CENTCOM NEWS RELEASES

September 26, 2003
Release Number: 03-09-23

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

IRAQIS ASSUME FACILITIES PROTECTION RESPONSIBILITIES

MOSUL, Iraq – Coalition forces turned over responsibility for the Facility Protection Security Forces to the Iraqis during a formal change of responsibility ceremony held Sept. 23 in Mosul.

On hand were one platoon of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and two platoons of the FPSF.

Coalition forces will continue to be involved in the training and equipping of the FPSF.

The FPSF is meant to supplement the Iraqi Police Force in and around Mosul by patrolling the streets and standing guard at infrastructure facilities.

There are approximately 3,000 FPSF personnel guarding 123 separate sites in Mosul and the surrounding area.



September 26, 2003
Release Number: 03-09-24

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

4TH ID SOLDIERS ASSIST CLINICS DURING IMMUNIZATION DAY

TIKRIT, Iraq-Fourth Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade’s soldiers along with local Iraqi healthcare workers provided immunizations for Iraqi children during the monthly Immunization Day in Ba’qubah on Sep. 22.

Immunization Day, which happens each month on the 22nd, allows children to receive vaccines for such health problems as diarrhea-induced illnesses and upper respiratory infections.

Mobile inoculation teams, working with the five clinics in Ba’qubah, provide immunizations to more than 750 children a month on Immunization Day.