1-15 Inf. Finds, Destroys Large Munitions Cache

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, uncover a weapons cache during a combat patrol Tuesday in an area west of Wahida, Iraq.

1-15 Inf. finds, destroys large munitions cache

SPC. BEN HUTTO
3/3RD INF. DIV. PUBLIC AFFAIRS
FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq

Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, uncovered a weapons cache Tuesday during a combat patrol in an area west of Wahida, Iraq.

The cache consisted of 40 mortar rounds varying in size from 82mm to 120mm. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit detonated the cache soon after it was found.

“This is the largest cache found by 1-15 to date,” said 1st Lt. Joshua Powers, assistant operations officer for 1-15, from Decatur, Ga. “Our presence is bringing more security to the Wahida province and disrupting the enemy’s line of movement into Baghdad.”