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    Mississippi Guardsmen Become Pen Pals With Hometown Grade-schoolers [Image 13 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. Ali Radi, a member of 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, 26th Brigade, poses at the Al-Qyarrah pump station compound, the Tigris River source of water supplying Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Dec. 30, with "Flat Stanley," a paper doll 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 09:33
    Photo ID: 241289
    VIRIN: 100119-A-9999S-013
    Resolution: 1499x1800
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    Location: CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE Q-WEST, IQ

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