Interactions With Iraqi Children

Scenes of military personnel engaging with local Iraqi children, showcasing camaraderie and aid in various settings during operations in Iraq.

060228-A-7969G-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A1-187

050728-A-5930C-001. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030421-M-4066S-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ash Shatrah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON 371

Gorczynski.FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq ñ 2nd Lt. Daniel Gorczynski, a native of Glen Gardner, N.J. and fire support officer for Company C, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division ñ Baghdad, shares a smile with some Iraqi children during a backpack handout at the Al-Ka-Dee-Sia Elementary School Oct. 16 in the Risalah community of southern Baghdad.

051121-A-5567G-023. Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A 490TH CA

030503-F-2034C-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031022-F-7709W-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

030814-A-8887A-027. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Quosh Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060228-A-7969G-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A1-187

020530-M-9902V-025. Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

050914-A-9154J-483. Complete Scene Caption: Brig Gen. Mark E. O'Neill, Third Infantry Division Assistant Division Commander for Support, stopped at several locations in Sadr City Sept. 14, 2005 to talk to residents about reconstruction efforts in their community and how things were changing. He visited one of the new 27 compact water units capable of producing 15,000 liters of fresh, drinking water daily; areas where new electrical lines and new water lines were being installed, a road paving project, and a new fire station."Our goal is that residents in all areas of Sadr City can report they are seeing progress,"says LT. COL. Jamie Gayton, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Brigade Troops Battalion Commander, who hosted the tour with COL. Joseph DiSalvo, 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team Commander. Nearly $86.5 million in infrastructure improvements have been completed in Sadr City with an additional $246 million currently ongoing. (Gulf Region Division photos by Norr

050630-A-9930K-069. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

040605-F-7152S-016. Base: Owens Community College State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Army Soldier from Charlie Company, 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division interacts with local children during a patrol in Muqadiyah, Iraq, Sept. 20, 2007.

US Marine Lance Corporal Gregory Hughes, a SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) GUNNER with Third Platoon, India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13TH Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), stops for a refreshing drink from a coconut that the local children offered with gratitude during a Humanitarian Assistance Operation, East Timor, September 2000. US Marines and Sailors from Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group spent three days in East Timor providing Medical and Community Relations Services to help rebuild the war torn nation. Subject Operation/Series: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OPERATION, EAST TIMOR Base: Arturo Island Country: East Timor (TMP)

1st Lt. John Busuego, a native of Ontario, Calif., seizing the moment by photographing a small group of children in Baghdad's Adhamiyah security district on Aug. 19, 2008. Busuego is the economics development coordinator for the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad.

Capt. Adam Hoffmann from Milwaukee, Wi of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team 4th Infantry Division stops to talk to a child while conducting a patrol in a local market in the city of Baghdad on October 22, 2008. They are conducting the patrol to show a strong presence in the local community. ( U.S. Army

051029-N-1261P-124. Base: Muzafarrabad State: Azad Kashmir Country: Pakistan (PAK)

040411-M-5440-005. Base: Al Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060326-A-5745M-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

030405-M-4419R-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

U.S. Army Soldiers attached to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment question an Iraqi civilians during the search for three missing Soldiers in the streets of Yusifiyah, Iraq, May 16, 2007.

050717-A-9154J-425. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Husseiniya State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: BAGHDAD

070503-A-4520N-981. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050114-A-9039F-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Asadabad State: Kunar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

031022-F-7709W-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

030823-F-6844O-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060117-A-5745M-046. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

050506-M-4314O-035. Base: Azragya State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: IIF

030823-M-7837W-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Lance CPL. William Kazy gets a low-five from a Kurdish evacuee while he and his partner Lance CPL. Derrell Cason walk their post during a Marine Joint Task Force operation. Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Tiyan State: Guam Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

050718-A-9039F-077. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

030605-M-1849L-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

051117-A-9297R-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

060215-A-0527A-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mouricio Mota from the 4th Civil Affairs Group (CAG) speaks to children during a Medical Assessment in Akashat, Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ar Rutbar State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030518-M-5266H-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 25-Feb

050113-N-8668H-067. Base: Meulaboh Mosque State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: Disaster releif

060108-A-9999B-061. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Shiftah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 4TH ID

060804-N-0553R-011. Base: San Fernando Country: Philippines (PHL)

Staff Sgt. Joseph Perminas, an Antioch, Ill., native, takes a ride on a bike with a little help from children in the Istaqlal Qada, northeast of Baghdad, Aug. 1, 2008. Perminas serves as an infantry squad leader with Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment attached to the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

030523M-0367H-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd BN 7th MAR

.S. Army soldiers visit children in a classroom at Alethar Elementary School, in Amariyah, Iraq, Aug. 12, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Troop C, 10th Cavalry.

Sgt. 1st Class Kris Alvey of Goose Creek, South Carolina, 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard plays with Afghan children outside a school in southern Kabul, Afghanistan.

041116-M-4855P-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Habbaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Task Force Chosin interacts with local Syrian children during partnered patrols with the Syrian Democratic Forces in North East Syria, June 16, 2022. Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve continues to advise, assist, and enable partner forces in designated areas of Syria to set conditions for long-term security.

060128-A-0527A-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A U.S. Army Soldier from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division hands out candy to Iraqi children at the Abu Nuwas fish market area in the Rusafa security district in East Baghdad, Iraq, April 23, 2007.

060117-A-5745M-039. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

030430-M-5972A-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031111-F-9629J-029. Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

040515-M-8683D-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Surobi Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d BN 6th Mar

U.S. Soldier assigned to Attack Company 1/32 Infantry, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division assist with medical treatment for local child in Syria on June. 20, 2022. Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve continues to advise, assist, and enable partner forces in designated areas of Syria to set conditions for long-term security.

051121-A-5567G-017. Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A 490TH CA

Local Haitians stand in line for some earthquake relief (food and water) being handed out by the U.S. Army Soldiers with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., on Jan. 20, 2010 at the stadium in Port au Prince, Haiti for Operation Unified Response. A devastating earthquake hit the region on Jan. 12, 2010. Since then USSOUTHCOM has distributed more than 636,951 bottles of water and more than 473,325 Humanitarian Daily Rations.

050712-A-8255A-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hiazm State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers with the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps pass out clothes and toys to Serb refugees who live in an abandoned building in Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

SGT Ray Greene, right, stands by ready to help SSGT Driggers move the less serious "accident victims" onto a stretcher during Operation Beta, a civil defense exercise staged at Miami International Airport. Subject Operation/Series: BETA Base: Miami State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041227-M-2353F-018. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Marine Corps LT. COL. Michael R. Ramos (right) and 1ST LT. Fakhoury (second from right), both with Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division, talk with Iraqi civilians collecting supplies and humanitarian assistance from U.S. Marine Corps Bravo Company, Combat Service Support Group 15, 2nd Transportation Service Battalion, Marines at Jolan Park in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Dec. 27, 2004, during Operation Al Fajr. Operation Al Fajr is part of the ongoing Security and Stabilization Operation against insurgent forces in Fallujah being conducted during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Jeremy W. Ferguson) (Released) Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Ghanaian Army members treat local civilians during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) in Karaga, Ghana, June 11, 2022. MEDCAPs serve as temporary field clinics to provide limited medical treatment to the local population.

060305-N-7586B-032. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Hammerhead Headquarters Batter

U.S. Army Sgt. Jennye Austin, with the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, shakes hands with a child at Chabelley Village, Djibouti, June 9, 2022. While visiting the village, Airmen with the 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron and Soldiers with Task Force Red Dragon built a swing set for the village school, assessed the schools electricity, and gave out clothes, toys, and sweets to children.

U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Nancy Blum, left, Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element field medical officer, escorts U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala William W. Popp, center, during a tour April 27, 2022, in the Tuixcox community of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. In partnership with the Guatemala Ministry of Health, JTF-B provided womens health, preventative medicine, triage, primary care, dental and pharmacy care to more than 450 people in two days. These efforts enhance stability, increase readiness through medical training and showcase our enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity in the region.

Afghan children crowd around U.S. Army Sgt. John M. Davis, a team leader for 3rd Platoon, Mad Dog Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment from Vilseck, Germany, during a patrol near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, April 14. Davis, a Pocatello, Idaho, native, has a working proficiency of Pashto, one of the main languages in Afghanistan, and often speaks with children during patrols.

030214-F-3961R-003. Subject Operation/Series: COPE TIGER 2003 Base: Korat Country: Thailand (THA)

030413-M-0175R-103. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Emily Batchelor, a public affairs specialist with the 176th Wing from Eagle River, explains how service members from Joint Task Force - Bethel are going to repair a damaged porched as part of Operation Merbok Response in Toksook Bay, Alaska, Sept. 24, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)

040715-M-5505M-031. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060127-A-1526R-065. Base: Poptun State: Peten Country: Guatemala (GTM) Scene Major Command Shown: 94TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL

060105-A-5745M-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MNT 2ND BDE

050816-A-0575B-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

050718-A-9039F-065. Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

An army man plays with a child during an encounter. Seven militants were killed and three civilians and four from the armed forces were injured in two separate gunfights in South Kashmir, which reported the highest spike of casualties in a single day this year in the region. Kashmir.

051121-A-5567G-001. Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A 490TH CA

041208-F-3005G-008. Base: Unknown Country: United States Of America (USA)

050718-A-9039F-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

Aviation Training Center - Mobile Aircrew - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-279-209. Hurricane Katrina

060326-A-1211S-051. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Sept. 14, 2015) Lt. Ashley Rohrman, a registered nurse from Zionsville, Ind., assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va., interacts with patients at a medical site established at St. Luc Hospital during Continuing Promise 2015. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet-conducted deployment to conduct civil-military operations including humanitarian-civil assistance, subject matter expert exchanges, medical, dental, veterinary and engineering support and disaster response to partner nations and to show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean.

U.S. Army Sgt. Lidya Admounabdfany writes down information from a local woman at the Woman's Center near the Zhari District Center outside of Forward Operating Base Pasab, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2011. Admounabdfany is a member of 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division's Female Engagement Team and is gathering information from women so the FET can distribute blankets and winter clothing to the women and their families.

U.S. Soldier assigned to Attack Company 1/32 Infantry, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division engage with the local populace in Syria on June. 15, 2022. Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve continues to advise, assist, and enable partner forces in designated areas of Syria to set conditions for long-term security.

050720-A-1566H-019. Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 9, 2022) - Family members welcome home their Sailors, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), in Naval Station Norfolk, Oct. 9. Porter returned to Naval Station Norfolk after completing seven years of service and 11 patrols at Naval Station Rota, Spain as a Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) destroyer.

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John A. Barton, 5th Fighter Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska hands out candy to Kurdish children in a village in northern Iraq. LTC Barton is deployed to Iraq from Turkey to help support the no-fly zone. From AIRMAN Magazine October 1995 article "Comfort Zone". Base: Zakhu Compound Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060405-F-2869F-030. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Spc. Diamond Hoohuli of Nanakuli, Hawaii, distributes milk to the children of the Ban Pong Wua School in rural Thailand as part of the Cobra Gold joint humanitarian mission hosted at the Ban Nong Buatong School in the Chanthaburi District of Thailand Jan. 24 to Feb. 11. Present on the new classroom facility job site were the Hawaii National Guard, 230th Engineer Company, Vertical and the Royal Thai Marine Engineer Battalion.

060815-N-1577S-011. Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19)

DA-ST-90-01402. Country: Honduras (HND)

US Air Force Chaplain Distributing Humanitarian Aid

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN (SR) Joseph Siddall, 374th Air Transportation Hospital, Yokota, Japan, administers immunization shots to Kurdish evacuees at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. Pacific Haven, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the U.S. Military, airlifted over 2100 Kurdish refugees from northern Iraq. The Refugees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States. US Airforce Senior Airman (SR) Joseph Siddall, 374th Air Transportation Hospital, Yokota, Japan, administers immunization shots to Kurdish evacuees at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. Pacific Haven, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the U.S. Military, airlifted over 2100 Kurdish refugees from northern Iraq. The Refugees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States.

020826-F-2706-008. Subject Operation/Series: MEDFLAG 2002 Base: Soroti Country: Uganda (UGA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Tech. Sgt. Holly McLelland 1st Med Det 1, Medic, paints a child's face in a medical waiting area for children at Talouine, Morocco. June 24, 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Commands largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

050414-A-1566H-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

During a Humanitarian Civilian Assistance Team Village visit, Captain (CPT) Kevin Parker with the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (CAB) is attached to Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, puts candy into the pocket of a young Afghan boy from the village of Haji Lalay Kalacha, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Haji Lalay Kalacha Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Sergeant Matthew Ashmead, a Combat Medic assigned to C Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Regiment (C-3/509th PIR), 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division (Light), measures the forearm of a local boy for a splint, during a patrol near Tounis, North Babil, Iraq, June 28, 2007. Soldiers from C-3/509th PIR are conducting a patrol searching for evidence around the point of origin of a rocket attack on Forward Operations Base Kalsu.

060215-A-0527A-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Mike Sedillo, with the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, demonstrates how to charge a weapon during Air Force Week at Pier 86 in New York City Aug. 19, 2012. Several Air Force units set up displays for Air Force Week, designed to showcase today's Airmen.

041230-M-9015W-057. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050718-A-9039F-049. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

060105-A-5745M-056. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MNT 2ND BDE

Students of the Al Aqbas Elementary school smile and wave during a group picture outside in the school's courtyard school Feb. 9 in the Sadr City district of eastern Baghdad. Children and Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Division, attached to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, took the picture to thank the various organizations back in the U.S. who donated the supplies to them.

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