January 23, 2007

Dark Horse Keeps Watchful Eye Over FOB


By Spc. Alexis Harrison
2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs


FOB PROSPERITY — In order for Soldiers and civilians on the base to sleep soundly, someone needs to stay up all hours of the night to make sure no one gets in who shouldn't. In order to keep peace and safety in the International Zone, someone needs to control all the traffic.

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, Soldiers from 4th Squadron, 9 Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, keep watch over the base and every single entry point into the IZ. They know it isn't glamorous, but they know it's as vital as any other mission the “Black Jack” Brigade performs.

At all hours of the day and night, someone is watching traffic and pedestrians from atop a guard tower. That someone is a trooper like Pfc. Estanislado Bella from Miami.
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(Photo: Sgt. Joe Daugherty from Casper, Wyo., checks a man's identification card before the man comes into the International Zone in Baghdad Jan. 7. Daugherty, along with his fellow troopers from 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, man the entry control points on the roads leading into the IZ.)

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