PHOTOS: Soldiers at Camp Ur, Iraq Receive a
Morale Boost from the USO
10/26/09 - (Source: US Department of Defense - Click
photos to enlarge.) |
Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor
Regiment sort boxed contents from their "USO2GO" care
packages sent by the USO to Camp Ur, near Nasiriyah,
Iraq. The Soldiers are deployed from Fort Bliss, Texas,
to advise and assist the 40th Iraqi Army Brigade in Dhi
Qar province. U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Alan B. Owens,
40th Iraqi Army Brigade, Military Transition Team,
communications chief, from Alma, Ark., and U.S. Army 1st
Lt. Nicholas Ennis, Charlie Company, 1-77 executive
officer, from Long Island, N.Y., coordinated with the
United Service Organizations to have the troop support
care packages delivered to the Soldiers. 1st Lt. Ennis
felt this was a way to "boost the morale of the
soldiers" housed on Camp Ur. |
U.S
Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 1-77 Armored
Regiment, 4-1 Armored Division, pose in front of USO2GO
Kit boxes, October 24th, on Camp Ur, Iraq. Charlie
Company, 1-77 supports 40th IA BDE MITT and conducts
joint patrol missions with the IA and Iraqi police,
within Dhi Qar Province in southern Iraq. MITT soldiers
live and work with the Iraqi army, as well as train,
advise and assist the IA in the areas of intelligence,
communications, fire support, logistics, and infantry
tactics. Pictured from left to right; Pvt. Dexter Neal,
11B, from Houma, La., Sgt. Jefferson Guillermo, 19K,
from Porterville, Calif., Pfc. Jonathan May, 19K, from
Harrington, Del., Pfc. Jared Morris, 68W, from
Independence, Mo., Pfc. Alex Ayala, 19K, from Bronx,
N.Y., Spc. Michael Williams, 11B, from Jackson, Tenn.,
Sgt. Liam Molinelli, 11B, from Stow, Ohio, Spc. Ryan
Adams, 13F, from Holland, Mich., and Pfc. Randy
Hamilton, 11B, from Columbus, Ohio. (U.S. Army
photo/Sgt. 1st Class Alan B. Owens) |
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Photos: Soldiers in Iraq Receive a Morale Boost From the USO
