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Engineering Success in Iraq
The Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq J7 (Engineer) not only has engineers from three branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, it also boasts support from our Coalition partners. Lt. Col. Samuel Ruiz from El Salvador has devoted six months of his hard work and engineering expertise to MNSTC-I to deliver facilities for the Iraqi Security Forces. Since he arrived in Baghdad in August 2008, Ruiz has been directly involved in program management of infrastructure projects at Iraq’s largest military supply depot in Taji and at the Iraqi Army Service Support Institute, as well as Iraqi Air Force facilities at Rustamiyah. U.S. Army Maj. Tom Heinold was assigned to sponsor Ruiz when he first arrived. “Since I knew the most Spanish in J7, I went to pick up Lt. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Military, Our Allies, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Operation Continuing Promise 2008 – 5
“being involved in this kind of thing and doing this kind of work is what they joined the Navy for” Boxer is home in San Diego, after successful stops in three Latin American nations. Operation Continuing Promise ’08 was designed to provide medical assistance and education to people in Guatemala, El Salvador and Peru. A contingent of SeaBees were aboard tasked to engage in repair and reconstruction activities at various sites in the host countries. And a load of materials donated by Project Handclasp, books and other supplies, was along to be distributed where needed. A Bloggers’ Roundtable on June 26 with Navy Capt. Peter Dallman, commander of Amphibious Squadron 5, filled in more of the details. The transcript is here [PDF file]. This was a two month mission, shorter than many that … Read entire article »
Our Best: Public Health Service Babe
SONSONATE, El Salvador (May 19, 2008) U.S. Public Health Service’s Lt. Elizabeth Leavitt, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), takes a break to spend some time with Salvadoran children during continuing Promise (CP) 2008. Boxer is deployed in support of the Pacific phase of CP, an equal partnership mission between the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador and Peru. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Brian R. Williams … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Best: Military Women
Cuscatlán Battalion Delivers Medical Supplies in Kut
Salvadoran Col. Walter Arevalo, the commander of Cuscatlán Battalion X, talks with the al Kut director general of health, April 1. The Salvadoran Cuscatlán Battalion delivered $4 million in medical supplies to the al Kut director general of health warehouse, April 1. “It is very important to provide more resources to the people of Iraq. We want to provide supplies to those who need it,†said Col. Walter Arevalo, commander of Cuscatlán Battalion X. Even though there … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Our Allies, Rebuilding, Terrorist Death Watch, War on Terror
Roads Give Villages Life Line
Capt. Zaor Makaradze, the 1st Georgian Infantry Brigade civil-military affairs officer, gives snacks to residents of a village near Shaykh Saad, Iraq. The 214th Fires Brigade, the 1st Georgian Infantry Brigade, and El Salvador’s Cuscatlan Battalion work together to identify civil-military projects that will have an immediate impact on the villages surrounding coalition checkpoints. DVIDS Sgt. 1st Class Stacy Niles, 214th Fires Brigade PAO Passable roads are something that are taken for granted in developed countries, but in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Military, Our Allies, Rebuilding, War on Terror
School Gets New Classrooms
Please not that this is being spearheaded by our allies from El Salvador. DVIDS Sgt. 1st Class Stacy Niles 214th FB, PAO Three hundred students in the village of al Yousofia gained four new classrooms and a terrace at their school Feb. 7. The addition at Adil Nassir Primary School expanded the school from eight rooms to 12 rooms and added a terrace, said Lt. Col. Tito Miranda, the 9th Cuscatlán Battalion’s civil affairs commander. The school houses grades one through six and the addition helped relieve overcrowding at the school, said Miranda. After the sixth grade, some students continue their secondary education at the al Kut high school, but most go to work. An agricultural community that grows onions, Al Yousofia village is home to approximately 500 families and has benefited from three other coalition projects … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Military, Our Allies, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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