3-1 Cavalry Protects Local Road Workers

Multi-National Division - Center Media Release HQ, MND-Center Baghdad, Iraq
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3-1 Cavalry Protects Local Road Workers
Story by Spc. Ben Hutto, 3rd HBCT Public Affairs

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – Soldiers from Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, provided security for local road workers as they prepared roads outside of Al Zatia, 20 miles east of Baghdad, Thursday.

Local civilian contractors were hired to grade, repair and clean up roads in Al Zatia. The local workers will continue this “route sanitation” project all the way to the town of Sabah Nissan, nine miles east toward Baghdad.

“We are assisting the local population here,” said Capt. Tavares Tukes, the personnel officer for 3-1 Cavalry, from Savannah, Ga. “We are helping to provide jobs and a safe environment so the workers can ensure that the people there have safe transportation and a clean environment. This project really helps everyone involved.”

Workers are busy improving checkpoints, filling potholes, cleaning up trash and grading the roads in the area. “We are doing everything possible to work with the Iraqi police to ensure the safety of the workers,” explained Tukes. “We want to help make sure their progress is not hindered by (the enemy).