U.S. Task Force Tarawa seized and secured a hospital and the surrounding compound in An Nasiriyah, Iraq, March 25, 2003. The compound was being used as a staging area for Iraqi para-military forces. Marines of 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, captured about 170 Iraqi soldiers, along with a cache of over 200 weapons and stockpiles of ammunition,and over 3,000 chemical suits with masks and Iraqi uniforms.