1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
News Reports
July 2006
Soldiers continue mission to protect Iraq , bring stability
Story by Spc. Edgar Reyes
2nd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.
July 8, 2006
FOB
KALSU, Iraq – The ability to say “mission
accomplished” is perhaps the most rewarding thing a Soldier
can experience following a mission.
For the 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
it represents the beginning of another quest to assist the Iraqi
Security Forces achieve self-sufficiency.
Initially
based out of Forward Operating Base Charlie, the squadron
conducted operations in the southern Babil province,
provided assistance to the Iraqi people in their endeavor to run
a legitimate provincial government, and trained the ISF to a
level
where it could plan and execute its own operations without
assistance from Multi-National Division – Baghdad
Soldiers.
“Our
main task there was to continue to assist the Iraqis in
developing their government and also train the ISF to provide
security for the area,
which we accomplished,” said Maj. Scott Gerber, operations
officer, 1-10 Cav., 2nd BCT.
After
completing its mission in the south, 1-10 Cav. was tasked to move
the entire squadron north to FOB Falcon
as part of the plan to continue transferring battle space in
southern Iraq to the ISF units ready to tackle the
responsibility.
“The entire transition went very smoothly,” said
Gerber. “It went by without any bumps or
hiccups.”
The
relief in place/transfer of authority mission conducted with 1st
Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div.,
was cleanly executed, said Gerber. The squadron moved four
troops in less than a month, which would not have been possible
without the assistance of junior enlisted Soldiers and support
from the 1-22 Inf. Regt. “Moving all
the equipment and vehicles
could have been a difficult task for us,” said Pfc. Stephon
Kowalski, cavalry scout, Troop C, 1-10 Cav,
“but everyone chipped in and worked as a team so we were
able to complete the move in record time.”
With
new missions come new challenges. “The hardcore
insurgency at Charlie was almost nonexistent,” said Gerber.
“There was only a small dose of militia to worry
about. But here at Falcon, it is a different story.
The enemy is better organized and willing to take more risks than
what we have seen before.”
Taking
advice from the previous unit, Soldiers from 1-10 Cav. rely
heavily on after-action reviews to spot vulnerabilities in their
strategies
and to adapt to enemy tactics, which in the long run will help
them overcome the terrorists.
Soldiers
from 1-10 Cav, although aware of the dangers present in their new
area of operations, said they look forward to the opportunity to
help not one,
but two regions of Iraq overcome terrorism. “Our
mission is to set the conditions to transition battle space to
ISF and the Iraqi government,”
said Gerber. “Our goal is for them to control the
battle space before we go back to the States.”
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1-22 Infantry finds two ammo caches
CAMP
TAJI , Iraq July 9, 2006 – A patrol from 1st
Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division,
found an ammunition cache at approximately 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
while conducting an area reconnaissance mission west of Baghdad.
The
cache consisted of ten rocket-propelled grenade rounds, five RPG
motors, 15 cleaning kits, 32 homemade grenades,
two cans of linked 7.62mm rounds, seven canisters of fuses and
500 loose Dragonov rounds.
Another
patrol from 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., found a
second ammunition cache west of Baghdad at approximately 1:15
a.m. Thursday.
The second cache consisted of 12 loaded AK-47 magazines and 2,500
loose 7.62mm rounds.
The
1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt. and the 1st Bde. Combat
Team, 4th Inf. Div. continue to conduct operations
to provide a safe and secure environment for all Iraqis.
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IA, ‘Regulars’ destroy three terrorist caches
1st Lt. Dahbry Streets
1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div.
July 12, 2006
CAMP
TAJI, Iraq – In a combined effort to rid the western Baghdad
area of terrorist activity and to make Iraq a safer place to
live,
3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division soldiers, along with
Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade
Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division, discovered three large caches of
weapons and roadside bomb-making materials over a one-week
period.
In
the first of three weapon seizures, Iraqi army soldiers from 3rd
Bde., 6th IA Div., discovered a sizeable weapons cache
just north of Baghdad International Airport in the Shohada region
June 30.
Following
a tip from an Iraqi citizen, the Iraqi unit responded to a report
of a roadside bomb planted near an elementary school.
When the soldiers arrived to investigate the report, they
discovered two 82mm mortar tubes, 19 82mm mortar rounds,
eight rocket-propelled grenade rounds, an RPG launcher, 31 60mm
mortar rounds, 91 mortar fuses, 48 fuses, two bullet-proof vests,
eight AK-47s, ten grenades, seven TNT sticks, 57 shotgun shells,
two Dragonov sniper rifles and more than 4,000 rounds of
small-arms ammunition.
In
the first week of July, Soldiers from 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt.,
discovered two weapon caches in the Ibrahim Bin Ali Village area.
During the discoveries by two platoons in Company A, the
Soldiers discovered five RPG launchers, three RPG rounds, an RPG
site,
two land mines and a 76mm projectile in a bag.
“Discovering these caches will definitely impair the
insurgent’s ability to attack Coalition Forces,”
said Sgt. 1st Class Robert Adkinson, noncommissioned officer
in charge of battalion intelligence.
“We have seen far too many innocent civilians getting
killed.”
“As
the ‘Regulars’ of Task Force
1-22 resume combat operations in a new area of
operation, they have not skipped a beat,”
said Staff Sgt. Andrew Atwater, plans and operations NCO, 1st
Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt. “The task force continues to
support the Iraqi people
in their quest for a democratic way of life and enabling the
government to stand up for the people through combined
operations.”
After each cache discovery, Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams were called in to destroy the munitions.
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1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., finds ammo cache
1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.
July 14, 2006
BAGHDAD
– A patrol from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry
Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division,
found an ammunition cache west of Baghdad at approximately 8:45
p.m. Tuesday. The cache consisted of 2,000 7.62mm rounds,
three cans of 9mm rounds and four magazines of 7.62mm rounds.
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Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Press Release
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
Company unearths weapons cache, detains terror suspects
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release No. 20060716-08
July 16, 2006
1st Lt. Dahbry Streets
1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div.
CAMP
TAJI, Iraq – Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division,
uncovered a large weapons cache and detained a number of terror
suspects.
Just days after assuming control of the western Baghdad region, the company unearthed a cache based on a tip received from a detainee.
In the cache, Soldiers found 32 homemade grenades, ten
rocket-propelled grenade rounds, 500 Dragonov rounds,
two cans 7.62mm ammunition, seven cans of grenade fuses, five RPG
mortars, 12 AK-47 magazines and 2,500 7.62mm bullets.
In addition, just days prior to discovering the cache, Co.
B was responsible for thwarting a vehicle-borne
improvised-explosive device
that was in its initial stages of preparation.
“This
act undoubtedly saved many innocent Iraqi people and the lives of
Coalition Forces,” said Staff Sgt. Andrew Atwater,
battle noncommissioned officer for the battalion tactical
operations center. “But the Soldiers didn’t stop there,
the 2nd platoon apprehended two additional terrorist suspects who
are now at the Internment Facility at Abu Ghraib.”
During the afternoon of July 5, 2nd Plt. detained two suspects
exhibiting suspicious behavior near the Khan Dari Market.
While manning a traffic control point in the Khan Dari area,
Soldiers from the platoon stopped a vehicle
with two individuals in it and began questioning them.
“Upon searching the vehicle, we discovered one AK-47 as well
as a number of identification cards with different aliases and
some money,”
said 1st Lt. Jamar White, fire support officer, Co. B,
1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt.
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Iraqi army, MND-B Soldiers nab weapons, kill two terrorists, detain 8
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
July 19, 2006
BAGHDAD
– Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army
Division, captured and detained a suspected terrorist at a
checkpoint
northwest of Baghdad at approximately 3 p.m. Tuesday. The
suspect was traveling with a woman and four children, all under
the age of two years old,
in a vehicle carrying multiple mortar systems, three 130mm rounds
and two directional charges. The suspected terrorist was
detained by the Iraqi army.
In
a separate event Soldiers from Multi-National Division –
Baghdad ’s 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st
Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division were attacked by small-arms fire while
conducting area reconnaissance at about 3 p.m. in an outlying
area of southwestern Baghdad.
The Soldiers returned fire on their attackers. After
searching the area they found the bodies of two dead terrorists
and detained seven others.
Soldiers confiscated six AK-47s, two drums of 7.62mm
ammunition, a pistol with a magazine,
a rocket-propelled grenade launcher with a round attached and
ready to fire.
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4th Infantry Soldier
renews wedding vows
By Emily Baker
Killeen Daily Herald July 20, 2006
When Staff Sgt. Paul Marler stepped off an
airplane that carried him from Kuwait to Dallas-Fort Worth
International Airport on Tuesday,
he was obviously stunned, an airport official said
Wednesday. The Fort Hood soldier's wife, Melissa, greeted
him in a wedding dress
and had a chaplain standing by so they could renew their wedding
vows.
Marler, who serves with the 4th Infantry Division's Bravo
Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, had just arrived for two weeks
of rest and recuperation leave.
The vows renewal ceremony was a first for the airport, which has
organized a team of volunteers who greet flights carrying troops
from the Middle East
every day, said Ken Capps, the airport's vice president of public
affairs. "We were very pleased to be able to work with
the couple,"
Capps said Wednesday.
More than 250,000 troops have been greeted by the Welcome Home a
Hero Campaign, the volunteers who cheer and shake hands
with the troops as they head from customs to connecting flights,
Capps said.
Marler's wife, contacted the hero campaign and told them her
idea, Capps said. "We all got so excited," Capps
said. "We just had a blast with it.
(Marler) was quite, quite shocked but in a pleasant way. We
just all jumped in to be her ad-hoc wedding planners."
Melissa Marler, 25, told The Associated Press she was
"nervous, scared" about the ceremony, which was
performed by Leslie Grounds,
a pastor who volunteers with the DFW Airport Interface
Chaplaincy.
Melissa Marler carried a bouquet of yellow roses and cried tears
of joy when she saw her husband, the AP reported.
The hero campaign arranged for the Marlers to stay at the
airport's Grand Hyatt hotel, where they received champagne and
flowers, Capps said.
The couple could not be reached for comment.
They were married July 15, 2001, and have spent
one other anniversary together. Marler, 28, was in Cuba,
Korea and Bosnia the other years,
the AP reported. They live in Killeen.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Copyright 2006 - Killeen Daily Herald
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IA, MND-B Soldiers discover five weapon caches
1st Lt. Dahbry Streets
1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div.
July 24, 2006
CAMP
TAJI, Iraq – Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 6th
Iraqi Army Division, and Company D, 1st Bn., 22nd Infantry
Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, combined
their efforts and discovered five separate weapon caches
buried on the outskirts of the Ay’Asha Village in western
Baghdad during a cordon and search July 17.
The
caches contained a total of four 81mm mortar rounds, 15 pounds of
home-made explosives, a 500 pound bomb, a 250 pound bomb,
a 122mm pre-made explosive device, six 133mm rounds, two
helicopter rockets, five 60mm mortar rounds,
a complete 60mm mortar system, and various bomb-making materials.
“This
area is known for its sectarian violence, indirect fires and
terrorist activity. The village was targeted specifically
based
on tips from brave Iraqi citizens,” said 1st Lt. James
Stephen, assistant intelligence officer, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt.
“The citizens are interested in a positive change within
their communities.”
As
Soldiers from 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., pass the
mid-point in their year-long Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment,
the battalion’s focus remains on offensive operations to rid
the area of terrorists and weapon caches in western Baghdad.
“In an effort to help the local Iraqi people, 3rd Bn., 3rd
Bde., 6th IAD in conjunction with 1st Bn., 22nd Inf.
Regt.,
searched all the buildings in the vicinity of the village and the
outskirts of the village,” said Staff Sgt. Jason Shields,
master gunner, Co. D.
“These combined offensive operations are steered at
letting the Iraqi Security Forces take the lead in what is known
as the road to a secure Iraq .”
All of the weapon cache items were consolidated and destroyed by the U.S. Army’s 763rd Explosives Ordnance Disposal Team.
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Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Press Release
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 2006
Release No. 20060724-04
1-22 Inf. Regt. Soldiers find 2 weapons caches
1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.
CAMP TAJI , Iraq – Soldiers from Multi-National Division
– Baghdad ’s 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry
Regiment,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, found three
ammunition caches west of Baghdad Saturday.
A
patrol from Company B, 1st Bn., found the first
cache at approximately 7:45 a.m.,
which consisted of 360 7.62mm rounds of ammunition and three
fragmentation hand grenades.
A
patrol from Co. A, 1st Bn., found the second,
and largest, cache of the day at approximately 9:15 a.m.,
which consisted of five 60mm mortars, 18 grenades, four
rocket-propelled grenades, two anti-aircraft weapons,
45 Ruchnaya Kumulyativnaya Granata anti-tank grenades, 41 RKG
rounds, three 30mm anti-aircraft weapons,
seven AK-47 assault rifles, nine RPG rounds, 93 blocks of C4,
five 120mm mortar rounds,
three crates of 30mm anti-aircraft rounds, one flame thrower,
three rifle scopes and miscellaneous ammunition.
Another patrol from Co. B found 250 rounds of Dragonov sniper rounds at approximately 1:30 p.m.
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Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Media Release
MND-B Soldiers find large cache
1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – A patrol from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division,
found a large cache west of Baghdad at approximately 7 p.m.
Saturday.
A combat patrol from Company A, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., found eight 122mm mortar
rounds, three 122mm fuses,
27 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, an RPG launcher, 20 RPG
booster rounds, five AK-47 assault rifles,
5,000 7.62mm rounds of ammunition, a coax anti-aircraft gun,
seven blasting caps, six remote-control boxes for roadside bombs,
12 hand grenades, three illumination rounds and 1,000 PKC rounds.
v/r
ERIC D. LOBSINGER
MSG , USA
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1st BCT Soldiers seize weapons, munitions
1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.
July 27, 2006
CAMP
TAJI , Iraq – Patrols from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division found weapons and munitions
at sites north and west of Baghdad Monday night and Tuesday.
A
patrol from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, seized
1,000 7.62mm rounds, 800 PKC rounds, a 155mm artillery round,
a German sniper rifle, a 9mm pistol, an AK-47 assault rifle and
various bomb-making materials after responding to a tip west of
Baghdad
at approximately 9 p.m. Tuesday. Another patrol from 1st
Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., seized various ammunition,
consisting of 400 7.62mm rounds of ammunition, 12 AK-47 magazines
with ammunition and 53 shotgun shells
at approximately 11:30 p.m. Monday west of Baghdad.
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July 30, 2006
MND-B Soldiers aid wounded Iraqi citizen
1st Lt. Nathan Rawlings
1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div.
CAMP TAJI , Iraq –
Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from 1st
Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team,
4th Infantry Division, came to the aid of an Iraqi citizen who
was injured in a terrorist attack in western Baghdad July 19.
The 1-22 Inf. Regt. Soldiers were conducting
roadside bomb clearance operations when they came upon an
overturned pickup truck
with an injured man trapped inside the wreckage.
The Soldiers immediately came to his aid and freed him from the wreckage. One of the unit’s medics attended to his wounds.
“The Soldiers of 1st Platoon carried out their duties as
Soldiers,” said Pfc. Brian Taylor, plans and operations,
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st
Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt. “The Iraqi gentleman stated that
his pickup truck came under small-arms fire
from the side of the highway and that one of the rounds pierced
the engine block, causing his truck to flip over.”
After ensuring the man was stable, the Soldiers turned him over to the Soldiers of 3rd Bn., 3rd Bde., 6th Iraqi Army Division, for further assistance.
“This deed exemplifies the motto of Task
Force 1-22;
‘Deeds, not Words,’ in that the Sapper Platoon helped
this stranded individual,”
said Spc. Timothy Yingling, plans and operations specialist, HHC,
1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt. “As the Iraqi citizens
continue to face the threat
of insurgent and sectarian violence, the Iraqi people look for
hope from their protectors: the Iraqi army and MND-B.
In this combined partnership, it is the will of the Iraqi people
that is the force behind the search for terrorists.”
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July 29, 2006
MND-B Soldiers discover weapons, cash
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Multi-National
Division – Baghdad Soldiers found a weapons cache while
conducting area reconnaissance
northwest of Baghdad Friday evening.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd
Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division, discovered an AK-47 assault rifle,
18 AK-47 magazines, a 9mm sub-machinegun, an RPK machinegun,
35,000 7.62mm rounds, 22 hand-grenades, four bayonets,
two 9mm magazines, various bomb making materials, an armored vest
and 350,000 dinar.
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July 29, 2006
MND-B Soldiers seize weapons, munitions
1st Lt. Dahbry Streets
1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div.
CAMP TAJI , Iraq – Soldiers
from Companies A and B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry
Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division,
unearthed weapons and munitions at four sites in western Baghdad
Sunday.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, Soldiers from 2nd Platoon,
Co. B, unearthed two small collections of weapons
in two different locations while on patrol north of Abu Ghraib.
In the first cluster, Soldiers
from the platoon unearthed three hand grenades and 260 rounds of
7.62mm ammunition. Later that afternoon,
the same platoon discovered a cluster east of the first. In this
collection of weapons, the Soldiers uncovered 250 rounds of
Dragonov ammunition.
Soldiers from 3rd Pltn., Co. A, discovered a sizeable weapons
cache later that morning. In Co. A’s first cache discovery,
Soldiers discovered three 30mm anti-aircraft guns, 93 blocks of
C-4 explosives, one flame thrower, nine rocket-propelled
grenades,
45 RKGs, seven AK-47 assault rifles, three cases of anti-aircraft
ammunition, five 120mm mortar rounds, five 60mm mortar rounds,
41 RPG rounds, six large grenades, 12 hand grenades and an
unknown number of 7.62mm ammunition.
Roughly in the same area, Soldiers from 2nd Pltn., Co. A,
unearthed a small cache, consisting of a 30mm anti-aircraft gun,
an RPG launcher,
five AK-47 assault rifles, eight 120mm mortar rounds, 27 RPG
rounds, 20 RPG booster rounds, 11 small RPG rounds and various
bomb making materials.
“These finds today will definitely affect terrorists from
targeting innocent Iraqis who want to live a secure life,”
said Spc. Michael Benningfield,
battalion plans and operations, Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt.
“Task Force 1-22 continues to conduct offensive
operations to prevent sectarian violence from spreading.”
“These cache discoveries by (1-22
Inf. Regt.)
disrupted insurgent plans for future operations,” added Pfc.
Dustin Hartshorn,
intelligence analyst for 1st Bn.,
22nd Inf. Regt. “Alpha and Bravo Companies are
doing their part to remove the weapons from the insurgents’
hands.”
CAMP
TAJI , Iraq – Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st
Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 4th Infantry Division,
discovered grenades in western Baghdad Sunday. Soldiers of the
battalion uncovered weapons and munitions from four sites.
(U.S. Army photo by Capt. Matthew Weber, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div.)
CAMP
TAJI , Iraq – Soldiers from Company A, 1st
Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat
Team, 4th Infantry Division,
unearthed weapons and munitions a rural field in western Baghdad
Sunday.
(U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. John Sabia, Co. A, 1st Bn., 22nd Inf. Regt., 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div.)
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July 29, 2006
Release No. 20060729-07
MND-B Soldiers discover weapons caches
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd
Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry
Division,
discovered several weapons caches Thursday at approximately 3:15
p.m. while conducting an area reconnaissance
in rural Ghazaiya province, northwest of Baghdad,
The
caches consisted of 140 155mm mortar rounds, 11 120mm rounds, two
rocket propelled grenade launchers,
110 7.62 and .50-caliber rounds, an RPK machine gun, an AK-47
rifle, an HK-91 machine gun, a helicopter rocket,
a rocket-propelled grenade and bomb-making materials.
Explosive ordinance disposal teams were called in to destroy the caches.
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