Daily Archives: May 1, 2008

Gimlets give new life to 19 men

Lt. Col. Mario Diaz, a native of Sierra Madre, Calif., who serves as the commander of the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment “Gimlets,” 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, shakes hands with Sheik Larens in front of the 19 detainees who were released in Ibrahim Bin Ali, northwest of Baghdad, April 25.
U.S. Army [...]

Gimlets lend helping hand to residents of Aqur Quf

Pfc. David Vega, a native of Reading, Penn., treats a young Iraqi girl in Aqur Quf, west of Baghdad April 28. Many of the Gimlet medics are called on during patrols to treat some of the Iraqi citizens. Vega is a medic with Company C, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment “Gimlet,” 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, [...]

ISF leads CF to 3 caches at abandoned building

1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.
At approximately 5 a.m., Multi-National Division – Baghdad soldiers conducted a joint operation with the National Police and discovered three separate caches in an abandoned building in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad May 1.
During the operation, soldiers from Company D, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to the [...]

US troops kill 28 Mahdi fighters in Sadr City

By Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
The apparent respite in yesterday’s fighting was illusory as US forces killed an additional 27 Mahdi Army fighters and a senior Special Groups leader during a series of engagements in the afternoon and throughout the night in Sadr City. One of the larger clashes occurred as US forces were [...]