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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
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
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
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
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