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May 22, 2012 - 5:37:21 PM |
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| A Kiowa helicopter provides close-air support for Soldiers from Companies C and D, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and Iraqi Soldiers on the ground after air assaulting five objectives in the Sa'id Abdullah Corridor during Operation Iron Boston Jan. 27. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT)) |
PATROL BASE YUSIFIYAH, Iraq - Iraqi Army and Soldiers from Companies C and D, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), air assaulted into the Sa'id Abdullah Corridor Jan. 27.
Operation Iron Boston was a daytime air assault. Keeping the enemy guessing is exactly what Pittsburgh native Capt. Michael Starz, commander of Company C, wanted to do.
"Every air assault we do is different," Starz said. "There's not a single time that we do a big operation that it looks the same to the enemy. We never want to be predictable."
The Iraqi Army detained 24 individuals. Five of the men were detained after Iraqi Soldiers discovered them hiding in a spider hole. Starz described the hole as being well constructed, deep and big enough to fit 10 men.
Kiowa helicopters provided close-air support to ensure the area was safe for U.S. and Iraqi troops. While ground forces moved in and out of houses, the Kiowas made low-level passes and fired rockets to deter any would-be attackers.
Insurgent activity has been prominent in the corridor.
"The Sa'id Abdullah Corridor is where all the al-Qaeda groups in this region were controlled from," Starz said. "It's where their leadership was present, where their logistics occurred - basically they controlled the movement of foreign fighters into the area from this location."
Historically, the Sa'id Abdulla Corridor has been the borderline between operating environments for Coalition Forces and Iraqi Security Forces. Being on the border may have led insurgents to believe they could avoid detection.
Starz said his unit communicates closely with 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT), the neighboring battalion to 3-187th Inf. Regt. "Between all the Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces operating in the area, it's no longer a safe haven for them."
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| Soldiers from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment , 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), clear a courtyard in the Sa'id Abdullah Corridor during Operation Iron Boston Jan. 27. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT)) |
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| Cpl. Joseph Konieczny provides security while occupants of a home are escorted outside before their house is cleared in the Sa'id Abdullah Corridor during Operation Iron Boston Jan. 27. Both Soldiers are with Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT)) |
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| A Kiowa helicopter runs a terrain denial fire mission and provides close-air support for Rakkasan Soldiers from Companies C and D, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and Iraqi soldiers on the ground after air assaulting five objectives in the Sa'id Abdullah Corridor, Iraq, during Operation Iron Boston Jan. 27. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT)) |
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| Iraqi Soldiers celebrate the end of Operation Iron Boston in the Sa'id Abdullah Corridor Jan. 27. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT)) |
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