Spc. Summitt, 982nd Combat Camera Company, shows a group of young girls video footage at the Al Fahada school in the Bayaa district of Baghdad. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mike Buytas.
Cpl. Justin P. Wilson, a Dubuque, Iowa native and a motor-vehicle operator with Engineer Support Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), interacts with Iraqi children at a construction site in Habbaniyah Oct. 13. About 100 Marines from 9th ESB participated in a three-day construction project to install protective barriers and security posts around the compound, helping prevent attacks from vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices and small-arms fire. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ben Eberle.
Sergeant First Class Lilly pulls guard duty and hangs with local children while his unit hands out school supplies. Official Department of Defense photo by Spc. Walton McJordan.
Navy Seaman Samuel L. Blanco, a hospital corpsman, hangs out with Iraqi children during a recent patrol in Husayba. He and the Marines of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, paused the patrol to spend time with the kids. Blanco, a 25-year old from Justin, Texas, serves under Regimental Combat Team 5.