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  • "Mission First"-Soldier With Guard Unit Finds Weapons Cache in Iraq

    11/18/2005 6:05:38 PM PST · by Palladin · 37 replies · 1,023+ views
    Williamsport Sun-Gazette ^ | November 18, 2005 | Mark Maroney
    A weapons cache several soccer fields long and containing surface-to-air missiles, rockets, and roadside bomb materials used by insurgents, has been discovered in northern Ramadi in Iraq by a National Guard soldier attached to a city-based unit, Army officials said. Sgt. Brian Packer with Co. B. 109th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, based at the Grove Street Armory, came upon the weapons buried in farm fields on the outskirts of the city Wednesday, an Army news release said. Specific details of how Sgt. Packer found the weapons were not provided, but the commander of the brigade Packer is assigned to said the...