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captain Charles , cannon gravel company ,

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15 oh one infantry . And then the

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company commander , I'm from

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Orlando florida . First .

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Uh tonight we

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did a air assault raid into

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an objective and uh into four key

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buildings that were given intelligence

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on to see what was there basically .

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Some what we thought may have been safe

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houses for terrorists .

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In one building that was actually not

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one of the target houses we found a ,

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what we thought was an I . D . And the

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progress in the process of being made .

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Another building , we found what what

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we need to be a safe house . And then

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a third building , we found a bunch of

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propaganda type stuff , propaganda

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making stuff possibly CDS and

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some cameras and things like that that

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are still being processed . So we're

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not really sure what they were but they

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definitely have the uh definitely

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seemed like propaganda publishing place

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or something . Something about what

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as soon as as soon as we realized that

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the buildings didn't need to be there

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anymore had the patches that I had and

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support fire two hellfire missiles into

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each building and destroyed .

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The area is called Gujarat and it is

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just west of this Candelaria , the

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pound of this scandal , which is about

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30 miles south of that .

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Yes it is .

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It was a high level high level target

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looked like it came down from I believe

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division or possibly brigade

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because it's so remote and

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you gotta fly there , it's risky to

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drive there . So you have to fly in

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there . So once you're in there you

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need to have all all that uh everything

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you can to get the job done . So each

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one of those assets was used in one way

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or another . The E . O . D . We used to

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blow a very large lock that we found on

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the door to get into one of the rooms .

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Jake tax were controlling the fixed

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wing as SSC did a very , very good job

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with one of the buildings and everybody ,

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everybody played a pretty good part .

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It's good to have those guys out there .

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Those experts . My name is Captain

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Stuart lindsey Commander , charlie

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Company 35 oh nine Parachute infantry

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regiment and my hometown is freeport

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pennsylvania . Operation of

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the mission designed the

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additional forces . You have

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Operation bass tone was a raid

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conducted to capture uh individuals

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responsible for I . E . D . S

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improvised explosive devices placed on

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a core main supply route that goes

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through a uh , this portion of our show

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is called by the Iraqis to shock A

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three and is located on the west side

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of that core route , the targets for

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approximately a kilometer two

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kilometers off of off of that route ,

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we uh as we got

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onto our primary objective , we clear

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that initial building and detained for

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individuals that were at that objective .

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As we began to clear through the next

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house uh able to 69 did fire

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down to our south in a westerly

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direction and what they don't

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understand what they observed were 5 to

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7 Anti Iraqi Forces . Anti coalition

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forces armed and moving in the

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direction of my objective , uh they

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engage with 7.62 at the same time they

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were calling to me that the composition ,

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distance and direction of the enemy

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movement and we called up to the kiowa

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warriors , the 58 deltas to go ahead

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and conduct the armor constants of that

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area . They did immediately conducting

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armored constance and as they conduct

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their army constance , they saw the

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dismount individuals and those

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individuals engaged with small arms

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fire to the helicopters . Uh They came

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back around after evading the small

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arms fire and ask for permission to uh

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to engage with rockets and 50 caliber

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machine guns . So we conducted the

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battle damage assessment . We moved

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back to our primary objective ,

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finished our site exploitation which

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included uh finding a pistol on

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the objective as well as some command

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wire . The enemy likes to use copper

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command wire is about 500 m of new

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command wire . We also found a small

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too small caches , one being small arms

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ammunition that was 7.62 by 54 sniper

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rounds . As well as a L . R . C . T .

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Base station which is a piece of

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equipment used a radio controlled I . E .

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Ds . And we also did our

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preliminary tactical questioning of our

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detainees . At that point we actually

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detained a total of 10 4 from our

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primary objective to from a neighboring

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building . And then there was uh an

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additional four in the vicinity of

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where the battle damage assessment was

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taken , where the helicopters engaged .

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But after our initial screening of all

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those individuals , we decided we only

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wanted to keep the four from the from

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the initial objective ,

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we've

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uh

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uh most of

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our operations are intelligence driven

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so that's that's event driven . So that

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depends on what kind of intelligence

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and we get intelligence from various

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sources and if that's where the intel

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takes us that's where the fight will be .

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My name is Captain James Brownie . I

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am the able company to

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69 armour company commander from

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basically what operation based on was

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holding the mission design with you .

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Additional forces were involved

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uh able to 69

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was involved with an operation

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collaboration best um It was focused at

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attacking the heart of a I . D . Sell

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along MSR Tampa uh in the vicinity

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of hostile to Iraq uh just

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east of Iskandariyah . Uh The purposes

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operation is to really to attack uh

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the I . D . Cell leaders uh and their

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members uh utilizing uh special

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intelligence that we that we acquired

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through information gathering through

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human sources , human intelligence

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sources .

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Uh

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We operate in that area . We actually

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have to operate in that area pretty

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much every day . It affects us every

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day . And again the reason we went

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behind this is that this specific area

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was was plagued with , I'd probably had

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anywhere from 4 to 5 IEDs within

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a one kilometer radius of this

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area . So we've been looking at this

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area for quite a long time and we do

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have to operate through at least once a

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day , haven't arrived in this area . So

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it does make it very difficult for

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freedom . Uh

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company .

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Uh we also

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just knowledge to our objective , but

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we also brought the next flight to to

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uh , the way we operated was charlie

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company and able company . Both had

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three different objectives . Uh ,

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charlie company have their subsets

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within our cable company . We had two

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different objectives . Uh , those

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objectives , we walked to about 500 m

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walk at that location . Again , walking

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uh in the cover of night , infiltrated

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to the objective and then security

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objective . Uh following that , we had

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a mounted element uh with uh

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26 Valley fighting vehicles to be

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able to court on off the area , uh

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identifying anybody exhaling off the

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objective , describe a little bit about

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what happened . Uh , Once we got the

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objective , we , we had

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approximately 4 to 5 personnel on the

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objectives that we identified

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immediately as personnel of interest .

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Uh Both objectives were seized on our

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our side . See simultaneously utilizing

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both of the uh , just not an element of

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our in particular tends to secure the

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locals objectives . Once those

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objectives for security , we have a non

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forces come in uh immediately security

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positions to the south . We had the

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tanks observing a really a protective

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line , ensuring that no one cost that

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wanted to go in to try to develop the

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charlie company or develop ourselves

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the Bradley , secure the eastern and

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northern flank essentially according

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off the entire objective area . This

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was obviously a successful mission .

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Uh , what kind of , what kind of impact

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the immediate impact on the area was uh ,

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was quite apparent the last 24 hours

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when we generally have 4 to 5 IEDs . Uh ,

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several indicators of insurgent

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activity , There's absolutely not . Uh ,

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so immediate impact is what I say ,

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also some type of approval , possibly

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from the insurgent activity , but again ,

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I think we have crippled the uh , I E G

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cells throughout our area of operation .

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Do you have anything on that ? Uh , the

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last thing I want to say that the

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soldiers of able company 269 charlie

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company 3 to 5 and nine have done a

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phenomenal job . They continue to

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continue to push and continue to go

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after the Zaidi cell members without

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any hesitation , they're able to walk

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in the middle of night onto objective

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without any questions asked . Uh , they

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looked fear right in the middle , right

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in middle of night and just kick the

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door down . My name is uh Sean Doherty .

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Uh , I'm helping team leader when the

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squads of able company 269 seconds .

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Uh , hometown is Lord

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Illinois . A basic

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idea of operation based on

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intel , uh , we hit picks objectives .

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They were subjective , we know what

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they are . Uh , house numbers , we know

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exactly what we were doing . Wasn't

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just a taste , just a movement .

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Uh , there was objectives for moving

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them , knowing exactly what we're going

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to . What what was your

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role ? Okay . Being a team leader ,

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uh , had a team with me . I was

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a little salty thing . Uh , probably

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seen behind me because they need

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support , helps to another objective as

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well . Uh , had the first house , uh ,

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just not in there , on foot , in the

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door is locked . So we made our way in ,

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uh , got everyone together , grab the

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house , secured it , called it up and

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uh proceed to do s I see

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how difficult it was . Uh ,

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it was a little difficult to offenses

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in the way canals , uneven ground ,

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like a lot of canal fields of

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big rocks and a lot of dirt and mud

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sometimes , so a little a little

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difficult . But we know detective was ,

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so we're still on the right path , Made

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our way to our perfect plan and

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executed .

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Uh

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huh Yes . Uh , platoons did .

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Um , we gathered everyone together , uh ,

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we checked the blacklist . HTT , We had

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some support , uh , technical

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questioners , piece of that nature . Um ,

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we identified them , search the house

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and make sure they didn't have anything ,

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they weren't supposed to , if they did ,

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you know , be more teaching these and

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we took and we look identifying marks ,

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things like that . But what

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exactly is uh , what exactly is your

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response to , especially operation ? I

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have to know interesting purpose at all

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times . Uh , make sure you guys are

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understanding of the mission in case

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something happens to me , they can step

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up and take my place . Uh , we do a

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piece of cheese and TCS reported

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mission several times . Uh , make sure

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you got water equipments tight . Huh ?

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As the batteries for your night vision

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things that things like that . What was

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the hard part about this operation ? I

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think the hardest part was knowing your

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limits . Uh , in reference to fuel the

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fire . We have a lot of friends out

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there . You couldn't fire in any

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direction if you took fire . Um ,

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probably almost every direction . So it

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was very limited where you could shoot

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or engage . And other than that just

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keeping everyone safe .

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Very

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much so . Uh , we encounter lots of

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IEDs . Uh , we're going after a lot of

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cell leaders , a lot of makers ,

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varieties and their associates ,

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whoever is working with them . And this

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mission was a success with once in the

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past where it's decreasing the variety

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and our resistance technology