OEF 04
12 May 2005: Battalion XO IED Attack
“Battalion Executive Officer’s vehicle sustained an IED blast while on the Commodities Inspection Tour resulting in the destruction of one up-armored vehicle and no casualties.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 January to 30 June 2005 Read more
Lima Ops in Lal Pur District (12-14 May 05)
“Lima Company conducted duration operations in the Lal Pur District, Nangarhar Province.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 January to 30 June 2005
12 May 2005: India-2 Firefight in LZ Lumberyard
“A [India] Company Patrol received RPG and small arms fire from Squad sized element of insurgents and returned fire with 60mm mortars and small arms fire resulting in one enemy killed and one ASF KIA in the vicinity of LZ Lumberyard, Pech District, Kunar Province.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 January to 30 June 2005
Battalion XO Inspection Tour (11-15 May 05)
“Weapons Company escorted the Battalion Executive Officer for a Commodities Inspection Tour that included all FOBs in TOAR Trinity.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 January to 30 June 2005
11-14 May 2005: Jalalabad Riots
Jalabad Riots by SSgt Michael D. Fay
“Civil demonstrations (that occasionally turned violent) sparked by the Newsweek article on the alleged Guantanamo Bay incident occurred in the Nangarhar, Laghman, Khowst, Gardez, Ghazni, Kandahar, Takar, Logar, and Herat Provinces.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 January to 30 June 2005
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