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By Spc. Alexis Harrison
2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
FORWARD OPERATING BASE PROSPERITY, Iraq – The results of the announced troop surge into the capital are already being felt by members of the 2nd "Black Jack" Brigade Combat Team.
The 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd BCT, 1st Cavalry Division packed up their equipment, personal belongings and vehicles for several trips over the last few weeks during its move from Forward Operating Base Falcon, a few miles south of the International Zone, to their new home at FOB Prosperity.
The Gamblers had been at FOB Falcon since the brigade arrived as a whole last November. On Falcon, they had been providing medical support, logistical management and transportation to the several thousand other Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines who shared the base with them.
Now, their area of operations is a little smaller than what they were used to, but sometimes that is a good thing. On Falcon, the Soldiers barracks were almost half a mile from the dining facility, Post Exchange and local shops.
"It's nice to be so close to everything," said Spc. Eric Christenson, a driver with Headquarters Company, 15th BSB.
For some members of the battalion, this trip is nothing new. Two of the companies from the battalion have been conducting combat logistics patrols from Falcon to Prosperity since they arrived in country.
Arriving was only half the battle. After taking over several buildings on the base, they began remodeling and organizing things to suit their needs.
Troops with little or no experience with a hammer or saw pitched in to begin building partitions and additions to the buildings that once housed other Black Jack Soldiers.
While the Gamblers continue to get settled into their new homes, other Soldiers adjust to squeeze more troops in and continue on with the Black Jack Brigade's mission.
"We already like being here," said Christenson. "We're just going to keep working like we did on Falcon."
The 4th BCT, 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kan., had arrived in support of the troop surge into the capital.
The "Dragon" Brigade will be operating out of Falcon along with the existing units there.
| Date Taken: | 03.14.2007 |
| Date Posted: | 03.14.2007 07:30 |
| Story ID: | 9440 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 228 |
| Downloads: | 196 |
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