By Sgt. Cheryl Cox
1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
MUSHAHIDAH — It has been said that fostering education is one of many steps toward improving safety and stability for Iraq’s future — its children.
The Soldiers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment helped the city of Mushahidah, Iraq, get one step closer to this goal by opening three new schools within the city Jan 15.
The Soldiers assisted with opening a girl’s elementary school, a girl’s secondary school and a boy’s elementary school.
1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
MUSHAHIDAH — It has been said that fostering education is one of many steps toward improving safety and stability for Iraq’s future — its children.
The Soldiers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment helped the city of Mushahidah, Iraq, get one step closer to this goal by opening three new schools within the city Jan 15.
The Soldiers assisted with opening a girl’s elementary school, a girl’s secondary school and a boy’s elementary school.
(Photo: Staff Sgt. Riley Smallwood, a Soldier with Co. B, 2nd Bn., 8th Cav. Regt. and a native of Griffen, Ga., plays with young children Jan. 15 outside the newest girls and boys school in Mushadhidah, Iraq. Smallwood was one of several Soldiers who visited the schools to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony and to deliver school supplies to the students.)
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