1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Iraq Photos Page 16

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operation Iraqi Freedom

A 1-22 soldier stands guard during a search operation for arms and ammunition at an orchard on the outskirts of Tikrit, Sept 27, 2003. Regulars unearthed a huge cache, which included 23 SA-7 surface to air missles,
4 Rocket Propelled Grenade Launchers (RPG), 150 RPG rounds, 51 smoke pads, a 60mm mortar tube,
40 mortar rounds, over 1000 pounds of plastic explosives, 1300 blasting caps and 443 hand grenades.
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PFC Presley Watson carries his M240 machine gun, while patrolling an area near a field
where 1-22 uncovered a large arms cache just outside Tikrit, Sept 27, 2003.
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Regulars inspect ammuntion found in the cache, Sept 27, 2003.
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A Regular looks on during the search operation.
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1-22 soldiers move in with tools to search for more weapons.
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Regulars carry shovels past a pile of confiscated SA-7 surface to air missile launchers.
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A 1-22 soldier stands guard during the search operation.
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Part of the cache is inspected prior to being removed from the site.
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Two Regulars look over RPG and mortar rounds.
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SA-7 anti-aircraft missles and smoke generators are gathered together.
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Specialist Moses Rodriques carries RPG rounds to be loaded and removed from the site.
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A 1-22 soldier removes more RPG rounds from the cache.
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SA-7 missles are loaded onto a truck.
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The SA-7 surface to air missles are loaded onto a truck and removed from the site.
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