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Burn Notice actors spend time with soldiers
On television, actor Jeff Donovan plays a defunct spy who has expertise in explosives and weapons. Recently, however, at Combat Outpost Meade, south of Baghdad, it was Donovan who took pointers from the Soldiers of 113th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team. Donovan was accompanied by Don Campbell, military advisor for the tour, and Bruce Campbell, Don Campbell’s brother, and also a cast mate of Donovan. Bruce Campbell is a star in his own right, from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Military, War on Terror
North Carolina National Guard working to preserve Iraqi history
What may look like large, weathered mounds of dirt in rural farmland near Mahmudiyah are actually artifact-filled ruins of an ancient civilization. Soldiers of the North Carolina National Guard’s 120th Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, surveyed the sites, here, recently, with officials from the Government of Iraq’s Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism to examine ways to preserve and protect two ancient Sumerian sites from looters. The complexes of dirt mounds – Tal Aldair and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Antiquities and Ruins, History, Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
A frozen chicken in every Iraqi pot
U.S. Soldiers lent their agriculture and engineering expertise, Oct. 31, to help bring a chicken processing plant into operation; one that will provide food and jobs. North Carolina Guardsmen with 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, who have agribusiness and engineering backgrounds, visited the al-Kien plant near Mahmudiyah to offer advice and seek ways to help the plant begin operations. Capt. Bobby Lumsden, the battalion’s operations officer, walked through the plant with owner … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Microgrants awarded in southern Baghdad
Nine Iraqi businessmen in southern Baghdad gave broad smiles and many thanks as they received micro-grant payouts, Sept. 21, from Soldiers of A Troop, 150th Armored Reconnaissance Squadron, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, that improve economic conditions in their communities. Funding allocated through the brigade commander’s Emergency Relief Fund was distributed to the businesses in the al-Radwaniyah, Mufargi and Fetoah marketplaces, about 15 miles southwest of Baghdad. “This was my first time giving out micro-grants,” said Sgt. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Canals bring potable water to Iraqis
A series of intertwined, water-filled canals create a patchwork of green fields, abundant in crops near the section of al-Zooba, here, in Baghdad. The intricate irrigation system provides essential water to the local farms but not to its inhabitants. “Potable water makes the difference between getting disease. For us, it’s the difference between life and death,” said Spc. Stephen Palac, a combat medic, about the importance of available drinking water. “There are all kinds of bad organisms … Read entire article »
Filed under: Green, Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Captain Sara Woods brings sweet water to Iraqis
Capt. Sara Woods calls it “sweet water;” the clean, potable ground water that hides under the dusty farmland at a depth of about 20 meters. That sweet water is the key to helping rural Iraqis enjoy greater health and more productive livestock. Woods is the chief of Civil Affairs Team 31, currently attached to the North Carolina National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, and her job is to help Iraqis … Read entire article »
Filed under: Humanitarian Assistance, Iraq, Military, Our Best: Military Women, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Our Best: Female Military Police in Iraq
Yessenia Morales, of High Point, N.C., and Spc. Felicia Sloan, of Lumberton, N.C., are two military police Soldiers that serve as mine resistant ambush protected vehicle drivers in security details for the command group of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team. Morales, one of two females on her protection team, looks after Col. Greg Lusk, the North Carolina Army National Guard brigade’s commander, while Sloan, one of three females on hers, protects the brigade’s Command Sgt. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Best: Military Women
Real World – Baghdad
A two-man team from MTV’s “Real World” program spent a week at Joint Security Station Saydiyah here filming the final portions of a follow-up story on one of the show’s former participants. Army Spc. Ryan Conklin of the North Carolina National Guard’s Company B, 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, starred in the Brooklyn edition of the show and received notice of his deployment during filming. MTV followed the Gettysburg, Pa., native through part … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Military, Television, War on Terror
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