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By Sgt Jeremy Todd
4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
FORWARD OPERATING BASE RUSTAMIYAH, Iraq - A battalion of support Soldiers stationed on Forward Operating Base Rustamiyah since last year relocated to FOB Hammer the first week in December.
Soldiers from 94th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, packed up shop and headed to FOB Hammer through Dec. 5. Coalition officials built FOB Hammer during a "troop surge" to house incoming Soldiers, and its services and amenities include a post exchange, a pizza shop, a sandwich shop and basketball courts.
"We hit the ground running," said Capt. Angela Sands, a battalion operations officer for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 94th BSB, from Fort Polk, La., which is scheduled to move to Fort Stewart, Ga., in early 2009.
Sands said the Soldiers of the 94th BSB "have applied the full-court-press on getting the job done."
Despite the chaos of such an intricate move, the Patriot Brigade support Soldiers seem extremely positive about moving to FOB Hammer. They are nearing the end of their deployment and are reflecting about their time in Baghdad.
Sgt. Brisseyda Molina, an HHC, 94th BSB personnel non-commissioned officer from Morristown, N.J., keeps track of all the Soldiers arriving and departing on FOB Hammer. Her mission is to ensure everyone on the FOB has a place to stay. She said she is thrilled about returning home.
"I am extremely ecstatic about going home," said Molina. "I can't wait to eat at the Famished Frog and enjoy a bowl of crab dip; but first, I'd like to thank God for getting me home safely [when I arrive]."
Spc. Hailey Dimond, a battalion intelligence analyst from Wellesley, Mass., assigned to HHC, said she has learned a lot during this deployment in addition to gaining greater love and appreciation for friends and family.
"Back in the States, I took a lot for granted; and being over here for such a long time has opened my eyes to how precious my family is to me," expressed Dimond, whose mother lives in Chosun, South Korea. "I hope to see my mother soon; it has been too long since we spent quality time together. I want her to see how much I have matured during this deployment."
| Date Taken: | 12.10.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 12.10.2008 08:10 |
| Story ID: | 27440 |
| Location: | RUSTAMIYAH, IQ |
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