|
|
ROUGH RIDERS PROVIDE CONVOY SECURITY
- Article from:
-
Army Reserve Magazine
- Article date:
-
April 1, 2007
- Author:
- Martinez, Anthony
|
Copyright informationCopyright Superintendent of Documents, Department of the Army, Army Reserves 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
INTERNATIONAL ZONE, Iraq - Get in, sit down, buckle up and hold on! That's what the sign on the motor pool building for the 1st Provisional Motorized Infantry Company here says. And if you're a smart Soldier you'll do exactly as the sign says because you really are in for the ride of your life when you shut that armored Humvee door and set the battle lock.
Mobilized with several platoons of the Army Reserve's 108th Training Division, the company, nicknamed "Rough Riders," provides convoy security operations lor the Multi-National Security Transitional Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) in the International Zone in Baghdad.
A mission with the Rough Riders in Baghdad is a bit like going for a drive on ...