“It’s really good to see the people of Basrah receiving the help and assistance that they need from the Iraqi army,” said Spc. Christina R. Kreite, 206th Military Police Company, 17th FB and native of Long Island, N.Y. “We’ve been training them to handle these types of situations and there was a time when a crowd this large would have been a bit overwhelming for the Iraqi army. But this shows just how far they’ve come.”