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Brig. Gen. Gerald E. Lang (right), the Multi-National Division – South deputy commanding general for support and a Sauk Rapids, Minn., native, shares a laugh with Lt. Col. Clinton Moyer, the chief of Civil Operations with the 36th Sustainment Brigade out of Temple, Texas, and a Clearwater, Kan., native, and Shaykh Uday, during lunch, Nov. 19, at a home in southern Iraq. Photo by Spc. Lisa A. Cope, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). COL ADDER — The Multi-National Division – South deputy commanding general for support recently visited local shaykhs near here to discuss how the drawdown of U.S. forces will...

BASRAH — Col. Butch Kievenaar, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, met with key Basrah province shaykhs at the Basrah Operations Center here, June 16. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the brigade commander to the shaykhs, as well as discuss partnership as it’s related to the U.S.-Iraqi Security Agreement, said Maj. Richard Fierro, fire support officer for the brigade. The commander spoke with the shaykhs and explained to them what contributions the U.S. forces were bringing to the province. "Since we moved into the province, I wanted you to hear from me what...