1st Battalion 22nd Infantry News February 2006

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

News Reports

February 2006

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

February 6, 2006

While conducting route clearance southwest of Baghdad Saturday,
elements of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Infantry Division (part of 4ID MND - Baghdad),
found a vehicle containing a weapons cache. The cache consisted of three rocket-propelled grenade rounds, roadside bomb-making materials
and a cell phone. The 1-22 patrol also found 12 50-pound bags of ammonium nitrate, a chemical compound used in roadside bomb-making,
in a house near the vehicle. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was called to the scene and performed a controlled detonation to eliminate the threats.

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Department of Defense Press Release
February 6, 2006

Spc. William S. Hayes III, 23, of St. Tammany, La., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 5, of a non-combat related injury.
Hayes was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

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February 7, 2006

MND-B Soldiers find significant weapons cache

By Spc. Kelly McDowell

2nd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. PAO

February 7, 2006

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers discovered a weapons cache Friday, adding to a series of caches discovered in the past week.
While conducting a combat patrol, the Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
received a tip from an Iraqi citizen about the location of a possible weapons cache site.

Responding to the tip, the unit searched the area and uncovered multiple weapons, munitions and explosives.
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team arrived at the site to assess the situation and conduct a controlled detonation to destroy the cache.
The controlled detonation exposed a false floor beneath the original site, which yielded more weapons and munitions upon further investigation.
EOD conducted a second controlled detonation of the explosives.

After both detonations and a complete search of the area, the unit uncovered 21 120mm mortar rounds, two 160mm mortar rounds,
six 155mm mortar rounds, one shape charge, six 122 mortar rounds, 20 rocket propelled grenades, one mortar base plate,
80 81mm mortar rounds, 50 2.5 rockets, 60 61mm mortar rounds and other bomb-making materials.

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Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

February 13, 2006

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment were patrolling south of Baghdad when their vehicles were struck by a roadside bomb
at approximately 8:45 p.m. Sunday. The unit identified three suspected terrorists fleeing the scene.
The MND-B Soldiers caught and detained the three individuals. There was no damage to Coalition Force equipment or personnel.

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American Forces Press Service

February 15, 2006

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2006 – Coalition and Iraqi forces killed four terrorists and detained 16 in a series of operations in the past 24 hours, and coalition forces also found several weapons caches yesterday, military officials in Iraq said.

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, came under small-arms fire from insurgents south of Baghdad early this morning. A firefight ensued, and one insurgent was killed. Two other suspected terrorists were detained. The patrol also confiscated two AK-47s.

Three more insurgents were killed and 14 others detained in several operations yesterday:

A patrol from 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, came under small-arms fire from the Yusafiyah power plant south of Baghdad last night. As soldiers waited for permission to enter the power plant, a van approached and opened fire on the patrol. Two terrorists were killed in the ensuing gun battle.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, saw two suspected terrorists crawling toward a broken-down vehicle. The soldiers began moving toward the two individuals when they spotted at least one terrorist with a weapon. The two terrorists attempted to flee and a firefight ensued. One terrorist was killed and the other wounded and detained. The wounded terrorist later died of his wounds at a local hospital.
During a mission west of Baghdad, a roadside bomb struck a patrol from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. No injuries were reported. While searching for the triggerman, the soldiers arrested a suspected terrorist. The patrol confiscated an AK-47 assault rifle, cell phones, a cell phone initiator device and detonation cord.
Near Baghdad, soldiers from 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, reported finding an anti-aircraft gun, a rocket-propelled grenade, and ammunition in an empty house.
Near Haditha yesterday, soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 7th Iraqi Army Division and coalition troops detained 12 insurgents and discovered nine caches during operations. The troops first detained four men for suspected insurgent activities during operations in Barwanah and Haqlaniyah. Later, the soldiers captured eight terrorists and discovered nine caches near Barwanah and Sakran. The caches included a variety of ordnance, including mortar, artillery and small-arms rounds, an AK-47 assault rifle, a machine gun and loaded AK-47 magazines.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq news releases.)

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2nd BCT, 101st Airborne Division

February 19, 2006

BAGHDAD — While conducting operations in south Baghdad , Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, killed two terrorists,
detained two local nationals, discovered three roadside bombs and uncovered two weapons caches during multiple patrols Friday.

During another patrol, Soldiers from Co. B, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Rgmt. discovered a second weapons cache consisting of six 155mm artillery shell casings,
two sniper rifles, blasting caps and multiple bomb-making materials. While securing the area the Soldiers detained one suspect in connection with the cache.

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