WEBVTT 00:07.240 --> 00:09.630 okay , rebuilding is a constant process 00:09.630 --> 00:10.630 throughout Iraq 00:11.140 --> 00:14.750 leading the 00:14.750 --> 00:16.917 reconstruction efforts in horror job . 00:16.917 --> 00:18.639 Airmen like these from the 557 00:18.639 --> 00:20.650 expeditionary Red Horse squadron . 00:21.430 --> 00:23.263 They're teaching these Rocky men 00:23.263 --> 00:25.263 subjects from installing electrical 00:25.263 --> 00:26.930 wiring to math skills used on 00:26.930 --> 00:28.986 construction sites . It's called the 00:28.986 --> 00:30.430 Village of Hope program . 00:36.710 --> 00:38.720 This 10-month project focuses on 00:38.720 --> 00:40.720 teaching hard job residents , basic 00:40.720 --> 00:42.942 construction skills abilities that will 00:42.942 --> 00:45.109 help them restore their village to its 00:45.109 --> 00:46.776 original state . Prior to the 00:46.776 --> 00:49.620 insurgency . Conor , a US interpreter 00:49.630 --> 00:51.519 remembers what it was like before 00:51.519 --> 00:53.297 coalition forces eradicated the 00:53.297 --> 00:56.850 insurgents , all Al Qaeda and all the 00:56.850 --> 01:00.800 terrorism acts , getting 01:00.800 --> 01:03.090 nothing and bringing nothing for them 01:03.090 --> 01:06.450 area and for them family except 01:06.460 --> 01:09.750 destructions and you know , death . 01:10.140 --> 01:14.050 That's it . So I'm so happy to see 01:14.620 --> 01:18.460 that number of students and young guys 01:19.040 --> 01:22.560 realized at the last at the end that 01:22.570 --> 01:25.960 they , they have to learn something in 01:25.960 --> 01:29.700 order to improve them life and 01:29.710 --> 01:32.110 get something very good to them 01:32.110 --> 01:35.250 families and the community who living 01:35.250 --> 01:38.380 in it . Over the course of the program , 01:38.440 --> 01:40.662 the Red Horse Squadron taught more than 01:40.662 --> 01:42.773 200 Iraqi students and then help them 01:42.773 --> 01:44.940 get jobs work for local contractors to 01:44.940 --> 01:47.107 start the rebuilding process . Through 01:47.107 --> 01:49.162 the efforts of the program , workers 01:49.162 --> 01:51.384 built a community center , a school for 01:51.384 --> 01:53.980 boys and several homes . Mm One of the 01:53.980 --> 01:56.091 homes selected for rebuilding belongs 01:56.091 --> 01:58.036 to one of the students and he says 01:58.036 --> 02:00.091 choosing the Village of Hope program 02:00.091 --> 02:02.202 over insurgency was easy . I'm one of 02:02.202 --> 02:04.640 the people of horror job , I've 02:04.640 --> 02:08.480 suffered enough and lost three of my 02:08.480 --> 02:12.110 brothers who killed by Al Qaeda 02:12.210 --> 02:15.100 and when we saw the american troops 02:15.110 --> 02:19.110 came into horror job and they told us 02:19.450 --> 02:22.830 that we're going to train you and help 02:22.830 --> 02:25.460 you to get skills and 02:26.540 --> 02:30.270 over than that we will rebuild your 02:30.270 --> 02:33.720 house . So what do you think ? Should I 02:33.730 --> 02:37.150 get involved in this program or join Al 02:37.150 --> 02:39.160 Qaeda while the village of whole 02:39.160 --> 02:40.993 program altered the lives of the 02:40.993 --> 02:43.160 residents of hard job . It's also been 02:43.160 --> 02:44.993 a source of pride for the airmen 02:44.993 --> 02:47.216 involved . I think this kind of program 02:47.216 --> 02:49.216 is very important . This is exactly 02:49.940 --> 02:51.829 kind of stuff that I want to come 02:51.829 --> 02:53.996 direct to do . I want to help help out 02:53.996 --> 02:57.770 the local people . This is , this 02:57.770 --> 03:00.560 is exactly about winning hearts and 03:00.560 --> 03:03.000 minds and we're helping their economy . 03:03.260 --> 03:05.093 We're helping families and we're 03:05.093 --> 03:07.860 helping this community . The ribbon 03:07.860 --> 03:10.027 cutting ceremony marked the completion 03:10.027 --> 03:11.860 of the Village of Folk program . 03:11.860 --> 03:15.690 But as for the continued rebuilding up 03:15.690 --> 03:17.890 our job and the country of Iraq , 03:17.900 --> 03:19.900 there's still much to be done . Air 03:19.900 --> 03:22.122 Force sergeant robert smith . Our job . 03:22.122 --> 03:25.350 Iraq . Yeah , okay .