Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Combat Camera: Iraqi Soldiers Return to Duty

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Juan Ayala, senior advisor to the 1st Iraqi Army Division, speaks with Maj. Gen. Tariq Abdul Wahab Jasim, commanding general of the 1st Iraqi Army Division, at Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq, Oct. 7. Tariq realized a troop shortage in the Iraqi Army and requested help from the government. The defense ministry responded by offering dispensation to those who went absent without leave, attracting entire families back to the fighting forces. U.S. Marine Corps photoU.S. Marine Corps Col. Juan Ayala, senior advisor to the 1st Iraqi Army Division, speaks with Maj. Gen. Tariq Abdul Wahab Jasim, commanding general of the 1st Iraqi Army Division, at Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq, Oct. 7. Tariq realized a troop shortage in the Iraqi Army and requested help from the government. The defense ministry responded by offering dispensation to those who went absent without leave, attracting entire families back to the fighting forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo

More than 1,500 Iraqi soldiers who were absent without leave return to duty after reporting to Camp Habbaniyah between Sept. 20 and Oct. 1. The Iraqi defense ministry offered dispensation to those who went AWOL, attracting entire families back to the fighting forces. U.S. Marine Corps photoMore than 1,500 Iraqi soldiers who were absent without leave return to duty after reporting to Camp Habbaniyah between Sept. 20 and Oct. 1. The Iraqi defense ministry offered dispensation to those who went AWOL, attracting entire families back to the fighting forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Juan Ayala, senior advisor to the 1st Iraqi Army Division, listens to a brief at Camp Habbaniyah as several hundred Iraqi soldiers return to duty. More than 1,500 Iraqi soldiers who were absent without leave returned to duty by reporting here between Sept. 20 and Oct. 1. U.S. Marine Corps photoU.S. Marine Corps Col. Juan Ayala, senior advisor to the 1st Iraqi Army Division, listens to a brief at Camp Habbaniyah as several hundred Iraqi soldiers return to duty. More than 1,500 Iraqi soldiers who were absent without leave returned to duty by reporting here between Sept. 20 and Oct. 1. U.S. Marine Corps photo

Maj. Gen. Tariq Abdul Wahab Jasim, commanding general of the 1st Iraqi Army Division, speaks with Iraqi soldiers at Camp Habbaniyah upon their return to duty. The defense ministry offered dispensation to those who went AWOL, attracting entire families back to the fighting forces. “The fact that they came back on their own volition shows that they want to serve,” said Col. Juan Ayala, senior advisor to the 1st Iraqi Army Division. “It’s going to give this division a much needed influx of soldiers.” U.S. Marine Corps photoMaj. Gen. Tariq Abdul Wahab Jasim, commanding general of the 1st Iraqi Army Division, speaks with Iraqi soldiers at Camp Habbaniyah upon their return to duty. The defense ministry offered dispensation to those who went AWOL, attracting entire families back to the fighting forces. “The fact that they came back on their own volition shows that they want to serve,” said Col. Juan Ayala, senior advisor to the 1st Iraqi Army Division. “It’s going to give this division a much needed influx of soldiers.” U.S. Marine Corps photo

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