WEBVTT 00:07.940 --> 00:10.460 on this edition of Freedom Journal Iraq . 00:10.940 --> 00:13.250 Security helps reconstruction efforts 00:13.260 --> 00:15.680 in Iraq and Iraqi soldiers learn 00:15.680 --> 00:18.510 lifesaving techniques these stories and 00:18.510 --> 00:20.560 more on today's FJ I 00:26.940 --> 00:28.996 hello and welcome to this edition of 00:28.996 --> 00:30.884 Freedom Journal Iraq . I'm senior 00:30.884 --> 00:34.880 Airman Tyler alexander , A top sons of 00:34.880 --> 00:37.240 Iraq member in Fadil was arrested on 00:37.240 --> 00:39.540 March 28 with a warrant issued from the 00:39.540 --> 00:42.620 Iraqi government . Adeel Karim Shocker 00:42.620 --> 00:44.860 Al Mashhadani was not arrested for his 00:44.860 --> 00:46.860 involvement with the fiddle Sons of 00:46.860 --> 00:49.100 Iraq , he is suspected of illegally 00:49.100 --> 00:51.140 searching , detaining and extorting 00:51.140 --> 00:53.580 bribes of local citizens as well as 00:53.580 --> 00:55.524 attacks that killed Iraqi security 00:55.524 --> 00:58.040 forces leading an I . E . D cell and 00:58.040 --> 01:00.151 involvement with Al Qaeda in Iraq and 01:00.151 --> 01:02.318 other terrorist cells operating in the 01:02.318 --> 01:05.340 area . Spokesman for multinational 01:05.340 --> 01:07.670 force Iraq Major General David Perkins 01:07.670 --> 01:09.880 said they remain thankful of the work 01:09.880 --> 01:12.102 the sons of Iraq have completed and the 01:12.102 --> 01:14.213 contributions the S . O . I have made 01:14.213 --> 01:15.750 to the security of Iraq . 01:18.140 --> 01:20.230 Security plays a direct role in the 01:20.230 --> 01:22.460 reconstruction of Iraq . The Chief of 01:22.460 --> 01:24.460 Army Engineers , Lieutenant General 01:24.460 --> 01:26.627 robert Van antwerp paid a visit to the 01:26.627 --> 01:28.849 men and women of the U . S . Army Corps 01:28.849 --> 01:31.071 of Engineers , Gulf region Division for 01:31.071 --> 01:33.071 a firsthand look at the progress of 01:33.071 --> 01:34.960 Reconstruction and talk about the 01:34.960 --> 01:37.127 importance of Security Air Force Staff 01:37.127 --> 01:39.127 Sergeant Mike Falvo has this report 01:40.140 --> 01:42.307 with reconstruction efforts continuing 01:42.307 --> 01:44.251 throughout Iraq . One of the major 01:44.251 --> 01:46.196 areas of concern is the safety and 01:46.196 --> 01:48.500 security of those involved Army Chief 01:48.500 --> 01:50.389 of Engineers . Lieutenant General 01:50.389 --> 01:52.570 robert Van antwerp says the future of 01:52.570 --> 01:54.850 Iraq's reconstruction hinges on 01:54.850 --> 01:56.540 security up to this point , 01:56.540 --> 01:58.707 construction has been very challenging 01:58.707 --> 02:01.270 over here because you have threats to 02:01.270 --> 02:03.820 contractors , you have I . E . Ds , all 02:03.820 --> 02:05.653 these things to worry about with 02:05.653 --> 02:07.764 security and ongoing concern and more 02:07.764 --> 02:10.270 than 428 reconstruction projects in 02:10.270 --> 02:12.159 progress throughout the country . 02:12.159 --> 02:14.214 Iraq's future is looking bright . Er 02:14.214 --> 02:16.580 can you imagine a time when you don't 02:16.580 --> 02:18.802 have to worry about all of those things 02:18.802 --> 02:20.858 and you're going to be on the job at 02:20.858 --> 02:22.858 eight o'clock and all your subs are 02:22.858 --> 02:24.913 going to show up and you're going to 02:24.913 --> 02:24.460 have all the equipment you need . 02:24.460 --> 02:26.571 That's what it means for the future . 02:27.140 --> 02:29.084 The Army Corps of Engineers , Gulf 02:29.084 --> 02:31.307 Region Division has completed more than 02:31.307 --> 02:34.730 4400 projects in Iraq . Iraqi engineers 02:34.730 --> 02:36.563 are taking the reins on numerous 02:36.563 --> 02:38.310 projects in the country as the 02:38.310 --> 02:40.143 government works to maintain the 02:40.143 --> 02:42.366 stability and security of the country . 02:42.740 --> 02:44.684 I am therefore Sergeant Mike falvo 02:44.684 --> 02:47.960 Baghdad . Iraq Just as important as 02:47.960 --> 02:50.030 security is the ability of military 02:50.030 --> 02:52.086 members to care for one another when 02:52.086 --> 02:54.252 injured . For that reason , the combat 02:54.252 --> 02:56.086 Lifesaver course is standard pre 02:56.086 --> 02:58.141 deployment training for many service 02:58.141 --> 03:00.450 members deployed to Iraq . The class is 03:00.450 --> 03:02.561 taught to soldiers , sailors , airmen 03:02.561 --> 03:04.728 and marines and is now being taught to 03:04.728 --> 03:08.580 the Iraqi Army mm DB 03:08.580 --> 03:10.500 Soldiers of the sixth Iraqi Army 03:10.500 --> 03:12.740 Division military transition team or 03:12.740 --> 03:15.090 MITt held a class to teach the Iraqi 03:15.090 --> 03:17.660 Army soldiers combat lifesaver skills 03:17.700 --> 03:19.867 that will help the troops as coalition 03:19.867 --> 03:22.089 forces leave the country due to the U . 03:22.089 --> 03:25.130 S . Iraqi security agreement mitt 03:25.140 --> 03:27.251 members taught a variety of first aid 03:27.251 --> 03:29.418 techniques including treatment of head 03:29.418 --> 03:32.510 trauma fractures , impaled objects and 03:32.510 --> 03:35.020 controlling bleeding . Soldiers also 03:35.020 --> 03:37.131 learned how to administer intravenous 03:37.131 --> 03:40.250 fluids or Ivs during the class . The 03:40.250 --> 03:42.350 Iraqis also received instruction on 03:42.350 --> 03:44.750 tactical combat casualty care , which 03:44.750 --> 03:46.917 describes the different phases of care 03:46.917 --> 03:49.083 and the steps you take to perform care 03:49.083 --> 03:52.100 under fire coming up . Service members 03:52.100 --> 03:55.060 celebrate women's history month in Iraq . 03:57.840 --> 04:00.660 Yeah , time . Now for a look at the 04:00.660 --> 04:03.890 rebuilding Iraq report , Iraqi police 04:03.890 --> 04:06.223 officers in coordination with the U . S . 04:06.223 --> 04:08.223 Soldiers distributed wheelchairs to 04:08.223 --> 04:10.460 Children in Northeast Baghdad Operation 04:10.460 --> 04:12.840 enhanced mobility provided 82 disabled 04:12.840 --> 04:14.910 Children with an easier way to get 04:14.910 --> 04:17.132 around the Rusafa District of Baghdad . 04:17.740 --> 04:19.990 The organization wheelchairs for Iraqi 04:19.990 --> 04:22.260 kids donated the equipment which are 04:22.260 --> 04:24.260 adjustable and designed for growing 04:24.260 --> 04:26.120 Children . Unlike low quality 04:26.120 --> 04:28.176 wheelchairs which don't always fit a 04:28.176 --> 04:30.231 person correctly , these wheelchairs 04:30.231 --> 04:32.176 adjust as the Children grow . This 04:32.176 --> 04:34.009 allows the chairs to be used for 04:34.009 --> 04:35.731 several years . The founder of 04:35.731 --> 04:37.731 wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids says his 04:37.731 --> 04:39.953 intent is to produce 50,000 wheelchairs 04:39.953 --> 04:42.200 over the next five years . His ultimate 04:42.200 --> 04:44.422 goal is to provide every disabled Iraqi 04:44.422 --> 04:46.410 child with a pediatric wheelchair 04:46.420 --> 04:48.753 regardless of their financial situation . 04:49.090 --> 04:51.146 That you're rebuilding Iraq report . 04:51.146 --> 04:53.360 I'm senior airman jeremy Townsend 05:01.540 --> 05:03.540 here are the latest operation Iraqi 05:03.540 --> 05:06.150 freedom headlines . The Iraqi . Deputy 05:06.150 --> 05:07.983 Prime Minister chaired a meeting 05:07.983 --> 05:10.206 attended by Iraqi and U . S . Officials 05:10.206 --> 05:12.428 to coordinate the implementation of the 05:12.428 --> 05:14.150 Iraqi , US strategic framework 05:14.150 --> 05:16.261 agreement . The Deputy Prime Minister 05:16.261 --> 05:18.428 said the pact allows Iraqis to benefit 05:18.428 --> 05:20.428 from US expertise and electricity , 05:20.428 --> 05:22.317 agriculture , economics and other 05:22.317 --> 05:24.428 fields . The Vice President Abbas was 05:24.428 --> 05:26.428 fought . District Municipal Council 05:26.428 --> 05:28.594 accused Iran of redirecting the course 05:28.594 --> 05:28.380 of the Gordon River which flows through 05:28.380 --> 05:30.324 bahsrah from southwestern Iran and 05:30.324 --> 05:32.547 empties into the Persian gulf . He said 05:32.547 --> 05:34.602 Iran has constructed new canals that 05:34.602 --> 05:36.713 carry heavily salin ized agricultural 05:36.713 --> 05:38.936 wastewater into Iraq . The fact finding 05:38.936 --> 05:40.880 committee appointed by the council 05:40.880 --> 05:42.713 representatives to resolve power 05:42.713 --> 05:44.936 sharing issues in Kirkuk announced that 05:44.936 --> 05:44.900 it has made significant progress toward 05:44.900 --> 05:47.122 an agreement with the Kirkuk Provincial 05:47.122 --> 05:49.011 council . A kurdish member of the 05:49.011 --> 05:51.233 committee described a consensus between 05:51.233 --> 05:50.890 the committee and Kirkuk council 05:50.890 --> 05:52.990 members . The zero headlines from 05:52.990 --> 05:55.101 around the region . I'm Petty officer 05:55.101 --> 05:56.157 steve water work . 06:02.640 --> 06:04.529 Most people deployed to a forward 06:04.529 --> 06:06.840 operating base in Iraq quickly learned 06:06.840 --> 06:09.007 that one of the most important offices 06:09.007 --> 06:11.520 on the fob is the mayor cell . This 06:11.520 --> 06:13.730 usually small group of individuals is 06:13.730 --> 06:15.619 responsible for nearly everything 06:15.619 --> 06:18.010 happening on their installation for a 06:18.010 --> 06:19.843 look at the important role these 06:19.843 --> 06:22.010 individuals play . Army Sergeant brian 06:22.010 --> 06:24.066 told went to Victory Base in Baghdad 06:24.066 --> 06:26.288 and spent the day learning how soldiers 06:26.288 --> 06:28.454 provide support for the largest fob in 06:28.454 --> 06:31.460 Iraq . This not so lazy river is one of 06:31.470 --> 06:33.637 many projects underway at Victory base 06:33.637 --> 06:35.914 in Baghdad . Iraq wastewater treatment , 06:35.914 --> 06:37.970 road repair and power plant projects 06:37.970 --> 06:40.137 dot the Mayor's office map and this is 06:40.137 --> 06:42.081 just a slow weekend Colonel thomas 06:42.081 --> 06:44.460 hardy of the 3 26 A S . G tells us 06:44.460 --> 06:46.516 about some of those projects , we've 06:46.516 --> 06:48.738 had a number of different projects that 06:48.738 --> 06:50.960 we've completed . Construction projects 06:51.190 --> 06:53.280 were installing what we call prime 06:53.280 --> 06:55.224 power in other words , rather than 06:55.224 --> 06:57.224 having a generator roaring out your 06:57.224 --> 06:59.860 back window , we have uh one generator 07:00.040 --> 07:02.151 farm that services everything . We're 07:02.151 --> 07:04.262 installing those lines and we're even 07:04.262 --> 07:06.429 working on building a sewage treatment 07:06.429 --> 07:08.151 plant . So we have , we have a 07:08.240 --> 07:10.407 countless numbers of irons in the fire 07:10.407 --> 07:14.380 as it were . Some of the hot irons come 07:14.380 --> 07:16.491 from Task Force Jayhawk motorsports . 07:16.640 --> 07:18.973 The shop sees all types of odd projects . 07:18.973 --> 07:21.084 In addition to servicing the fleet of 07:21.084 --> 07:23.196 small ATVs and trucks . Sergeant Ryan 07:23.196 --> 07:25.307 Sexton does not seem to mind the hard 07:25.307 --> 07:27.640 work . In fact , he likes the challenge . 07:27.640 --> 07:29.807 I'm one of the few that actually loves 07:29.807 --> 07:31.973 to get outside of my comfort zone . If 07:31.973 --> 07:33.973 I don't feel uncomfortable at least 07:33.973 --> 07:33.880 once a week , I'm not doing something 07:33.880 --> 07:36.880 right . Another part of the mayor cells 07:36.880 --> 07:38.824 job is to bring soldiers back into 07:38.824 --> 07:40.880 their comfort zones . Palace tours , 07:40.880 --> 07:42.991 concerts and internet are part of the 07:42.991 --> 07:44.936 job for First Lieutenant Stephanie 07:44.936 --> 07:46.880 Ramos , one of the units M . W . R 07:46.880 --> 07:48.991 officers with my position here is the 07:48.991 --> 07:51.213 NWR officer , just providing morale and 07:51.213 --> 07:53.102 making sure that the soldiers are 07:53.102 --> 07:55.158 having something to do in their free 07:55.158 --> 07:57.213 time . The good work that Task Force 07:57.213 --> 07:59.380 Jayhawk does is noticed by the rest of 07:59.380 --> 08:01.547 victories inhabitants . They're always 08:01.547 --> 08:03.713 trying to improve everything that I've 08:03.713 --> 08:05.769 seen so far . The roads are always , 08:05.769 --> 08:05.460 they're putting in new pipes are trying 08:05.460 --> 08:07.516 to get the internet running faster , 08:07.516 --> 08:09.571 make sure you have electricity , hot 08:09.571 --> 08:11.793 water . I didn't really get over here . 08:11.793 --> 08:13.738 Even with so much going on over 25 08:13.738 --> 08:16.260 square miles , about 150 task force 08:16.260 --> 08:18.960 Jayhawks , service staff service 75,000 08:18.960 --> 08:21.071 people at Iraq's largest base without 08:21.071 --> 08:23.320 the hard work of the 3 26 A . S . G 08:23.330 --> 08:25.497 soldiers at victory base complex would 08:25.497 --> 08:27.840 find life a little dirtier , duller and 08:27.840 --> 08:29.951 find themselves with a little less to 08:29.951 --> 08:32.062 do in between missions from Baghdad . 08:32.062 --> 08:35.350 I'm sergeant brian told from molly 08:35.350 --> 08:37.572 pitcher in the Revolutionary War to the 08:37.572 --> 08:39.628 army's first general Officer . Women 08:39.628 --> 08:41.739 have played a pivotal role in today's 08:41.739 --> 08:44.010 military specialist , Christopher Bruce 08:44.010 --> 08:46.180 takes us to fob warhorse where service 08:46.180 --> 08:48.069 members performed a play aimed at 08:48.069 --> 08:50.069 celebrating women's history month . 08:50.540 --> 08:52.651 Women's history was celebrated at fob 08:52.651 --> 08:54.651 war horse in the Diyala province of 08:54.651 --> 08:57.290 Iraq . The celebration started out with 08:57.290 --> 08:59.457 the play of one woman struggles in her 08:59.457 --> 09:01.512 household and included some valuable 09:01.512 --> 09:02.957 information about women's 09:02.957 --> 09:05.123 accomplishments in history . After the 09:05.123 --> 09:07.234 play , army major Elizabeth luke will 09:07.234 --> 09:09.346 spoke to the audience about how women 09:09.346 --> 09:11.530 were alongside men in history , but 09:11.540 --> 09:13.651 history has rode out women . If there 09:13.651 --> 09:15.484 is anything that women can do in 09:15.484 --> 09:17.651 support of themselves , it would be to 09:17.651 --> 09:20.400 correct that omission to not allow 09:20.400 --> 09:23.210 ourselves to be written out of history . 09:23.220 --> 09:25.110 Army . Lieutenant colonel of set 09:25.110 --> 09:27.221 bonanno who played a grandmother role 09:27.221 --> 09:29.166 in the play . Said she volunteered 09:29.166 --> 09:31.054 because of the inspiration of her 09:31.054 --> 09:33.221 mother and grandmother during the time 09:33.221 --> 09:35.388 that they lived in and the things that 09:35.388 --> 09:37.221 they have to go through to fight 09:37.221 --> 09:39.221 through the rules . You know , that 09:39.221 --> 09:41.443 women were allowed to do so many things 09:41.443 --> 09:43.554 reporting for task force lightning in 09:43.554 --> 09:45.166 baquba Iraq . I'm specialist 09:45.166 --> 09:47.221 Christopher Bruce that wraps up this 09:47.221 --> 09:49.332 edition of our program from All of us 09:49.332 --> 09:51.554 here at A . F . N . And Freedom Journal 09:51.554 --> 09:53.610 Iraq . Thanks for watching and we'll 09:53.610 --> 09:56.540 see you next time . Yeah . 09:58.940 --> 09:59.150 Okay .