Posted on 01/13/2008 6:31:03 AM PST by SandRat
As IA Soldiers distributed the wheelchairs, Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, who accompanied the IA troops, said they saw many smiling Iraqi faces.
The wheelchair distribution in Schmook Village is the first of two such humanitarian efforts in the area. Another 50 wheelchairs will be given to villagers next week, said Smith. Another project is in the works to fix the local swimming pool, which has been out of use for about three years, he added.
“It’s not only a swimming pool for the kids, but it is a therapeutic pool for the amputees,” said Smith, adding that the Schmook villagers were “very grateful” to receive the wheelchairs.
The villagers in Schmook who needed and received the wheelchairs can thank Iraqi Army Col. Ahmed Ehbrahim Bedor for the operation, claimed Smith.
“He provided security, he set up the locations for the chairs, brought families forward and greeted them and ensured that everyone that deserved a chair got a chair,” said Smith.
(Story by Spc. Grant T. Okubo, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs)
Thanks SandRat.
Thanks for posting the article.
The Iraqi soldiers are going to be the ‘new’ role models for young Iraqis.
Here they are demonstrating excellent moral values, and taking care of their own.
GOOD can win over EVIL.
Look for this to be avoided in the MSM.
Expect more of this from 4-1 Bde.
They are being redesignated as 4-11 and permanently home based in east Baghdad. So they are introducing themselves to the new home.
Notice that the INP has also increased this type of activity and started graduating public affairs officers. To rehabilitate thier tarnished reputation...
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