By Pfc. Bradley J. Clark4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs
FOB MAREZ — Soldiers re-enlist in the Army everyday, but for one Soldier with the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, re-enlisting was an experience far from ordinary.
Frankenmuth, Mich., native, Pfc. Daniel Weber, cavalry scout, 2nd Platoon, Troop B, 1-9 Cav., re-enlisted June 13 only hours after being involved in an improvised explosive device attack in Mosul, Iraq.
“I was planning on re-enlisting that day for a while now,” said Weber. “Why should I let something like this change my mind?”
Weber’s company commander, Capt. Bradley Nelson, was in a convoy heading to Forward Operating Base Marez for a meeting and Weber just hitched a ride so he could re-enlist.
“We were riding along just fine when we heard over the radio that Delta Troop was in some trouble, so we decided to turn around and help them out because we had a medic with us,” said Weber.
When the convoy had decided to turn around, Weber, along with his fellow Soldiers, was surprised at what happened next.
An improvised explosive device detonated right beside their vehicle.
(PHOTO: Pfc. Daniel Weber, cavalry scout, 2nd Platoon, Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment re-enlists June 13 at the helicopter landing pad on Forward Operating Base Marez, Iraq. Just hours prior to Weber re-enlisting, he was wounded in and improvised explosive device attack. Photo by Ted Tae, Platoon Magazine.)
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