Photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 06.27.2008
Riyadh Sons of Iraq members learn how to read and write in a pilot literacy program which opened its doors to 500 SOIs in the district of Hawijah, June 15. "This program is geared to assist in the transition process for SOIs into the Iraq security forces," said 1st Lt. Steven Johnson, 1-87 Inf. Regt., civil affairs team chief. "It will be the model for the future national literacy campaign."...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 06.27.2008
A teacher demonstrates to a Sons of Iraq member how to form letters in the Hawijah city site of the pilot literacy program which opened its doors to 500 SoIs, June 15. Schools in four of the sub-districts of Hawijah, Iraq; Zaab, Abassi, Riyadh, and Hawijah city have been set up to accommodate around 125 students, divided into five classes. The teacher-to-student ratio in each classroom is 1 to......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 06.27.2008
During a recent site-check of schools in Hawijah and Riyadh, Lt. Col. Christopher Vanek, commander, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regt., 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, met with the staff and visited with students at both sites for updates regarding the pilot literacy program underway there. The two schools visited are involved in a literacy program envisioned by Gen. David Petraeus, the......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 06.27.2008
Over 60 Sons of Iraq attending opening day of classes in the city of Hawijah, June 15. They are a part of a pilot literacy program designed by Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division that will be the model for Iraq's future national program that is to assist SOI to transition from the SOI program into the Iraq security forces. ISF requires a......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 06.27.2008
Hawijah's Chief of Reconstruction from the Hawijah City Council tells the Sons of Iraq attending their first day of Iraq's pilot literacy program in the Hawijah District, June 15, that "they are being given a gift ... the opportunity to read and write." He told the some 60 in attendance, that what they would learn in the next four months will change their lives for the better." Four schools......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 06.15.2008
A teacher instructs Riyadh Sons of Iraq members in a pilot literacy program designed to transition SoIs into the Iraq security forces. The program, which opened its doors June 15, was envisioned by Gen. David Petraeus, the commanding general of Multi-National Force - Iraq, and is being carried out by Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 06.15.2008
Capt. William Shields, executive officer, Company Delta, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regt., 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, speaks with a teacher at the Riyadh site of a pilot literacy program underway in the district of Hawijah during a recent spot-check. The program opened its doors to 500 Hawijah Sons of Iraq members, June 15. The literacy program was envisioned by Gen. David......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson | 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | 06.15.2008
Members of Hawijah city's Sons of Iraq practice writing their names in a pilot literacy program envisioned by Gen. David Petraeus, the commanding general of Multi-National Force ? Iraq, and carried out by Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, which began June 15. The 4-month program will prepare a total of 500 SoIs in the four sub-districts......
