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Second Dispatch: Night Ops
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Maj. Brendon Fitzgerald, executive officer of 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, talks on the radio during the night mission Operation Battle Spear Monday. The brigade sent several battalions to breach the city called Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center to take back the area from enemy forces and bring back stability and governance. - photo by Cailtin Kenney
FORT POLK, La. — This is my second dispatch from my embed with 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at the Joint Readiness Training Center. It's Wednesday, and I've been in the box for four days now. The days are really starting to blend together.