MAJ. JOE SOWERS
3RD HBCT, 3RD INF. DIV.
FOB HAMMER – Within an hour of notification, Soldiers from 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team’s Time Sensitive Target Platoon detained the brigade’s most wanted insurgent in Jisr Diyala Aug. 21.
The detainee has been linked to kidnapping, intimidation, attacks on U.S. forward operating bases and trafficking of weapons and ammunition from Iran.
The Time Sensitive Target Platoon is resourced from 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and is capable of maneuvering on targets at a moment’s notice. No U.S. Soldiers or Iraqi civilians were injured as a result of the operation. The 3-1st Cavalry is assigned to 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Benning, Ga.
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