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U.S. Military Saving More Iraqi Antiquities

November 4th, 2010 | Comments Off

U.S. Military Saving More Iraqi Antiquities

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, Iraq, Military, Rebuilding, War on Terror

North Carolina National Guard working to preserve Iraqi history

November 10th, 2009 | Comments Off

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

November 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment

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

Captain Sara Woods brings sweet water to Iraqis

August 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment

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

Generator Brings Power, More Jobs

April 16th, 2008 | Comments Off

I love the name of the company in this story. The Ready Made Clothing Company is ready to take on a greater load thanks to the donation of an 850-kilowatt generator to the factory in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, April 12. The factory currently operates at 10 percent of its former capacity, using only a small area of its complex. The new generator, for which the Baghdad-4 embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, coordinated delivery, will end bouts of intermittent power and increase job opportunities as well as production. The increased power will allow the factory to return to two shifts and significantly increase the number of employees, which now stands at 45. Mahmudiyah Qada Mayor Jabbar Farraj Mullah al-Chalabi thanked the ePRT and coalition forces for the … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror