rapidfire N E W S Y O U C A N U S E
New DSRO
Supports
Reservists
Undersecretary of De-
fense Dr. David S.C. Chu
announced the forma-
tion of the Deployment
Support and Reintegra-
tion Office (DSRO). The
DSRO is part of
the Yellow Rib-
bon Reintegra-
tion Program,
which pro-
vides support
and outreach
services to reserve
component service-
members and their
families during
a deployment.
The program
Iraqi Forces Gain
emphasizes prepar-
ing servicemembers
and their families for the
stress associated with
Camera Skills
separation and deploy-
ment, educating ser-
vicemembers and their
families about resources
I
n the past six months, some Iraqi spe- As the troops pushed through the city, a available to assist them,
cial weapons and tactics teams and newly trained Iraqi combat cameraman connecting servicemem-
special operations forces in Balad, documented every move the special op- bers to service provid-
Iraq, have been learning how to combat erations forces made. ers, and reconnecting
terrorism and insurgency through the use “Sometimes, the picture you take is how servicemembers and
of imagery. you feel inside,” said Iraqi Col. Falah Hasan their families to their
Through the program, students learned Khadhim, a brigade deputy commander in communities for suc-
police photography functions, such as Iraq’s special operations forces, during the cessful integration into
crime-scene photography, and how to do May 8 graduation ceremony. the civilian environment
media outreach by taking video during “It could be a picture of nature or the after deployment. For
missions and providing that video to the scene of a battlefi eld. The camera has more information, con-
local media. more effect than the gun. Our duty is to tact the DSRO at (866)
The fi rst mission with combat camera- our country,” Khadhim continued. “You 504-7092 or (703)
trained personnel was the liberation of are now fi ghting with two weapons: by 693-7487.
the southern city of Basra, Iraq, in March. your camera and by your gun.”
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