Concerned Local Citizens Discover More Caches

Photo By Staff Sgt. James Hutto | A Concerned Local Citizen from Sabbah Nissan displays part of an insurgent cache found by CLCs outside of the town Dec. 31. The CLCs brought 123 20 mm rounds to Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery when the Soldiers visited the group's headquarters. The cache was destroyed by the 789th Ordnance Company (EOD), from Fort Benning, Ga.  

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, IRAQ

01.03.2008

Story by Spc. James Hutto 

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division

By Spc. Ben Hutto
3rd HBCT Public Affairs

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – Concerned Local
Citizens in Sabbah Nissan, a village southeast of Baghdad, turned in 123 20 mm rounds to Soldiers of Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery, when they visited the CLC's headquarters Dec. 31.

This was the fourth cache the CLC group has handed over to Battery A in the past two weeks.

"The Concerned Local Citizens have been very focused on finding these caches and bringing them to us," said Capt. Chas Cannon, from Moultrie, Ga., the commander of Battery A. "We are very pleased with the success they are having getting these weapons out of the hands of insurgents attempting to operate in this area."

The 1-10th FA Regt. is assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Benning, Ga., and has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March 2007.

• Date Taken: 01.03.2008
• Date Posted: 01.07.2008 10:55
• Story ID: 15211
• Location: FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, IQ