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Contributed by: Henry Battjes on 12/19/2007

Captain Mark Battjes, Commander of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment is one of many US Army troops making positive changes in the political, economic and security situation for the Jamia neighborhood of western Baghdad.

His letter to Parker and Castle Rock residents posted October 14 in YourHub indicated actions that US forces would be taking to increase local security and help develop the local economy.
http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/News/Nation-World/Story~377300.aspx

During October and November, grants were given to local merchants to get the marketplace open for business, since the violence had been significantly reduced.Follow this link for a report on those grants - http://www.blackanthem.com/News/toa/First_micro-grants_distributed_in_Jamia10979.shtml

During December, Bravo Company has organized and successfully stood up a large force of Concerned Local Citizens from the neighborhood who volunteered to become a local police force, as a supplement to and eventual replacement for the US and Iraqi Army security forces, as noted in this story link - http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=14721

Also during this month, Bravo Company has been instrumental in bringing together local leaders in a move toward reconciliation, as noted in this story link - http://www.dvidshub.net/index.php?script=news/news_show.php&id=14685

This is still a work in progress, but shows the positive steps being made in the long rebuilding process for the people of Iraq, from the experiences of a young man who proudly counts Parker, Colorado as his home town.

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