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Stuttgart, Germany

Nov 5, 2005

Republic of Georgia capital city Tbilisi City Mayor Gigi Ugulava greets Maj. Melvin Chattman, 38, the Georgia Sustainment and Stability Operations Program U.S. task force commander and native of Memphis, Tenn., at the Waldorf Free School, Nov. 5. Task force members donated an oak tree, bushes, flowers, axes and their personal time to improving the school grounds for the children in addition to splitting firewood to heat the school. Flanking the mayor are (left) Levan Khelaia, the school environmental coordinator, and (right) Jimi Mazanashvili, Parent Teacher Association coordinator. The more than 50-member U.S. task force, many of them veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, is training Georgian soldiers in preparation for their scheduled deployment to Iraq as Coalition members. Georgia?s GSSOP trained 22nd Light Infantry Battalion troops will form part of the dedicated force called for in UN Security Council Resolution 1546 to protect UN forces in Iraq.

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