RPG Attack
With the turn over of the government in Iraq on June 30th and sovereignty for the Iraqi people it's changing the way that US and coalition troops will conduct business in Iraq. These changes are already well under way. The changes include the closure of the 1-14 Cave's headquarters in Tal Afar. The FOB in Tal Afar has been closed and the airfield turned over to the new Iraqi military. This change over began on June 20th.
The 1-14 is moving to Camp Anaconda near Balad, Iraq - 45 minutes north of Baghdad. Both of the out lying FOB's, in Sinjar and Rabeea, will also be abandoned. The Iraqi ICDC will also be taking over operations at these locations and will be conducting their own independent border patrols.
The HHT (Headquarters and Headquarters Troop) left Tal Afar on June 20th but did not head directly to Anaconda. Instead there was business that needed to be taken care of in Qayyarah at FOB Q West (or FOB Key West as it's known to the soldiers) - More about Q-West in another post.
The HHT saddled up early Sunday morning Iraq time and headed to Qayyarah. And being the courteous hosts they are, an Iraqi insurgent gave the guys of the HHT a rousing "bon voyage".
The Strykers form up and roll down the highway in route to Q-West. All of a sudden, from the cover of an irrigation ditch choked by scrub and bushes an RPG streaks out towards the convoy. It streaks past the nose of the lead Stryker in the column and impacts on the far side of the road, exploding harmlessly.
The first couple of Strykers "open up" on the drainage ditch with their 50 cal machine guns. The volley of machine gun fire is over quickly. Just as the guns stop a fleeing figure is spotted running down the length of the ditch away from the Strykers. This lone attacker, pumped with adrenaline, moves faster than the dismounts that are in pursuit. He's able to slip away into the scrub before the Stryker Soldiers can apprehend him.
There isn't time to continue the search and the Strykers again move out towards Q-West. The remainder of the trip is uneventful and the Strykers arrive at Q-West safely and with enough time left in the day to relax a little and even locate the Internet Cafe to email family.
The 1-14 is moving to Camp Anaconda near Balad, Iraq - 45 minutes north of Baghdad. Both of the out lying FOB's, in Sinjar and Rabeea, will also be abandoned. The Iraqi ICDC will also be taking over operations at these locations and will be conducting their own independent border patrols.
The HHT (Headquarters and Headquarters Troop) left Tal Afar on June 20th but did not head directly to Anaconda. Instead there was business that needed to be taken care of in Qayyarah at FOB Q West (or FOB Key West as it's known to the soldiers) - More about Q-West in another post.
The HHT saddled up early Sunday morning Iraq time and headed to Qayyarah. And being the courteous hosts they are, an Iraqi insurgent gave the guys of the HHT a rousing "bon voyage".
The Strykers form up and roll down the highway in route to Q-West. All of a sudden, from the cover of an irrigation ditch choked by scrub and bushes an RPG streaks out towards the convoy. It streaks past the nose of the lead Stryker in the column and impacts on the far side of the road, exploding harmlessly.
The first couple of Strykers "open up" on the drainage ditch with their 50 cal machine guns. The volley of machine gun fire is over quickly. Just as the guns stop a fleeing figure is spotted running down the length of the ditch away from the Strykers. This lone attacker, pumped with adrenaline, moves faster than the dismounts that are in pursuit. He's able to slip away into the scrub before the Stryker Soldiers can apprehend him.
There isn't time to continue the search and the Strykers again move out towards Q-West. The remainder of the trip is uneventful and the Strykers arrive at Q-West safely and with enough time left in the day to relax a little and even locate the Internet Cafe to email family.
posted by deesci | 5:40 PM
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