SATTACK, Iraq (October 13, 2008) – Navy Lt. Chris Owston, a Medical Officer with Task Force 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, checks an Iraqi girl’s throat, Oct. 13. At the request of the local city council, Owston evaluated more than 40 children and was pleased to find no signs of malnourishment or poor health. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Schmidt)

DVIDS
By Spc. Ricardo Branch
1st Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs

The dark haired little girl talks excitedly with her friends while clutching her new shiny red notebook. She breathes heavily as she runs to one Soldier then the next, stopping to take a photo now and then. The dirt kicks up leaving trails of dust behind the happy girl running around the area.

Her name is Soha Ali Nuri, she is 6-years-old, and wants to be a doctor one day to help her country. The little girl now has an opportunity for that dream thanks to supplies, like her notebook donated from people in the United States.

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