Story and photo by Spc. Joshua R. Ford
3rd Brigade Combat Team
82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs
BAYJI — Providing security for facilities with economic and strategic importance has been one of the primary missions of Soldiers serving here. Helping Iraqis stem the corruption that was commonplace during Saddam Hussein’s reign often goes hand in hand with that mission.
When the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, deployed last August in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, leaders saw fit to place the task of providing security for the Bayji Oil Refinery to the paratroopers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, in hopes of preventing corruption and ensuring security. Capt. Kwenton Kuhlman, Company B’s commander, works diligently trying to end the corruption at the refinery and to help form a foundation which incoming units could continue to build on.
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(Photo: A U.S. Soldier mans a checkpoint near the Bayji Oil facilities. Official Department of Defense photo.)
3rd Brigade Combat Team
82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs
BAYJI — Providing security for facilities with economic and strategic importance has been one of the primary missions of Soldiers serving here. Helping Iraqis stem the corruption that was commonplace during Saddam Hussein’s reign often goes hand in hand with that mission.
When the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, deployed last August in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, leaders saw fit to place the task of providing security for the Bayji Oil Refinery to the paratroopers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, in hopes of preventing corruption and ensuring security. Capt. Kwenton Kuhlman, Company B’s commander, works diligently trying to end the corruption at the refinery and to help form a foundation which incoming units could continue to build on.
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(Photo: A U.S. Soldier mans a checkpoint near the Bayji Oil facilities. Official Department of Defense photo.)
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