Monday, June 28, 2004
The Dog that Didn't Bark
Sure, the press needs to cover the insurgency.
But what about the story of the dog that didn't bark?
In the 55 days prior to June 14th, not a single IED has gone off along the 36 mile stretch of highway around Ar Ramadi.
That's the area where CPT Joshua Byers was killed by an IED on July 23rd in what became known throughout the regimental area as "The Fox 6 incident."
I didn't know CPT Byers, although we operated along the same stretch of real estate a lot. But by all accounts he was a good man, and it hit the 3rd ACR--a very tight-knit outfit for a unit of its size-- very hard.(a lot of people believed he was specifically targeted for assassination) and had always been a very dangerous stretch of road.
For months, IEDs and ambushes would go off around there it seemed like every few days. My battalion took several wounded--including some in my company-- along that same MSR when a large IED went off as they were returning from a trip to Baghdad (conducted, in part, to buy pigs for a barbecue! You never saw a more appreciated meal.)
So for a unit to seize and retain the initiative along that stretch of highway (Near Fallujah, Habbaniyah, Ramadi) is quite an accomplishment.
So kudos to my friends in the Iron Ranger battalion, 1-16th Infantry.
I'd take you guys on my flank any day.
Splash, out
Jason
But what about the story of the dog that didn't bark?
In the 55 days prior to June 14th, not a single IED has gone off along the 36 mile stretch of highway around Ar Ramadi.
That's the area where CPT Joshua Byers was killed by an IED on July 23rd in what became known throughout the regimental area as "The Fox 6 incident."
I didn't know CPT Byers, although we operated along the same stretch of real estate a lot. But by all accounts he was a good man, and it hit the 3rd ACR--a very tight-knit outfit for a unit of its size-- very hard.(a lot of people believed he was specifically targeted for assassination) and had always been a very dangerous stretch of road.
For months, IEDs and ambushes would go off around there it seemed like every few days. My battalion took several wounded--including some in my company-- along that same MSR when a large IED went off as they were returning from a trip to Baghdad (conducted, in part, to buy pigs for a barbecue! You never saw a more appreciated meal.)
So for a unit to seize and retain the initiative along that stretch of highway (Near Fallujah, Habbaniyah, Ramadi) is quite an accomplishment.
So kudos to my friends in the Iron Ranger battalion, 1-16th Infantry.
I'd take you guys on my flank any day.
Splash, out
Jason
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