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In 2008, 85 U.S. com-
munities hosted “Com-
munity Covenant Signing
Ceremonies” demon-
strating support for our
nation’s servicemembers
and their families.
Dozens of towns and
cities across the U.S.
already have scheduled
a ceremony in 2009.
The goal this year is to
invite every governor and
mayor in the U.S. to host
Troops Teach
a ceremony affirming —
Iraqi Mechanics
or reaffirming — their
support for the U.S. mili-
tary and their families.
The program’s Web
M
echanics from the Iraqi army’s ence to maintain the generators,” said 1st site,
www.community
8th Motor Transport Regiment Sgt. Ali Mahdi Jassim of the 8th MTR.
covenant.army.mil, pro-
(MTR) attended a six-day gen- The course focused on correct start-up files more than 1,500
erator maintenance course at Forward and shutdown procedures, proper phase for “Best Practices” of sup-
Operating Base Delta, Iraq, in April to the electrical current, preventive mainte- port for U.S. troops and
improve the regiment’s self-suffi ciency. nance checks and services, and instructions their families and pro-
Although a lot of its units rely on gen- for changing main generator components. vides a schedule of up-
erators for electricity, the Iraqi army is not “This class is going well,” said Army coming ceremonies and
staffed with generator mechanics. The sol- Spc. Patrick Armstrong, a generator me- resources for planning
diers who attended the course are vehicle chanic with Company B, 589th Brigade a ceremony. For more
mechanics who can apply the skills learned Support Battalion. “I think this actually information, e-mail acsim
in the course directly to help maintain the goes a [long way] toward helping them get communitycovenant@
8th Iraqi Army Division’s generators. on their feet and being able to take care of
conus.army.mil or call
“We want to learn as much from the U.S. their own equipment, which helps them (703) 601-1945.
mechanics as we can and gain the experi- to be self-suffi cient,” he said.
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