Lt. Col. Ryan Kuhn, deputy commanding officer assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, speaks with Brig. Gen. Allawi, deputy district commander, before a ribbon cutting ceremony July 17, 2007, marking the opening of the new Iraqi police station in Wahida, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Natalie Rostek


Brig. Gen. Allawi, deputy district commander, cuts the ribbon with Lt. Col. Jack Marr, commander of 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, at a ceremony July 17, 2007, to open the new Wahida police station. The old police station down the road from the new one only had three rooms and the front of the building was a mosque. The station was not equipped with the resources for a unit whose main mission is providing security to the people of Wahida. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Natalie Rostek


The morale leader for the Wahida police leads a cheer as fellow Iraqi policemen respond at a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the new Iraqi police station, July 17, 2007, in Wahida, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Natalie Rostek


Lt. Col. Kareem, station commander of the new Wahida police station, makes a speech to Iraqi policemen and leaders of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, July 17, 2007, at the newly opened station in Wahida, Iraq. The old police station down the road from the new one only had three rooms and the front of the building was a mosque. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Natalie Rostek


Brig. Gen. Allawi, deputy district commander, explains the significance of the symbols on a plaque before giving it as a gift to Capt. Ravindra Wagh, at the newly opened police station in, Wahida, Iraq, July 17, 2007. Wagh served as head of the project to build the station. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Natalie Rostek


An Iraqi policeman salutes Lt. Col. Ryan Kuhn, deputy commanding officer of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, before receiving a gift for outstanding support at the newly opened police station in Wahida, Iraq, July 17, 2007. The old police station down the road from the new one only had three rooms and the front of the building was a mosque. The station was not equipped with the resources for a unit whose main mission is providing security to the people of Wahida. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Natalie Rostek



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