MND-B Soldiers transition Sons of Iraq into job-focused skills training at Rashid District's Civil Services Department [Image 1 of 5]

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

10.05.2008

Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams 

1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

Capt. Ryan Garling, commander of Company E, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, meets with an Iraqi instructor for the Job Training Focus Program at the Jihad Civil Services Department in the Rashid District of southern Baghdad Oct. 5, 2008, the first day of registration for former Sons of Iraq seeking valuable job skills in the Iraqi work force. Garling, a native of Albany, N.Y., is responsible for ensuring the successful enrollment of Iraqis from two muhallahs, or neighborhoods in the Hayy Jihad community into the vocational training initiative created to provide alternative employment to Iraqi security forces. Classes are scheduled to begin Oct. 18, 2008.

• Date Taken: 10.05.2008
• Date Posted: 10.08.2008 04:44
• Photo ID: 120791
• VIRIN: 081008-A-2861W-001
• Resolution: 1867x1250
• Size: 339.69 KB
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ