Commentary
Photos : Congressmen visit Yusifiyah
By Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT) PAO
Apr 16, 2008 - 3:14:52 PM

Blackanthem Military News
CAMP STIKER, Iraq -

Pennsylvania Congressman Todd Platts walks the streets of Yusifiyah with his arm around Pittsburgh native Capt. Michael Starz, commander of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), next to Massachusetts Congressman Stephen Lynch and Milwaukee native Lt. Col. Andrew Rohling, commander of 3-187th Inf. Regt., while conducting a visit to see progress being made in Iraq April 13. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT))

Maine Congressman Michael Michaud shakes hands with an Iraqi boy while walking the streets of Yusifiyah to see progress being made in Iraq April 13. The boy lost his legs in an explosion and received a wheelchair March 27 donated by the family of Sgt. Nathan Barnes, a Soldier killed in action who served in the area. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT))

Pennsylvania Congressman Todd Platts; Maine Congressman Michael Michaud; Massachusetts Congressman Stephen Lynch; and Ohio Congressman Steve Chabot stand next to an Iraqi Army Soldier while receiving a briefing on progress in the Mahmudiyah Qada from Milwaukee native Lt. Col. Andrew Rohling, commander of 3-187th Inf. Regt., 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT), at the joint security station in Yusifiyah April 13. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT))

Pennsylvania Congressman Todd Platts talks to a local businessman while he walks the streets of Yusifiyah next to Pittsburgh native Capt. Michael Starz, commander of Company C, 3-187th Inf. Regt., 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT), during a visit to see progress being made in Iraq April 13. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT))