Iraqi Army, U.S. Troops Deliver Backpacks to School Children

By Sgt. James P. Hunter, USA | Special to American Forces Press Service
ADIL, Iraq, Dec. 26, 2007 - The troops who provide a security situation that allows Iraqi children to attend school are helping those same children here get the most of that experience.

"I have always been a believer that when you are in school the only thing you should worry about is learning, and all teachers should be worried about is teaching," said Army 1st Lt. Reimund G. Manneck Jr., fire support officer with Company A, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment.

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