oif iii fob summerall

OIF III FOB SUMMERALL

Mission with 2-7 Infantry

3rd ID

7 July 2005

Me and SSG Richards prior to trip

First stop. SFC Turner is our gunner.

MAJ Barton on security

SSG Richards and our 3ID team members in the background

These kids appeared from nowhere! MAJ Barton gave them some of the goodies we brought to hand out later.

Moving out to rendezvous with the tanks

SFC Ramos

Back with tanks (3) at Iraqi Police station

Rolling into the actual village of Aba Toma looking for the school

First of many kids

SFC Ramos and I start to handout candy, gum, pencils, paper, etc

Brothers who appreciated the gifts

Crowd grew! I was handing out Rebecca Clemon’s beanie babies she sent me to give to the children. I am barely visible with my hands raised near the radio

antennas trying to get the critters over the mob to the other kids.

That’s me!!!

There ya go Beck! They say thank you!(nice slingshot kid!)

Group photo

Moving to next stop in the village (note tank at head of column)

Variety store LOL!

His shirt says Cape Cod!

Finally, some little girls venture out

MAJ Barton gives craypaper to a mother

Pro American leaflets the 3ID distributed

She has some gum

Ya Ya …I have more! LOL (cape cod kid gets around!)

Had to restock!

MAJ Barton, myself and CPT Goehring

Nice picture

Rollin out to downtown Bayji, our last stop

Bayji’s Mosque

Store of some kind

Some US Coalition supporters

Market on the main street