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| Keywords: Illinois National Guard DVIDS16761.jpg en Although Spec Shane B Deaton infantryman cannot speak Arabic he holds a conversation with local Iraqi children in a village near Camp Taqaddum Iraq March 12th 2006 Deaton 35 of Troy Ill and the other soldiers from 2nd Battalion 130th Infantry Regiment performed a multi-faceted mission during the daylong operation as they carried out weapons cache sweeps investigated possible improvised explosive devices and conducted route clearance operations The Illinois-based National Guard took a few moments throughout the day to assist Iraqi villagers in the area handing out supplies and spending time with the local children The soldiers were grateful it wasn't business as usual and could do something a little light hearted Whether it's handing out candy or searching for IEDs the soldiers are proud of what they are doing in Iraq said Sgt 1st Class Timothy J Atteberry platoon sergeant 'The individual personal satisfaction of helping another human being really comes from these kinds of humanitarian-aid type missions ' said Atteberry a 38-year-old native of Champagne Ill The soldiers' primary mission is to provide base security for the Marines and sailors of the forward-deployed 1st Marine Logistics Group The 4 200 joint-service members of 1st MLG are part of the 25 000 Marines airmen soldiers and sailors of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force's forward deployed element The 1st MLG's mission is to provide sustained logistics support to I MEF and Iraqi security forces operating in the Al Anbar province of Iraq First MLG will also support the development of the Iraqi Security Forces logistic capabilities in order to enable independent ISF led counter insurgency operations 2006-03-12 Cpl Daniel Redding https //www dvidshub net/image/16761 16761 2006-03-14 16 59 TAQADDUM IQ PD-USGov Al Taqaddum Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ | ||||
