Soldiers Check on Progress of Iraqi Police Station

By • on July 6, 2009

Soldiers Check on Progress of Iraqi Police Station

By Army Sgt. Jon Soles
Special to American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, July 6, 2009 – In 2006, an insurgent’s bomb destroyed the police station in Tarmiyah, Iraq — near Taji, north of the Iraqi capital — leaving a burning pile of rubble. Today, the station has risen from the ashes and is a new source of pride and an improvement for security for the town.

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Army Pfc. Jordan Robinson pulls security watch from a guard tower at the new police station in Tarmiyah, Iraq, July 3, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jon Soles