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2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division - Baghdad and Iraqi army soldiers conducted a joint compliance neighborhood inspection patrol on Nov. 26 in the town of Al Murtada in the Mahmudiyah Qada, south of Baghdad.
Soldiers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 63rd Combined Arms Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and Iraqi army soldiers from 1st and 2nd Battalion, 25th Brigade, 17th Iraqi army division conducted the dismounted patrol visiting more than 30 houses.
The Iraqi army uses compliance patrols to hold residents accountable for the safety and sanitation of their neighborhoods. Each household is asked to sign a form stating that they will keep their walls clean of graffiti and will report any suspicious behavior to an Iraqi army soldier.
"This patrol is a great way for the Iraqi army to make the locals take an active stance in their neighborhoods," said 1st Lt. Cameron Mays, a Marion, Ky., native who serves as the mortar platoon leader. "The best part about the patrol though is that the Iraqi army in the lead; we were purely in a supervisory role."
Throughout the dismounted patrol not a single MND-B Soldier went to a door. Instead the Soldiers provided security to Iraqi army soldiers as they went door to door speaking to the residents.
"The coalition soldiers have been great partners throughout my time with them," said Iraqi Capt. Salah, the Iraqi army mission commander. "It is good to be able to show them how much we've learned from them in their time here."
| Date Taken: | 11.30.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 11.30.2008 21:08 |
| Story ID: | 26983 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 247 |
| Downloads: | 233 |
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