have departed our Battalion, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Strike 7 is reenlistment. We are including in this taken hold. The seeds have been planted, combat team, most recently the 4th Squad- Artillery Regiment from 4th Infantry month’s edition of “The Heart Beat” and now it is time to help, guide and nurture ron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry and just before Division. the current reenlistment options. Please these developments so they can reach full them 2nd Battalion, 32d Field Artillery They have quickly integrated with review this and if you have any ques- potential. Regiment. Each unit spent a lot of time the Strike team. I would also like to tions speak with a retention counselor. It is a good time for everyone to examine in this operating area and truly made an thank the Saber Battalion for all they As leaders we have two primary the way they are doing business. We have impact here. I want to thank the Soldiers did for the Strike team. They are missions: complete our operational been here for nearly eight months. Take the of these organizations for all they have ac- headed up north to reunite with their mission, and retain quality Soldiers in time to look at your section and determine if complished in improving the condition for Regiment. the force. There is a plan for a mass re- there is a better way of doing business. You the Iraqi people in their areas. Change is continuous. Not only are enlistment by the MNF-I Commander. will likely find that there are certain adjust- I welcome 4th Battalion, 42nd Field units changing but our look is chang- Soldiers who reenlist will receive a flag ments that would create a safer, smarter way Artillery Regiment to the Strike Brigade ing. We have recently been issued the flown over the Al-Faw Palace, their to conduct operations in this COIN environ- Combat Team. They are a fine outfit and Army Combat Shirt. I have worn it choice of coin from the MNF-I Com- ment. have already assumed responsibility for for the first time and it seems to be mander (former Eagle 6) or CSM (for- I need all Strike Soldiers to dig deep and their assigned areas. I look forward to comfortable. Most of the Soldiers I Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Schroeder mer Strike and Eagle 7), and a picture. Col. William B. Hickman not take short cuts. Units over time have the working with you and am certain you will have spoken to appreciate the shirt This is an opportunity for Soldiers to Strike Soldiers, families and friends: tendency to get into routines. Let’s make continue the strong traditions of your Regi- and the added comfort it affords. The ACS BCT was initially allotted three promotions. make this event very special. We are about half way though our de- sure we are not setting ourselves up for fail- ment. is not a stand alone garment it is designed In the end we have eight Soldiers who will Thank you for what you do everyday. ployment. We have come along way. ure by establishing routines that are not the Col. William Hickman to be worn under the IOTV. receive a Battle Field promotion. I would Strike7 Since arriving in October 2007 we have best way of doing business. Complacency Strike 6 The eart eat H 2nd Brigade CombatB Team In this issue of the Heart Beat 101st Airborne Division Commander’s Voice Pg. 2 Col. William B. Hickman Sergeant Major’s Call Pg. 3 Commander Command Sgt. Maj. Scott Schroeder Cobra troops seek tips Pg. 4 CSM Maj. Jose F. Garcia From life in India to US military Pg. 5 Public Affairs Officer Sgt. Paul Monroe Top Guns set up TCOP in Rathwaniyah Pg. 6 Public Affairs NCOIC Sgt. James P. Hunter Faces of the Heart Pg. 8-9 Editor Submissions: Widowmakers capture VBIED manufacturer Pg. 10 To submit stories, photographs, editorials, comments and sugges tions, contact Sgt. James P. Hunter at [email protected]. Life at COP 412 Pg. 11 Please include rank, first and last name, job title, unit and phone number. Public Works substation opens Pg. 15 Around The Heart Beat is an authorized publication for members of the Department of Defense. Contents of The Heart Beat are not necc- essarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government Sons of Iraq screened for ISF Pg. 21 or the Department of Defense. Strike AO STRIKE!!! In Memoriam Pg. 24 2nd Brigade Combat Team -- “Strike” (Top Left) A Iraqi woman watches U.S. Army Solders of 2nd Platoon, Troop C, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, currently attached to The 2ndH Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Ass Volume III, Issueeart 7 May 2008 the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Beat walk down the street of a her neighborhood in Ameriyah, May 1. ault) On The Cover: (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez) (Bottom Left) With Iraqi children waving, a Soldier with the 4th Squad- Sgt. Charlie Person, a native of Birmingham, Ala., climbs a flight of stairs while searching an Iraqi home during a cordon and talk in north- ron, 10th Cavalry Regiment patrols through western Baghdad May 1. west Baghdad April 19. Person serves as a team leader for 1st Platoon, Company C “Cobra,” 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez) Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Hunter, 2nd BCT PAO, 101st Abn. Div., MND-B) Cobra troops look for tips lead ing to criminals, pg. 4 Top Guns set up temporary COP in Rathwaniyah, pg. 6 (Top Right) A member of the Sons of Iraq (Abna’a Al Iraq) checks - Identification Cards and searches pedestrians entering a checkpoint in Ameriyah April 21. (U.S.Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill, 55th Combat Camera) Page 4 The Heart Beat The Heart Beat Page 5 The Heart Beat The Heart Beat Cobra Soldiers look for tips leading to criminal suspects Story, photo by Infantry Regiment, patrol through northwest Baghdad daily to Sgt. James P. Hunter interact with the local populace in an attempt to gather needed 2nd BCT PAO information regarding the criminals operating in the area. “The people are fed up with the criminals and with the insur- gents,” said Baca. “They want to stand up against them by either tipping them off or fighting against them.” Weeks have passed since northwest Baghdad rang from the It can be very difficult gaining information from the local resi- sounds of small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenade attacks. dents because they fear the potential reprisals from the criminals; The combined efforts of the Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-Na- however, Baca said, they are fed up with them. tional Division – Baghdad Soldiers quelled the violent outburst, The MND-B Soldiers often receive tips from the local resi- and although many criminals were killed in fending off the dents, either via phone or one-on-one conversations, about the attacks, some still roam the streets – living among innocent Iraqi criminals’ whereabouts or potential future plans of attacks against civilians. the ISF and CF, The outburst of violence said Baca. is not something that has “We get general been forgotten in the minds tips – masked men of the Soldiers nor in the gathering with minds of the Iraqi citizens. weapons, (crimi- “These men are fools,” nals) gathering explained an Iraqi man in for a meeting or referring to the attackers. tips on individu- The man lives in Salam, a als transporting Spc. Vivek Mishra, a native of central India, raises his neighborhood just south of weapons through right hand and recites the Oath of Citizenship during a the Kadhamiyah district in the (operational naturalization ceremony at the Al Faw Palace here April 12. Mishra serves as a chemical operations specialist for northwest Baghdad. “They environment),” Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade are criminals – killers.” Baca said. Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo by The man answered It’s a deter- Sgt. James Hunter, 2nd BCT PAO, 101st Abn. Div.) the door wearing just his mined effort on pajamas April 18. You see, the part of the it was a day of rest for this ISF and MND-B Iraqi family.
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