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    Mississippi Guardsmen Become Pen Pals With Hometown Grade-schoolers [Image 5 of 14]

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    Mississippi Guardsmen Become Pen Pals With Hometown Grade-schoolers

    CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE Q-WEST, IRAQ

    12.30.2009

    Photo by Capt. Murray Shugars 

    15th Sustainment Brigade

    Iraqi Army Pvt. Meyd Abud (left) and Sgt. Alla Buel Hussein, members of 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, 26th Brigade, pose at the Al-Qyarrah pump station compound, the Tigris River source of water supplying Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Dec. 30 with a pair of "Flat Stanley" paper dolls used in a pen-pal program. Third-graders with Cheryl Hays' Discovery class at Mooreville Elementary School, Mooreville, Miss., sent the paper doll along with cards and letters to members of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, a mechanized infantry unit out of Hernando, Miss., that provides security for missions to the pump house and works closely with the Iraqi Army.

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    Date Taken: 12.30.2009
    Date Posted: 01.19.2010 09:31
    Photo ID: 241281
    VIRIN: 100119-A-9999S-005
    Resolution: 1800x1197
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    Location: CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE Q-WEST, IQ

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