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If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

-- Sun Tzu

Operation Iron Bullet (July 2003)

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In July 2003, Charlie Battery of 1st Armored Divison launched Operation Iron Bullet. Operation Iron Bullet was designed to collect dangerous ordinance in Baghdad and transport it out of the city where it can be safely handled or destroyed. This includes rockets, mortars and other unexploded munitions.

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