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October 01, 2007
In Country With Our Troops ~ We Thank You
"I was with that which others did not want to be, I went to where others feared to go, and did what others failed to do. I asked nothing of those who gave nothing, and reluctantly accepted the thought of eternal loneliness that I feel. I have seen the face of terror, felt the stinging cold of fear, And enjoyed the sweet taste of a moments love. I have cried pain and hope, But most of all I have lived times others would say were best forgotten. At least some day I'll be able to say, That I was proud what I was, A Soldier." ~anonymous
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Soldiers uncover weapons cache in orchard
By Spc. Ricardo Branch
3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs
FALLUJAH
U.S. soldiers scoured the orchard of a small Iraqi village near here with the help of Iraqi Community Watch members.
Moving with weapons at the ready and armed with the latest bomb-finding materials, the soldiers of Troop B, 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment and Iraqi Community Watch personnel were looking for a weapons cache used by the enemy.
“We received information from a local that people were coming in here, removing weapons from a cache and then transporting them on the back of a truck,” said Army Spc. Josh Sones, a Troop B cavalry scout. “They obviously had more stuff still here, so we took a patrol here today to find out.”
The 21-year-old said that upon arriving in the area, the searchers began looking for signs that someone else was in the area looking to find the cache.
“This cache wasn’t hard to find,” Sones said. “It was between two fig trees in an apple orchard. Finding something like this makes you feel like you’re making a difference here because you get a real good sense of accomplishment from finding it.”
Although the cache was not a large one, the soldiers said they are pleased to confiscate anything used by insurgents.
“Every bit helps out here,” Sones said. “Without weapons and munitions, they can’t do anything to us besides [stage] peaceful protests.”
Uncovered from the weapons cache were items commonly used to build improvised explosive devices: gunpowder, fertilizer, copper wire spools, a timer, blasting cap initiators, batteries and a couple 120mm artillery rounds. An explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the cache in place.
Posted by Wild Thing at October 1, 2007 12:44 AM
Comments
The term 'jihad' means struggle. Putting up with hippies, liberals, traitors, yellow coats,
scumbags, freaks, the ACLU and Code Pinkos, Hollyweirdos, left-wing campus pukes and cooks, commies and feminazis on The View is also a struggle - but bring it on - for our nation's glorious 231-years of liberty and freedoms aren't free!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at October 1, 2007 05:39 AM
Can we say "kickin' butt"?
Why yes, we can!
Posted by: yankeemom at October 1, 2007 09:28 AM
Good post WT. Good catch too, ordinance that will no longer kill our troops. Soldiers face a life of reality where their childhood innocence has been stolen forever.
Posted by: Jack at October 1, 2007 11:11 AM
Darth..."for our nation's glorious 231-years of liberty and freedoms aren't free!"....excellent thank you.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 1, 2007 01:54 PM
Yankeemom, good to see you.
giggle we sure can love ya!
We are best at "kickin' butt".
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 1, 2007 01:55 PM
Jack, this is so true!!
"Soldiers face a life of reality where their childhood innocence has been stolen forever."
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 1, 2007 01:56 PM
