15th Sustainment Brigade
Mississippians mark six months securing Q-West entry control point
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Staff Sgt. Nicholas Hughes (left), sergeant of the guard and native of Batesville, Miss., briefs Spc. Ryan E. Ohlendorf (middle), a native of Horn Lake, Miss., and Pfc. Quintavis B. Byrd, a native of Tutwiler, Miss., during entry control point operations of Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Jan. 10. The men serve with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, a mechanized infantry unit out of Hernando, Miss., that provides force protection to Q-West. This day marked the unit’s sixth month of ECP operations. There have been no security breaches during their tenure.
Mississippians mark six months securing Q-West entry control point
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Staff Sgt. Nicholas Hughes (left), sergeant of the guard and native of Batesville, Miss., briefs Spc. Ryan E. Ohlendorf (middle), a native of Horn Lake, Miss., and Pfc. Quintavis B. Byrd, a native of Tutwiler, Miss., during entry control point operations of Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Jan. 10. The men serve with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, a mechanized infantry unit out of Hernando, Miss., that provides force protection to Q-West. This day marked the unit’s sixth month of ECP operations. There have been no security breaches during their tenure.