Newly opened Iraqi cigar shop at Q-West [Image 3 of 9]

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE Q-WEST, IRAQ

10.14.2009

Photo by Capt. Murray Shugars 

13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC)

Command Sgt. Maj. Perry T. Campbell (left), command sergeant major of 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms and Senatobia, Miss., native; Lt. Col. William B. Smith, Jr., Q-West mayor, 2-198th CAB, from Hattiesburg, Miss.; and Ahmed Abbas cut the ribbon for the grand opening of the Abbas Cigar Club at Contingency Operating Location Q-West Oct. 14. Costing Abbas more than $40,000 to renovate the building and stock the shelves, the Abbas Cigar Club represents continued Iraqi investment in this remote logistics base in northern Iraq.

• Date Taken: 10.14.2009
• Date Posted: 10.24.2009 14:11
• Photo ID: 216572
• VIRIN: 091014-A-9999S-002
• Resolution: 1800x1332
• Size: 643.76 KB
• Location: CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE Q-WEST, IQ