U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Phillips, assigned to Alpha Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, helps a local child with repairs to his book bag during a visit to the newly constructed schoolhouse in Husseinia, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to Bravo Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team, speak with U.S. soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division at a checkpoint outside of Diyarah, Iraq, Dec. 20, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas J. Lapinski
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to A Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, and the Iraqi Army Special Troops Company, 9th Mechanized Brigade, conduct a Community Health Operation Program Service mission in Sobak Sur, Iraq, Dec. 26, 2005. These programs are routinely held to bring much needed health care to areas that ordinarily would be unable to receive such services. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to A Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, visit a water treatment facilty in Rashadiya, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2005. The visit was to ensure that pipes which had been improperly installed were being removed to make way for new pipe to be installed. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill