Task Force Marne

To assess the water production of two windmill-powered ground water pumps in Narhwan, leaders from 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team and Multi-National Corps – Iraq visited two villages Mar. 1.

The first stop for Col. Ryan Kuhn, deputy commanding officer for 3rd HBCT, and Maj. Chris Hempel, agricultural officer from MNC-I Civil-Military Operations Cell, was the village of al Zatia, where they met with the head contractor for both windmill projects.

Analyzing the windmill-powered pumps potential for potable water production led him to consider using pumps for irrigation, Hempel, from Elizabeth, N.J., said.

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Capt. William Clark, from Prairie Du Chien, Wis., commander of Company A, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, looks through the operating room during a tour of a hospital in Salman Pak, Feb. 4.

DVIDS
By Sgt. Natalie Rostek, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division

Work is underway in Salman Pak to revitalize a hospital which has not been fully operational for approximately five years.

On Feb. 4, Soldiers and leaders from 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, and Team 915 of Company A, 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, from Knoxville, Tenn., currently attached to 1-15 Inf. Regt., visited the hospital.

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