C 395 ENG COMBAT OPNS

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Subject = C 395 ENG  COMBAT OPNS                                          

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              OCT 18 '06 14-55 TO-17036813321 FROH-H.C. BUILIETT            T-137 P.07/12 r-j56


        thereisto
        underscore the
        empuness and
        harshness of the
        environment
        From this rough
        and unforgiving
        location, C
        Company sVd its
        assault into Iraq.
          On 25 February, Chwte Company avmd the border into Iraq, Two
        days later, after travemng though a brutal sand stom and spending
        seemingly enttess hours on the road, C Company ctived near An
                                       N&siriyah, Iraq. Wr mission there was
                                       to support 3rd Brigade as they cleared
                                       the sector. The sector, as it turned out,
                                       was teeming with unexploded ordinance,
                                       bunkers, and mot;t of a ''enemy weapon
                                       syswms, muntions end pemnnel.
                                       After helping capture and detm the
                                       nearly 1 500 Iraqi prisoners, Charlie
                                       Company sappers darted derfdlitmzng
                                       enemy equipment od munitions. For
                                       tt@              the sappers moved in
        sxtor      the' infiht,      on's                the countless
        weapons and bunkers they discoveri often with demolitions, Before
        long, It Was determined that a few key Installations existed In the area
        that rnuir-od extensive =ount of ongneer effort, Honce, Charlie
        COmPan'Y reassembled as a unit and headed north to TaM Aeisid. Taiifi
        was $ massive, inuiti-swvice complex noting not only an incredibip,
        Mmoun   't of ammur@tton, weapons and vehicles, but a large number of
        fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft as well, After five days of preparing