Courtesy Photo | 71st Corps Support Battalion Soldiers snap pictures of students at the First Tal Apta...... read more read more
Sgt. Rachel Brune
101st Sustainment Bde
TAL APTA, Iraq - Soldiers from units across Q-West Base Complex came together to contribute to a humanitarian mission in a boys" elementary school April 11 here.
Soldiers from units under the 71st Corps Support Battalion and 101st Brigade Troops Battalion handed out bags of school supplies to about 420 students at the First Tal Apta Primary School.
In coordination with Sgt. Brian Hawthorne, civil affairs NCO, Company A, 401st Civil Affairs Battalion, and four Strykers from Company A, 52nd Infantry Regiment, the Soldiers also delivered medical supplies to a local clinic.
Elected mayor, Abdul Rahman, invited Lt. Col. Russell Livingston, 71st CSB commander, and several other Soldiers to speak with him about improvements in the local area and join him for lunch.
Spc. Bassam Abdo, 109th Transportation Company, motor transport operator, an Arabic-speaking Soldier, served as an informal interpreter during the session, although Rahman's English skills allowed him to get along without interpretation.
The Soldiers left additional items at the mayor's office to be donated to the poor of the village.
| Date Taken: | 05.01.2006 |
| Date Posted: | 05.01.2006 15:24 |
| Story ID: | 6199 |
| Location: | TAL AFAR, IQ |
| Web Views: | 186 |
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