It was midnight local time March 26 when the 221st Military Intelligence Battalion arrived in Kuwait. The war was in its seventh day. Command Sgt. Maj. Lance T. Rygmyr remembers that despite suffering from jet lag, the excitement and apprehension everyone seemed to be feeling filled the air.
"After arriving at Camp Wolf near the Kuwait International Airport, we linked up with the Army’s 513th Military Intelligence Brigade," related Rygmyr. "Part of the battalion remained at Doha while the remainder boarded busses and traveled 42 miles north to Udairi, the northernmost staging base in Kuwait." With the war already underway, the 3rd Infantry Division was streaking its way to Baghdad, and the 101st Airborne was moving out when the Georgia unit arrived at Udairi. Rygmyr said the 221st rolled up its sleeves and went to work.
Some of the members of Company A were among the first soldiers of the 513th to set foot in hostile territory. Their days and nights were spent gathering intelligence from enemy combatants and providing support to other government agencies, Rygmyr explained. The remainder of Company A stayed at Udairi continuing to train. The soldiers of Company H, realizing they weren’t going to get a conventional long range surveillance mission, immediately went into a training mode and "retooled" their efforts to fit the need for other missions.
"They spent an enormous amount of their energies on live fire training, and close-order combat drills," Rygmyr said. "The unit also provided other units with tactical and force protection and convoy security training. "At the same time, they mounted a quick reaction force that supported Udairi, and later a platoon became the main security force for elements of the 513th at Talill Air Base and Baghdad," he said.
LRS soldiers would also provide site and convoy security for teams working for the multinational Joint Captured Material Exploitation Center (JCMEC).
"After arriving at Camp Wolf near the Kuwait International Airport, we linked up with the Army’s 513th Military Intelligence Brigade," related Rygmyr. "Part of the battalion remained at Doha while the remainder boarded busses and traveled 42 miles north to Udairi, the northernmost staging base in Kuwait." With the war already underway, the 3rd Infantry Division was streaking its way to Baghdad, and the 101st Airborne was moving out when the Georgia unit arrived at Udairi. Rygmyr said the 221st rolled up its sleeves and went to work.
Some of the members of Company A were among the first soldiers of the 513th to set foot in hostile territory. Their days and nights were spent gathering intelligence from enemy combatants and providing support to other government agencies, Rygmyr explained. The remainder of Company A stayed at Udairi continuing to train. The soldiers of Company H, realizing they weren’t going to get a conventional long range surveillance mission, immediately went into a training mode and "retooled" their efforts to fit the need for other missions.
"They spent an enormous amount of their energies on live fire training, and close-order combat drills," Rygmyr said. "The unit also provided other units with tactical and force protection and convoy security training. "At the same time, they mounted a quick reaction force that supported Udairi, and later a platoon became the main security force for elements of the 513th at Talill Air Base and Baghdad," he said.
LRS soldiers would also provide site and convoy security for teams working for the multinational Joint Captured Material Exploitation Center (JCMEC).
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