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Article: U.S. TURNS OVER JOINT SECURITY STATION IN BAGHDAD TO IRAQI ARMY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 27, 2009
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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 25 -- Army Families Online issued the following news release:
Soldiers serving with the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, attached to the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, gave the reins of Joint Security Station Sheikh Marouf to Iraqi Army soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division in a transfer ceremony Feb. 23.
"Many may remember the darker days when a combined U.S. and Iraqi security station was necessary," said Lt. Col. Robert Kirby, a native of Louisville, Ky., commander, 4th Bn., 42nd FA Regt. "The (Iraqi) security forces, the local leaders, and more importantly, the people decided there had been enough ...
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