HVI Capture Leads to New Arrests

By Staff Sgt. Sean Riley, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – Three suspected insurgents, linked to a high-value individual captured the day prior, were detained near the area known as the Brick Factory east of Nahrwan, Oct. 11.

Soldiers from Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, detained the men after they were identified as belonging to a cell connected to an HVl captured Oct. 10. The HVI, No. 4 on the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team’s most-wanted insurgent list, was captured during a night raid in Baghdad conducted by the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, part of the Multi-National Division-Baghdad, from Fort Bragg, N.C.

“The capture of these three insurgents continues to disrupt the operations of the cell operating out of Narhwan,” said Maj. David Fivecoat from Delaware, Ohio, the operations officer for the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. “Their incarceration will help increase the safety and security of the area.”

The 3-1 Cav. Regt., is assigned to the 3rd HBCT, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning, Ga., and has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March.