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Water Facility Opens in Salman Pak
Local Iraqi leaders and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers held a reopening ceremony for the Bawi water pump and filter facility Dec.13 in Salman Pak in Baghdad’s Kadamiyah district. This water facility has the ability to provide water to almost all of the major areas of the Mada’in Qada and many of the minor areas too. “Before the plant was reconstructed the volume of the water produced could only reach half the residents of Salman Pak and then only if power wasn’t out,†said Staff Sgt. Douglas King, team sergeant for Civil Affairs Team 32, attached to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, MND-B. “Now there are four pumps and two large generators which can provide water to most of the Mada’in and without worrying … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Task Force Marne Surge Turns Around Iraqi Provinces
A mix of force, good governance and economic stimuli has resulted in a turnaround for an area in Iraq that once was a hotbed of Sunni and Shiite insurgents. The 3rd Infantry Division’s 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team is completing a 15-month tour as part of Multinational Division Center, and the unit commander, Army Col. Wayne W. Grigsby Jr., spoke to Pentagon reporters yesterday about the deployment. The “Sledgehammer†brigade arrived in February 2007 as part of the surge of additional forces into Iraq. Violent crime was out of control, Grigsby said, and al-Qaida in Iraq intimidated Sunni portions of the area, allowing the terrorist group to use them as safe havens. “In our time here, murders have declined by greater than 50 percent, from 631 in ’06 to 253 in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, Surge 2007, War on Terror
Refurbished school opens in Salman Pak
The only secondary school for girls in the Salman Pak area opened its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 24. Leaders of the Salman Pak Council, the Iraqi Army, the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, gathered in Salman Pak for the ceremony, which marked the completion of a $200,000 project initiated Feb. 28. Members of the Salman Pak Council brought the decrepit school to the attention of 1-15th Inf. Regt. leadership … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Salman Pak’s Ministry of Irrigation on Schedule
Salman Pak’s ministry of irrigation is on schedule with piping projects to restore drinking water for residents of Salman Pak and Dura’iya. The projects, funded by the government of Iraq, are focused on replacing water lines damaged over recent years. The GoI is increasing efforts to rebuild and restore basic services in the region, said Capt. Matthew Givens, projects planner for the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment. “Every project completed in Salman Pak and the surrounding regions are made possible by increased security,†he said. Givens, a native of Columbus, Ga., said projects like this one will eventually provide clean drinking water for the entire region. “It is only one example of renewed interest by the government of Iraq in services provided for the local people, here,†he said. Salman Pak is home … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Reopening of al Lej road
Task Force Marne Residents of Salman Pak and al Lej breathed a collective sigh of relief Feb. 29 as more than 150 Sons of Iraq, Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition forces leaders met to celebrate the reopening of the al Lej road, the main thoroughfare connecting Salman Pak and al Lej. The road had been closed to civilians after a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated at a traffic checkpoint, killing seven Iraqi National Policemen in May. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
1-15 Inf. Regt. an Outpost
DVIDS By Spc. Ben Hutto, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs Office When told that he and his Soldiers would be setting up the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team’s newest combat outpost with only a little more than three months left in their deployment, 1st Sgt. Arvento Collins was ready. “We get orders and we execute,†said Collins, from Wilson, N.C., Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment. “It wasn’t any different than any other task we’ve been given.†… Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, Surge 2007, War on Terror
Salman Pak Leaders Work to Revitalize Hospital
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 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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