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COMBAT OUTPOST CASTLE, Afghanistan – In a small village in southern Afghanistan, locals are trying to find a better way of life. With help from Marines of 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Afghans are improving their area.
Marines with 3rd Civil Affairs Group attached to 1st LAR Bn. here three months ago and wasted no time getting to work.
One of the projects the Marines have in development is a health clinic to provide the villagers with better medical treatment. The old clinic was little more than a room with scant medical supplies and no services for women.
“We want to be able to provide these people with the medical supplies they need,” said Lance Cpl. Jose Campos, a civil affairs Marine with 3rd CAG, 1st LAR Bn. “To receive treatment is one of the biggest worries of the villagers. With this facility they won’t have to worry about that anymore.”
The clinic is a big step for the local villagers, but this isn’t the only problem the civil affairs’ Marines are helping them with.
“The children around here love going to school,” said Lance Cpl. Oscar Roman, a civil affairs Marine with 3rd CAG, 1st LAR Bn. “They always ask me for pens, pencils and paper. They’d rather have school supplies instead of candy.”
The current facility is too small for all the area’s children to attend, and is only open four hours a day. With the new classroom, a greater number of students will have longer schools days and more teachers.
There will be many discussions as locals plan for the future of their children and the security of their area. The Marines plan to help build a Shura Hall to help resolve the farmers’ needs, and a new district center to have more space for the district governor and the mayor to have meetings with villagers.
As these projects are completed the Marines are already looking for new ways to help the locals create a better quality of life.
| Date Taken: | 07.23.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 07.23.2010 05:00 |
| Story ID: | 53259 |
| Location: | COMBAT OUTPOST CASTLE, AF |
| Web Views: | 376 |
| Downloads: | 303 |
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