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Article: MISSISSIPPI ARMOR COMPANY DRIVES GUN TRUCKS, SECURES CONVOYS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
Mississippi Guardsmen overcame setbacks during a round-trip convoy security mission between Contingency Operating Location Q-West and Forward Operating Base Warrior Oct. 28 and 29.
Members of 1st Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, an armor unit from Oxford, Miss., experienced a weapons malfunction, a possible improvised explosive device, a military vehicle break-down and a civilian tractor-trailer accident - all during intermittent thunderstorms.
Issues like this are common, especially when the platoon runs a mission to Warrior, said Staff Sgt. Michael D. Hammons, ...