Posts Tagged With: Vincent Santiago
30 May 2006: Kilo IED Incident
Kilo Company discovered two IEDs in Haqlaniyah and detained two individuals nearby. EOD blew one IED in place and disabled the other. — Source: First Marine Division Press Release.
11 – 18 May 2006: Haqlaniyah Hotel
Kilo Company engaged a group of insurgents in an abandoned hotel in Haqlaniyah; after a several hour firefight, the hotel was destroyed by precision-guided munitions dropped by aircraft. — Source: 1st Marine Division Press Release
13 May 2005: Kilo Memorial Service
“Kilo Company held a memorial service to honor heroic deaths of Corporal Schoener and Lance Corporal Kirven at FOB Mehtar Lam, Laghman Province.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 January to 30 June 2005 Read more
19 – 24 March 2005: Operation MAVERICKS
“In another effort to demonstrate the reach of the Afghan Government, and to increase the pressure on the AQAM to lay down their arms and reconcile with the Afghan government, the Battalion executed Operation MAVERICKS in March in northern Laghman Province.” — Source: 3/3 Command Chronology for the Period 01 January to 30 June 2005