1-15 Inf. Conducts Sheik Meeting

By Sgt. Natalie Rostek
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – A Task Force Marne officer met with several local sheiks July 18 to discuss quelling terrorism in the Salman Pak region.

Capt. Rich Thompson, commander, Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, met the sheiks at the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade national police headquarters building.

This was the first meeting of its kind in the area.

The unit has encountered improvised explosive devices along main routes in the vicinity of Combat Outpost Cahill, where Company B resides. Thompson, a native of Columbus, Ga., coordinated the meeting to counter IED cells in the area.

“This was a great meeting disclosing a lot of useful information about our area,” Thompson said.

Company B, 1-15 Inf. Regt. is assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Benning, Ga.