Operation Soldier's Brotherhood of the Badge Project Makes a Difference in Lives of Thousands of Iraqi Police Officers

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: July 24, 2006 | Copyright information

FRESNO, Calif., July 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Iraq's police officers will be better protected on their day-to-day duties, thanks to a new nationwide initiative called Operation Soldier's Brotherhood of the Badge project. Created to provide much-needed police equipment and vests to Iraqi police officers currently in training, Operation Soldier wants to help Iraq establish a stable, modern police force, to help American troops finish the job in Iraq and come home.

Mike Harris, co-founder of Operation Soldier, recognizes a problem when he sees one, and he saw a tremendous one: A need to equip the ...

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