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  • Soldiers Build Hope in Assriya

    04/04/2008 3:54:47 PM PDT · by SandRat · 3 replies · 83+ views
    Multi-National Force - Iraq ^ | Spc. Andrea Merritt, USA
    ASSRIYA — The Soldiers of Battery A, 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery, a California National Guard unit attached to the 1103rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, spend most of their nights conducting convoy security missions. Although they have a job that requires them to be nocturnal, a few of the Soldiers have chosen to use their daylight hours to work in a village located outside of Camp Taji. Since February, Soldiers of 2nd Platoon, Battery A, 1st Bn., 143rd FA, use their personal time between missions to deliver supplies and make repairs to schools in the village of...