Published: January 08, 2009

MND-B hosts Boy Scout cultural exchange on Camp Liberty

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Multi-National Division-Baghdad

BAGHDAD - Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers will host a Boy Scout cultural exchange between the Iraqi Victory Base Council scouts and Boy Scouts from the Long Horn Council in Temple, Texas, and Webelos Scouts from the Georgia-Carolina Council in Augusta, Ga., via video teleconference on Camp Liberty from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 10.

The scouts will range in age between 7 and 17 years of age.

The event will be held via VTC between each location - Camp Liberty, Georgia and Texas - with each group opening up with remarks on who and where they are and discussion on any major event they recently completed or are about to conduct. After introductions, the scouts will then ask each other questions about scouting in their areas, what they do in scouts, what they like or anything they are curious about. The Iraqi scouts will also get to enjoy some pizza, popcorn, and the opportunity to make s'mores over an open fire.

The event is being held to strengthen Iraqi-American relations, share information on the different cultures, give the children of both America and Iraq the opportunity to see how similar they are to one another, and help foster the ideas of scouting in all three areas.

The Iraq-American Boy Scout VTC is open to the media. Please RSVP no later than 2 p.m., Jan. 9. For more information on how to attend this event, contact Maj. Mark Cheadle, deputy public affairs officer, MND-B at mark.cheadle@mnd-b.army.mil, Iraqna 0790-192-4073 and Sgt. Shana Henline, shana.henline@mnd-b.army.mil, Iraqna: 0790-192-4674.