U.S. Army Maj. Jeff Pugh helps Iraqi children put gravel on the new playground at the Al Shrooq Primary and Secondary School in Taji, Iraq, April 19, 2006. Pugh serves as a civil affairs officer with Company A, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Hunt


Iraqi children from the Al Shrooq Primary and Secondary School in Taji, Iraq, help spread gravel, April 19, 2006, at the new playground donated by Iraqi and U.S. companies. Iraqi army and Multinational Division–Baghdad soldiers, along with children at the school, pitched in to help make the school improvements. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Hunt


U.S. Army Master Sgt. Ronnie Reece helps Iraqi children spread gravel at the new playground at the Al Shrooq Primary and Secondary School in Taji, Iraq, April 19, 2006. Reece is assigned as civil affairs noncommissioned officer-in-charge with Company A, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Hunt


U.S. Army Sgt. Gerardo Garcia helps set up the playground at the Al Shrooq Primary and Secondary School in Taji, Iraq, April 19, 2006. Iraqi army and Multinational Division–Baghdad soldiers, along with children from the school, pitched in to put the playground together from donated items from both Iraq and the United States. Garcia serves as a wheeled-vehicle mechanic with the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division’s Personal Security Detachment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Hunt


U.S. Army Master Sgt. Ronnie Reece (left), Iraqi school children, the school’s headmaster, and U.S. Army Sgt. Lucas Murray pose for a photo after completing work on the playground at the Al Shrooq Primary and Secondary School in Taji, Iraq, April 19, 2006. Reece serves as civil affairs noncommissioned officer-in-charge, Company A, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; Murray is assigned as an infantryman with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, Rhode Island National Guard. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Hunt