Photos: Chairman visits Sadr City, tours revitalized Jamilla Market
By Sgt. Zach Mott, 3rd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B
Jul 8, 2008 - 9:34:05 PM
Blackanthem Military News
BAGHDAD, Iraq -
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| Col. John Hort (center right), a Fayetteville, N.C., native, points to a part of the revitalized Jamilla Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad while talking to Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, July 7. Mullen visited Sadr City and toured the market that was severely damaged by a fire in March. With the help of microgrants and hard work by shop owners, the vital marketplace is beginning to thrive again. Hort is the commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo Sgt. Zach Mott, 3rd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B) |
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| BAGHAD - Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks to a shop owner in the revitalized Jamilla Market during a visit to Sadr City July 7. Mullen visited Sadr City and toured the market that was severely damaged by a fire in March. With the help of microgrants and hard work by shop owners, the vital marketplace is beginning to thrive again. (U.S. Army photo Sgt. Zach Mott, 3rd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B) |
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| Col. John Hort (center right), a Fayetteville, N.C., native, talks to Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about improvements that have been made in the Jamilla Market during a visit to the Sadr City district of Baghdad July 7. Hort serves as the commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo Sgt. Zach Mott, 3rd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B) |
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| Capt. Erik Oksenvaag (left), a Seattle native, talks with Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about security improvements his Soldiers have helped provide for the Jamilla Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad during Mullen's visit there July 7. Oksenvaag serves as the commander of Company C, Task Force 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, which is currently attached to 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo Sgt. Zach Mott, 3rd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B) |
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| From right, Col. John Hort, a Fayetteville, N.C., native, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Lt. Col. Brian Eifler, a Farmington Hills, Mich., native, walk through the revitalized Jamilla Market July 7. The market was severely damaged by a fire in March and has since been strengthened through microgrants and hard work by shop owners in the Sadr City district of Baghdad. Hort commands the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. Eifler serves as the commander of 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, which is currently attached to 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div. (U.S. Army photo Sgt. Zach Mott, 3rd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B) |
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| Col. John Hort, a Fayetteville, N.C., native, points in the direction rockets were launched toward during March attacks on the Green Zone while talking with Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the security threat troops under Hort's command helped expunge to help the people of Sadr City and Iraq prosper during Mullen's visit to this impoverished district in northeastern Baghdad July 7. Hort is the commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo Sgt. Zach Mott, 3rd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B) |
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