From CENTCOM:

BY Fred. W Baker III
Armed Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON – In its first deployment to Iraq, one of the Army’s newest modular light infantry brigade combat teams is making its mark under the president’s troop plus-up plan, the brigade’s top officer said in a May 25 briefing to Pentagon reporters.

The 1st Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team from Fort Riley, Kan., is deployed as part of the troop plus-up to the east and west Rashid security districts in the Multinational Division Baghdad area. It is partnered with the 2nd Infantry Division’s 3rd Stryker Brigade from Fort Lewis, Wash., and three Iraqi security force brigades. Together, the troops are clearing an area about 58 square miles, roughly the size of San Francisco, home to about 700,000 Iraqis.

In the past three weeks, under Operation Dragon Fire, the troops have cleared 45 neighborhoods, detained 94 terrorist suspects, freed two kidnapped citizens and captured 397 explosive munitions, 245 weapons systems, 150 IEDs and enough components to make 3,000 more IEDs, said Col. Ricky Gibbs, commander of the BCT and Task Force Dragon.

They’ve also destroyed two torture houses and a terrorist safe haven, Col. Gibbs said.

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