Contents of the weapons cache discovered by Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment during a patrol in the Salman Pak area, Aug. 23.Multi-National Division - Center
Media Release
HQ, MND-Center
Baghdad, Iraq
Story by Staff Sgt. Sean Riley
3rd HBCT Public Affairs
FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – Task Force Marne troops conducted a mission to disrupt terrorist activity and succeeded by destroying a large cache of munitions and improvised explosive device-making materials Aug. 23.
“This should put a big dent in the IED cell operations,” said Capt. Richard Thompson, of West Palm Beach, Fla., commander, Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment.
The cache contained 268 bomb-making items, including four tubes of C4, a powerful, military-grade explosive. Also found in the cache were two five-gallon jugs of homemade explosive material; two mortar charges; five mortar fuses; 20 blasting caps; five pressure activators, crush-wire detonator switches; and 50 microchip transistors and 30 circuit boards.
Thompson said the discovery will adversely affect enemy operations in the Salman Pak area.
“First, it takes the products out of their hands,” Thompson said. “Second, it sends a definitive message to the enemy that we are in the area.”
The 1-15 Inf. Regt. is assigned to 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga., and has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March 2007.
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