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This just in from the Armed Forces Press Service news releases…

Face of Defense: Soldier Helps Iraqi Schools With Support From Home

By Army Maj. J. Frank Garcia
Special to American Forces Press Service

BAGHDAD, Sept. 22, 2008 – A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier has reached back home to gather English school books for use in classrooms here.

Army Capt. Casey Plamann, a teacher from Hortonville, Wis., now serving as a civil affairs information manager and planner with the 101st Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team in northwestern Baghdad, took a great concept and initiated action.

Plamann developed a program based on the Strike Brigade’s school partnership strategy that will include routine communication and donations of English school books and supplies. The strategy was designed to develop educational capacity in the Baghdad districts of Khadamiyah, Mansour and Kharkh.

Samantha Schroth, a 4-H Club member and Hortonville High School student, helps to unload donated school supplies June 12, 2008, in Hortonville, Wis. Army Capt. Casey Plamann, a teacher from Hortonville, serves as a civil affairs information manager and planner with the 101st Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team in Multinational Division Baghdad. He reached back to contacts in Wisconsin to gather English school books for use in Baghdad classrooms. Photo courtesy of Army Capt. Casey Plamann, Multinational Division Baghdad

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