“On 23 March, a small contingent Second Battalion, Third Marines (2/3) arrived in Salerno to conduct their Pre-Deployment Site Survey (PDSS) of TAOR Trinity. They remained in Salerno until 26 March.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 January to 30 June 2005
“On 23 March, a small contingent Second Battalion, Third Marines (2/3) arrived in Salerno to conduct their Pre-Deployment Site Survey (PDSS) of TAOR Trinity. They remained in Salerno until 26 March. The 2/3 PDSS team visited Jalal Abad from 26 to 27 March. While in Jalal Abad, 2/3 accompanied Lima Company on a ground security convoy to Mehtar Lam. In so doing they were able to gain an appreciation for the Nangarhar and Laghman Provinces and the state of the FOBs in each, as well as standard procedures for vehicular patrolling. The weather delay keeping them in Salerno for three days prevented them from getting to the Kunar, Paktia, and Logar Provinces. On 28 March, they attended the opening portion of the Northern Trinity Governors’ Conference on Security prior to returning to BA. The conference afforded them an opportunity to meet the provincial ANP Chiefs, NDS Directors, and Deputy Governors of the northern four provinces.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 January to 30 June 2005
Timeline
“20 Mar – Second Battalion, Third Marine Regiment (2/3) Pre-deployment Sight Survey (PDSS) team arrived at BAF.”
“23 Mar – 2/3 PDSS team arrived at FOB Salerno, Khowst Province.”
“26 Mar – 2/3 PDSS arrived at FOB Jalal Abad.”
“27 Mar – 2/3 PDSS team departed Jalal Abad for BAF ending their survey in TAOR Trinity. — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 January to 30 June 2005