15th BSB Begins Work with Baghdad Zoo

By Sgt. Robert Yde
2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs

BAGHDAD — “It was kind of a shock because I didn’t know they had a zoo,” Sgt. 1st Class Herbert Mowery said of his initial reaction upon learning that one of his new responsibilities would be working with the staff of the Baghdad Zoo.

Mowery, the special projects noncommissioned officer for the 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, recently moved with his battalion from Forward Operating Base Falcon located in southern Baghdad to FOB Prosperity located in the International Zone.

With this move came new missions, among those overseeing an area of Baghdad known as Al-Zawra Park, which is home to the once renowned Baghdad Zoo.

(PHOTO: Sgt. 1st Class Herbert Mowery and 1st Lt. Gabrielle Caldara, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pet a cheetah during an assessment of the Baghdad Zoo March 19. Photo by Spc. Robert Yde, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs.)

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