Baghdad Receives Pool In Time For Summer
Citizens of the Al Jadida area in the east part of Baghdad have received a new pool. The pool is a refurbished city pool that has been fixed and renovated by members of the coalition and given back to the citizens just in time for the summertime use.
It was done just in time. Soldiers from the 10th Mountain division, 4th Brigade combat team is working to open three area pools in the Baghdad Region. The Al Jadida pool is the first to be opened and will serve to be a showcase for what is possible when citizens work closely with members of the Iraqi security forces and with coalition forces. It is a meaningful step toward declaring the Baghdad region free from criminals and insurgency Al Qaeda elements.
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The attendance from members of the community have served to open up the region and given the members of the security forces a big step in the right direction. “We worked hard to give back to the community a symbol of normalcy of life and we are please to be doing it,†said Lieutenant Colonel Scott McKean.
Colonel Scott McKean is a battalion commander for the 10th Mountain Division, 4th BCT, 4th Infantry, 1st Combat Team, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Combined Arms Battalion.
Many of the officials of the Iraqi government, Sheiks, and religious leaders were present at the ribbon cutting grand opening.
