'Be Right 100% of the Time' ; Carson Unit has One of Most Important -- And Most Tedious -- Jobs: Gate Duty at Baghdad's Green Zone
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › March 10, 2008
Linked as:
Summary
BAGHDAD - One mistake and the suicide bombers and assassins win.
That simple reality drove the soldiers of a Fort Carson battalion guarding the Green Zone along the Tigris River here, motivating them through grinding hours of mind-numbing repetition Sunday as they searched every car and every person coming through the gates.See the full content of this document
Extract
'Be Right 100% of the Time' ; Carson Unit has One of Most Important -- And Most Tedious -- Jobs: Gate Duty at Baghdad's Green Zone
The 600 soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment have drawn one of the least glamorous yet most important jobs in the war zone. They alone protect the Iraqi government and the U.S. Embassy from th...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
