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01-14-08, 08:30 PM
Marines live and work with Iraqi police
Published: Jan. 14, 2008 at 6:39 PM
HABBANIYAH, Iraq, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Marines from Company C, 1st Battalion conduct joint operations with Iraqi Police from Joint Security Stations inhabited by both forces.
Squad leader Cpl. Christopher Sevigny and his team have lived with Iraqi police in a secure Joint Security Structure for the past three weeks, a report from the 2nd Marine Division operating with the Multi-National Forces said.
"We live and conduct operations out of the JSS so, sooner rather than later, these people can stand up on their own and will no longer need our support," said 1st Lt. Alistair Howard, first platoon commander
Sevigny said the joint security patrols allow the local population to both grow more comfortable with the U.S. military presence in their cities and also to gain confidence in the capability of Iraqi security forces.
"It also allows the Iraqi populace to have reassured confidence in their own police and allow the police and Army to become more familiar with their area of operation and the people they protect," Sevigny said.
Squad leaders credit the joint operations with bringing life back to normal in areas that were once insurgent strongholds.
"We've kicked out the insurgents," Howard said. "And all of this; the station, the patrols and the IPs, is to make sure they don't come back."
Ellie
Published: Jan. 14, 2008 at 6:39 PM
HABBANIYAH, Iraq, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Marines from Company C, 1st Battalion conduct joint operations with Iraqi Police from Joint Security Stations inhabited by both forces.
Squad leader Cpl. Christopher Sevigny and his team have lived with Iraqi police in a secure Joint Security Structure for the past three weeks, a report from the 2nd Marine Division operating with the Multi-National Forces said.
"We live and conduct operations out of the JSS so, sooner rather than later, these people can stand up on their own and will no longer need our support," said 1st Lt. Alistair Howard, first platoon commander
Sevigny said the joint security patrols allow the local population to both grow more comfortable with the U.S. military presence in their cities and also to gain confidence in the capability of Iraqi security forces.
"It also allows the Iraqi populace to have reassured confidence in their own police and allow the police and Army to become more familiar with their area of operation and the people they protect," Sevigny said.
Squad leaders credit the joint operations with bringing life back to normal in areas that were once insurgent strongholds.
"We've kicked out the insurgents," Howard said. "And all of this; the station, the patrols and the IPs, is to make sure they don't come back."
Ellie