Soldiers Promote Iraqi Economic Opportunity, Self-reliance

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE Q-WEST, IRAQ

09.13.2008

Courtesy Photo

Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs           

Ahmed, Zekeriya and Wesam shovel out tiling materials at the 16th Sustainment Brigade headquarters building at Contingency Operating Base Q-West, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2008. The cousins are among more than 150 Iraqis who work on the base as part of the Iraqi-based Industrial Zone initiative. Besides employing local nationals, the COB has paid out $7.9 million in contracts to Iraqi business as of, Sept. 1, 2008, for the fiscal year, with a monthly impact of $274,433 going back into Iraq's Ninevah province.

• Date Taken: 09.13.2008
• Date Posted: 11.22.2011 15:46
• Photo ID: 115702
• Resolution: 445x600
• Size: 262.31 KB
• Location: CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE Q-WEST, IQ