MND-B Photos: Reaching out to Salman Pak

By Spc. Jesse Gross, 3rd BCT PAO, 82nd Abn. Div.

Photo: Spc. Jesse Gross, 55th Combat Camera Co.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Army Soldiers help assemble a wheelchair during a combined humanitarian mission, in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, 25 miles southeast of Baghdad. U.S. Paratroopers assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, teamed up with their IA counterparts to provide much-needed goods to the town's residents.

Photo: Spc. Jesse Gross, 55th Combat Camera Co.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. Paratrooper assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, throws a soccer ball to a group of Iraqi children during a combined humanitarian mission, in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, 25 miles southeast of Baghdad. Iraqi soldiers and Paratroopers teamed up to provided school and recreational goods to the area's citizens. U.S. medics were also on hand to assist Iraqi medical personnel during a free medical screening for local residents.

Photo: Spc. Jesse Gross, 55th Combat Camera Co.

BAGHDAD - 1st Lt. Shannon Martin, of Louisville, Ky., escorts an Iraqi woman and her child in order to receive a free medical screening during a combined humanitarian mission, in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, 25 miles southeast of Baghdad. The U.S. medics were on hand to assist Iraqi medical personnel provide screenings to the town's residents. Martin serves with Company C, 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.

Photo: Spc. Jesse Gross, 55th Combat Camera Co.

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi medic prepares to give medicine to an Iraqi woman during a combined humanitarian mission, in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, located in the Ma'dain region outside eastern Baghdad. U.S. medics assigned to Company C, 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, were also on hand to assist their Iraqi counterparts.

Photo: Spc. Jesse Gross, 55th Combat Camera Co.

BAGHDAD - U.S. Paratroopers assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 505thParachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, take a look at an Iraqi boy's knee during a combined humanitarian mission, in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, 25 miles southeast of Baghdad. U.S. medics were on hand to assist Iraqi medical personnel during a free medical screening for local residents. Iraqi Soldiers and American Paratroopers also teamed up to provided school and recreational supplies to the area's citizens.

Photo: Spc. Jesse Gross, 55th Combat Camera Co.

BAGHDAD - Sgt. Kristina Ray, of Enterprise, Alaska, a medic assigned to Company C, 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, hands a stuffed animal to an Iraqi girl during a combined humanitarian mission, in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, 25 miles southeast of Baghdad. The U.S. medics were on hand to assist Iraqi medical personnel providing free medical screenings to the town's residents. U.S. Paratroopers and Iraqi Soldiers also handed out some much welcomed school and recreational supplies during the mission.

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