Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers and aviation assets discovered six rockets in a school yard in the Rashid District of the Iraqi capital June 17.At approximately 3 p.m., aircrews from the 4th Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment spotted suspicious looking objects in a school yard while investigating an area suspected as the point of origin for rocket fire against the International Zone in southern Baghdad.
Thirty minutes later, Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, arrived at the scene and found six Iranian-made 107mm rockets.
After the troops secured the area, an explosive ordnance disposal unit was called in and successfully disposed of the munitions. “Great teamwork and cooperation between vigilant Army aviators and our Soldiers prevented those rockets from being used against the people of Rashid and the Forces securing the district,” said Col. Ricky D. Gibbs, the 4th BCT’s commander.