Humanitarian aid drops provide assistance

Courtesy Photo | Army Reserve Soldiers with the 411th Civil Affairs Company from Danbury, Conn., serving with the 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division have interpreters and Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 25th Brigade, 6th Iraqi army Division, help hand out food and water to people in the Mudafeen neighborhood of Mahmudiyah, April 6. (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback)  

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

04.10.2008

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3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

By 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq - Iraqi army and Rakkasan soldiers conducted three humanitarian aid drops, April 6 - 8.

Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 25th Brigade, 6th IA Division, along with 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, distributed multiple pallets of water, food and hygiene items in two separate drops, April 6. The supplies were dispersed through the Qadasiyah apartments, the neighborhood of al Mu'adefeen and a school in al Askery, all in the vicinity of Mahmudiyah.

The third drop took place in the town of Abu Farris, April 8, in a combined effort with Civil Affairs Team A, Company A, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, and Company B, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. That drop consisted of five pallets of water, one water purifier and two boxes of tea.

• Date Taken: 04.10.2008
• Date Posted: 04.11.2008 15:20
• Story ID: 18358
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ