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Photo
Contest
Submit your photos to
MOAA’s patriotic photo
contest. All members
and their spouses may
enter, including amateur
and professional pho-
tographers. Each entrant
may submit only one
photo in each of four
categories (camaraderie,
military family, on duty,
and vintage).
Visit
www.moaa.org/
magazine/photocontest
for full details, entry
requirements, and judg-
ing criteria. Last year’s
winners appeared in
the July 2009 issue of
Military Officer. En-
tries can be mailed to
Soldiers Explore
MOAA Photo Contest,
201 N. Washington St.,
Alexandria, VA 22314,
Ancient Ruins
or e-mailed to photo
contest@moaa.org. The
contest closes at 4 p.m.
Eastern time, March 31.
S
ervicemembers are deployed fered a tour to soldiers. He explained the
worldwide, but that doesn’t al- historical signifi cance of the temple and
ways allow for
sightseeing.Forty touched on some of the ongoing restora-
lucky soldiers stationed in Iraq with the tion and excavation projects.
4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade, “It is a rare opportunity
1st Armored Division got some travel time to be able to visit a site with
in November 2009, when they toured the such biblical and historical
Great Ziggurat of Ur. signifi cance,” said Army Staff
The step pyramid, built more than 4,000 Sgt. Miriam Mountain.
years ago by Sumerian King Ur-Nammu, is Soldiers also saw what is
located a short distance from Contingency thought to be the home of
Operating Base Adder, Iraq. It served as a Terah and Abraham, who
temple to the Sumerian moon god Nanna. often is regarded as the fa-
Dhaif, a local Iraqi man well-studied in ther of the Abrahamic religions.
the history and culture of ancient Iraq, of- — Spc. Shane P.S. Begg, USA
PHOTOS: ABOVE, SPC. SHANE P.S. BEGG, USA; RIGHT, SHUTTERSTOCK; INSET, COL. CHRISTOPHER F E B RUA RY 2 0 1 0 MILITARY OFFICER 23
WRIGHT, USMCR, 2009 PHOTO CONTEST SECOND-PLACE WINNER, ON DUTY
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