Combat Camera: Operation Bone Breaker in Baqubah, Iraq

Sgt. Kevin Turner of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, trains his weapon on suspicious movement in the distance during the opening of Operation Bone Breaker in Baqubah, Iraq, Oct 15. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

An Iraqi soldier from the 5th Iraqi Army Division helps his coalition partner Spc. Aaron Niskin of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, out of a ravine during Operation Bone Breaker in Baqubah, Iraq, Oct 15. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Spc. Sean Fowler 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, enters a scrap iron yard during Operation Bone Breaker in Baqubah, Iraq, Oct 15. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

An Iraqi army soldier from the 5th Iraqi Army Division moves through a field on the edge of a palm grove, during Operation Bone Breaker in which a large weapons cache of explosives, weapons and ammunition was discovered by the IA and coalition forces, Baqubah, Iraq, Oct 15. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Spc. Sean Fowler and Sgt. Robert Treadway of the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, move down an alley in Baqubah, Iraq, during Operation Bone Breaker which resulted in the discovery of a large weapons cache, Oct 15. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Iraqi Army, Coalition Forces Discover Weapons Cache During Operation ‘Bone Breaker’

BAQOUBA, Iraq; Oct. 18, 2007 -- The 5th Iraqi Army Division and Coalition Forces conducted Operation Bone Breaker in southeast Baqouba, capturing one large weapons cache containing assorted weapons and ammunition, as well as two smaller caches containing home-made explosives Oct. 15.

The larger weapons cache, found on a peninsula near the Diyala River known to local Iraqi citizens as “the Bone,” contained 20 propane tanks, 34 blasting caps, 500 feet of detonation cord, 21 assorted demolition charges, an 82mm mortar with equipment, three rocket-propelled grenade launchers with rockets and various small-arms ammunition.

The mission was planned by 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th IA Division, and executed jointly with 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment and 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

“This was a great mission, planned and executed with our partners from the 4-2-5 IA. It could not have been possible without the initiative of the IA,” said Maj. Matt Moore, operations officer, 1-38 Inf. Regt.

Two smaller caches were also found which contained a total of 35 pounds of home-made explosives potentially used to build IEDs.

The operation involved more than 450 IA and CF soldiers, who conducted the operation with no casualties reported.

“4-2-5 IA and 1-38 Inf. Regt continue to develop a strong working relationship in their combined operations area. The IA is now able to take the lead in planning missions. Their development, their willingness to plan and then execute on the battlefield is encouraging,” said U.S. Army Maj. James A. Van Atta, team leader for 4-2-5 Military Transition Team.

(Sory from Multi-National Division - North PAO.)

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