Battalion commander keeps promise, delivers soccer gear to Iraqi kids [Image 1 of 3]

MUDIQ, IRAQ

08.28.2006

Courtesy Photo

I Marine Expeditionary Force

Sgt. Maj. Michael L. Scarbrough, battalion sergeant major for 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, carries a soccer goal and a soccer ball to the neighborhood kids in Mudiq, Iraq, Aug. 21. Scarbrough was helping Lt. Col. Todd S. Desgrosseilliers, battalion commander, fufill a promise to Iraqi children there. Desgrosseilliers guaranteed the kids new soccer equipment if they cleaned up a local trash dump. Desgrosseilliers is from Auburn, Maine and Scarbrough is from Detroit, Mich. Both are currently serving a seven-month deployment in the Habbaniyah area under Regimental Combat Team 5.

• Date Taken: 08.28.2006
• Date Posted: 11.23.2011 13:26
• Photo ID: 28842
• Resolution: 1376x914
• Size: 207.86 KB
• Location: MUDIQ, IQ