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Article: Team cobra: 141st Signal Battalion's "tip of the sword" in Iraq.(Circuit check: news and trends of interest to the Signal Regiment)
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- Army Communicator
- Article date:
- December 22, 2003
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141st Signal Battalion, whose motto is, "Sword and Voice," supports the 1st Armored Division in and around Baghdad, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Located at Logistical Support Area Dogwood, the Division Rear Headquarters is separated from the Division Main Headquarters, at Baghdad International Airport by an hour and a half convoy along one of the country's most dangerous roads. Known as "RPG Alley," Alternate Support Route Sue is a hotbed for guerilla activities. Almost daily, gunmen target American Convoys on ASR Sue with Small Arms, Rocket Propelled Grenades and Improvised Explosive Devices. The area along ASR Sue is also full of communication dead ...