Photo of the Week
RUSAFA SLIDE
U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Covell, a native of Pacific Grove, Calif., along with an Iraqi girl go down a slide at the playground during the reopening of the Al-Moutasam Kindergarten March 3, 2009, in the Rusafa district of eastern Baghdad. Covell is a medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad. U.S. Army photo by Georges Aboumrad
U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Covell, a native of Pacific Grove, Calif., along with an Iraqi girl go down a slide at the playground during the reopening of the Al-Moutasam Kindergarten March 3, 2009, in the Rusafa district of eastern Baghdad. Covell is a medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad. U.S. Army photo by Georges Aboumrad
Labels: Hearts and Minds, Iraq, military, pro-victory
posted by The WordSmith from Nantucket at 3/14/2009 07:06:00 AM
7 Comments:
The ODDEST thing is I don't think the LA or NY Times had this story!
IMAGINE!? (great pic, Sparky, thanks...don't these warm our hearts!?) xx
That is fantastic! Makes me grin from ear to ear.
OH MY GOODNESS, Where's her burka? That is going to piss off a lot of towel heads!
There are literally THOUSANDS of great pics like this pouring out of Iraq and you NEVER see any in the MSM. I wonder why? I guess the surge didn't work huh.
The Iraqi's clearly hate us. AA beat me to it, we have seen thousands of these pics over the years and the media ignores it. Doesn't fit their political agenda.
Mostly, my hat off to the troops that are making this as tolerable as possible for these kids. They have a rough time and these men and women are going above and beyond to help them.
times as these pictured illustrates the love of the mission for our troops and exemplifies the reason so many reupped.
Z makes a huge point when she states that they did not cover this. I rechecked and for sure they do not have it.
It is a wonderful picture with an equally wonderful story behind it.
It amazes me how blind so many are to the wonderful things a military does not only for their own nation, but for others and their nation.
What makes me angry is the lack of understanding and gratitude by so many in America.
Thank you for posting this heart warming and fact filled truth posting. We need to see more of this across the Internet.
Shalom
Didn't you see the homecoming England's military got when they came back from Iraq?????How can stories like this be transmitted Globally?????No WAY!!! not enough hate !!! We got ours coming home from South EAst Asia, whereas, Englanders still have blinders and can't see the forest for the trees.
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