720th
December 2003 Battalion Time Line
~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~
This Page Last Updated   2 April 2008
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Saddam Hussein Captured
 

13 December, Anwar, Iraq U.S. forces captured Saddam Hussein as he hid in the bottom of a hole at a farmhouse near Tikrit. The former Iraqi dictator was captured at 2030 hours (8:30 PM) in a well disguised spider hole next to a farmhouse in the town of Adwar, 10 miles from Tikrit, ending one of the most intense manhunts in history. Hussein had been on the run since the fall of Baghdad to U.S. forces on April 9.
 
19 December, Sammura, Iraq As a direct result of the ambush in Sammura on 30 November, and the lack of effective Iraqi civil police (IP) activity in the city, Major General Ray Odierno, Commander Task Force Iron Horse, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), assigned LTC David Portier to have the 720th rebuild and reform the Sammura Police Force, as they had successfully done with the Tikrit and Salah Ad Din provincial police forces.
4th ID
 
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        The task involved field and classroom training, coordinating Iraqi Police and MP patrols, rebuilding and refurbishing of seven police stations in the city, as well as working with 4th Infantry Division engineers to provide adequate defensive fortifications for the buildings, and providing new vehicles, radios, uniforms, and weapons, such as Glock 19 handguns. Experience revealed that the IP can better relate to working combined patrols with the MP’s than with infantry soldiers.
 
22 December, Iraq Members of the 2nd Platoon, 64th MP Company, "Wolfpack," at FOB Iron Horse, Tikrit, Iraq.
 
25 December, Christmas Day, Iraq Members of the 2nd Platoon, "Wolfpack," 64th MP Company, enjoying Christmas dinner in the Chow Hall at Tikrit, Iraq, FOB Iron Horse.