Col. Mike Bridges, a member of an Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, assists Ali Abid Abbas, the education committee chairman for the Taji Quada, in cutting the ribbon signifying the opening of the temporary school build in Al Awad, Iraq, for the local and surrounding area children. The temporary trailers as the consolidated school to ensure the surrounding children have a school for the upcoming school year.

Photo courtesy of  Specialist Shejal Pulivarti, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs