U.S. Military Soldiers Defeat Assault on Iraqi National Police Station

U.S. Military Soldiers defeat assault on Iraqi National Police station
By 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team
May 11, 2007 - 8:47:58 PM

Blackanthem Military News, FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division thwarted a small arms and mortar attack on an Iraqi National Police Station near the town of Salman Pak May 9. The attack began when several gunmen engaged the station with small arms and mortars. Two 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment AH-64 attack helicopters responded to the call for help from Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry and Company E, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment. Company E Soldiers, currently serving as an Iraqi police training team. The AH-64’s engaged and destroyed one vehicle with 30mm cannon fire after identifying the occupants as hostile. The helicopters fired on three more gunmen as they fled through a palm groove, killing two. The 1-15 Infantry Regiment is assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Benning, Ga., and the 1-227th Aviation is part of the 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas. Company E, 1-125th Inf. is a Michigan National Guard unit.