Soldiers from Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, help unload 200 backpacks for the children at a school in Al Zatia Oct. 21. (Photo by 3rd HBCT, 3rd Inf. Div.)
FOB Hammer, Friday, 26 October 2007 00:00
Soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team delivered 200 backpacks to children at a local school in Al Zatia Oct. 21. The delivery was one in a series of bag drops the Soldiers have conducted.
More than 10,000 back packs have been delivered to date, according to Maj. James Carlisle, from West Palm Beach, Fla., 3rd HBCT civil-military operations officer.
Soldiers from Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment brought the packs to the school after meeting with local leaders earlier in the week to asses their needs.
“The children, teachers and school administrators appreciated the support and look forward to a continuous relationship,” said Capt. Pat Moffett, from Manhattan Beach, Calif., the commander of Battery A. “The muqtar of the village was out there to help us with the bag drop and he helped set up another one the following day.”
Moffet explained that Battery A has been working with the Concerned Local Citizens in Al Zatia to provide a safe secure area there.
“Al Zatia is the first neighborhood outside of FOB Hammer,” Moffett said. “The proximity of the town to us makes it an important area for us to focus on. We viewed this as an opportunity to help the people in that area.”
Members of the Iraqi media were present to report on the event.
The 1-10 FA Regt. is part of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Benning, Ga., and has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March.
Soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team delivered 200 backpacks to children at a local school in Al Zatia Oct. 21. The delivery was one in a series of bag drops the Soldiers have conducted.
More than 10,000 back packs have been delivered to date, according to Maj. James Carlisle, from West Palm Beach, Fla., 3rd HBCT civil-military operations officer.
Soldiers from Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment brought the packs to the school after meeting with local leaders earlier in the week to asses their needs.
“The children, teachers and school administrators appreciated the support and look forward to a continuous relationship,” said Capt. Pat Moffett, from Manhattan Beach, Calif., the commander of Battery A. “The muqtar of the village was out there to help us with the bag drop and he helped set up another one the following day.”
Moffet explained that Battery A has been working with the Concerned Local Citizens in Al Zatia to provide a safe secure area there.
“Al Zatia is the first neighborhood outside of FOB Hammer,” Moffett said. “The proximity of the town to us makes it an important area for us to focus on. We viewed this as an opportunity to help the people in that area.”
Members of the Iraqi media were present to report on the event.
The 1-10 FA Regt. is part of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Benning, Ga., and has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March.
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