Iraqis Get Medical Assistance From 1st Cavalry Mission [Archive]

seruriermarshal

06-13-2004, 06:25 PM

Iraqis Get Medical Assistance From 1st Cavalry Mission

Baghdad, Iraq - Soldiers and volunteer doctors from the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment reached out to a local clinic and provided medical aid to the residents of Al-Rasheed.

Lt. Col. Bob Gerhardt, the battalion surgeon, said the clinic in Al-Rasheed run by Dr. Mohhamed Hussein, used to be supported by a German non-governmental organization. After the bombings in August, 2003, however, the group pulled out because of security concerns.

"Since that time, he has been making due with pharmaceutical samples and occasional donations from various charitable groups. Clearly it has not been enough," Gerhardt explained.

The 1st Brigade Combat Team, Civil Affairs and other division support channels provided a Medical Civil Affairs Project (MEDCAP) mission to get medications, public health supplies and other humanitarian aid delivered to the clinic.

"Our hope is that now that he has a stock of supplies he will be able to treat more people," Gerhardt said. He added that his battalion plans to do even more MEDCAP missions in the future and to come back to this clinic on a weekly basis.

From (http://www.cjtf7.com/media-information/june2004/040612b.htm)

seruriermarshal

06-13-2004, 06:28 PM

Other news

First Sea Lord Opens the Iraqi Coastal Defense Force

UMM QASR, Iraq -- The rebuilding of Iraq took another step forward June 12 as the newly formed Iraqi Coastal Defense Force took control of its assets at Umm Qasr naval base.

British, American, Australian and Dutch naval personnel have been training the Iraqi Coastal Defense Force since January.

Iraqi officials and numerous military dignitaries presided over the ceremony. The handover include giving the Iraqi Coastal Defense Force five fast patrol boats and 10 rigid inflatable boats.

The ICDF will police the Iraqi coastline and territorial waters out to 12 nautical miles, countering terrorism, smuggling, piracy and other unlawful activities and provide a limited search-and-rescue capability. Officials said the ICDF will provide Iraq's maritime security therefore increasing trade and reducing crime.

The ceremony also marked a step in the ICDF's training away from the core skills and toward actually conducting operations in the northern gulf.

From (http://www.cjtf7.com/media-information/june2004/040612c.htm)

Marines Sign Construction, Repair Contracts

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Marines and the Fallujah Roads and Bridges Department manager are evaluating more than 100 bids for road projects in the Fallujah area.

1st Marine Division Engineers will also solicit plans for projects to improve four secondary schools in Fallujah, at an estimated cost of $4 million.

Civil affairs teams signed a contract to repair the Civil Camp Iraqi Police Station near Ramadi at an estimated cost of $30,100. The initial payment of $20,000 was made to the contractor to start work. Work is expected to be completed within 30-40 days.

Civil affairs teams also signed contracts on several projects near Ramadi, including:

Abu Fieis Medical Clinic

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps Headquarters compound, estimated cost of $63,000

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps company headquarters compound, estimated cost of $130,500

Headquarters in Civil Camp, estimated cost of $109,000

From (http://www.cjtf7.com/media-information/june2004/040612d.htm)

Twelve Killed, 13 Wounded in Baghdad Car Bombing

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Twelve Iraqis were killed and 13 more were wounded when a car bomb exploded in eastern Baghdad around 9:15 a.m. June 13

Eight Iraqi civilians died in the blast, the other four were members of the Iraqi Police force. Twelve of the wounded were civilians and one was an Iraqi policeman.

A Task Force Baghdad spokesman condemned the attack.

"These random, senseless acts of violence only prove that anti-Iraqi forces have no regard for the people of Baghdad, or the future of this country," said Lt. Col. James Hutton, the public affairs officer of the 1st Cavalry Division. "The Iraqi people will not be denied their future, or their freedom."

Soldiers from a nearby Coalition base helped evacuate wounded Iraqi civilians from the blast area.

The incident is under investigation.

From (http://www.cjtf7.com/media-information/june2004/040613a.htm)

R.I.P

Soldiers Help Baghdad Food Production

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division presented farmers in the Al Rashid region here with four brand new tractors June 9 and 10.

The donation was part of a plan to help farmers to produce more crops at a lower cost than before. The plan is for the local Neighborhood Advisory Council to rent the tractors to farmers for a third of what they now pay to rental contractors. The proceeds the NAC collects are not for profit, and will pay for equipment operating costs.

"Right now the council can help the farmers," Hussein Abdullah Hami Ajubora, chairman for the NAC, said through an interpreter. "We want to help the people, so they are satisfied."

From (http://www.cjtf7.com/media-information/june2004/040613b.htm)