CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq – Multi-National Force –West Marines discovered an explosive-remnants-of-war stockpile near Haditha Sept. 23.The Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, currently assigned to Camp Pendleton-based Regimental Combat Team 5, discovered the munitions while on patrol approximately 20 miles west of the city.
"This find demonstrates the post PIC (Provincial Iraqi Control) capabilities of an Iraqi Police force in the lead, using its own intelligence to take the fight to the enemy by depriving him of a significant supply of ammunition,” said Lt. Col. Steven J. Grass, the battalion commander of Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5. "It was a big win."
Among the contents of the find were approximately 10,000 82 mm rounds, 106 155 mm rounds, one 100 mm projectile, 19 rockets, and one rocket tube.