Story by 1st Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office
TIKRIT, Iraq -- The Iraqi Army in Salah Ad Din Province opened a new helicopter pad with the landing of a Coalition Forces aircraft October 10. The landing marked the end of a three month long project to build the helicopter pad on the 1st Iraqi Army Brigade compound in Tikrit.
The landing was also a special occasion for the pilot of that first helicopter, Maj. Kelly Donna, the operations officer for 4th Battalion, 3rd Air Assault Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. Donna, formerly the military training team chief for 1st Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Liberty, was the officer who started the project.
"I was very excited to be the first guy to land there," Donna said. "It was closure on a project that I had started three months earlier."
Donna cited the hard work of 1BCT Military Transition Team and contract liaisons for bringing this project to closure.
Because of Donna's efforts, Brig. Gen. Abdul Jabbar, commander of the 1st IA Bde, honored him by naming the helicopter pad Donna Pad.
"It makes you feel good knowing that they (the IA) recognize you and your guys for your efforts," Donna said.
| Date Taken: | 10.19.2005 |
| Date Posted: | 10.19.2005 12:42 |
| Story ID: | 3401 |
| Location: | TIKRIT, IQ |
| Web Views: | 98 |
| Downloads: | 13 |
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