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 Utah Guard, Cambodian Soldiers construct school By Capt. Choli Ence, Utah National Guard
 KAMPONG SPEU, Cambodia - Utah National Guard  Soldiers from the 197th Special Troops Company (Airborne) worked alongside  Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Soldiers to complete construction of a local  school during the humanitarian and civic assistance project for Angkor Sentinel  2010 here, July 12 - 30. The Global Peace Operations Initiative, Angkor Sentinel  2010, co-sponsored co-sponsored by U.S. Army, Pacific, is a multi-national  program and is the latest in a continuing series of regional exercises designed  to promote peacekeeping capabilities of securities forces in both Cambodia and  other countries. It has included a command-post exercise, a field-training  exercise, and a humanitarian civic assistance (HCA) project. The school-building project broke ground April 4 with the  majority of the U.S. Soldiers arriving in Cambodia to assist with the  construction on June 12. "This is the first exercise that we as the 97th TC  have participated in where we have been able to do a HCA project in conjunction  with the exercise," said Lt. Col. Holly Ottesen, operations officer with  the 97th Troop Command. First Lt. Thomas Ashton, platoon leader of the base  support platoon, said the school was designed by the RCAF in consultation with  local education officials and contains three classrooms that will hold up to  120 students along with a separate building for restrooms. The project has not been without its share of growing  pains as both the Americans and Cambodians learned to adapt to their different  construction methods. "We come in with our American know-how and it  doesn't necessarily fit in with their Cambodian way of building  structures," said Ashton. Both the U.S. and RCAF Soldiers are working tirelessly  together, however, to have the school completed by the dedication ceremony  scheduled for July 29. The U.S. and RCAF Soldiers were also assisted by Navy  Seabees, who were in the area drilling wells. Prior to the construction of this school, the nearest  school, Makara 7, required many of the local school children to cross a busy  two-lane road. Throughout the construction of the school, many of the  local school children have frequented the construction site. Ashton said that the best part of being involved in the  HCA project is becoming a member of the community. "It's cool that the  kids we know now have a school in their neighborhood and they don't have to go  and risk their lives to go to school." Spc. Paul Morrison, a supply logistical specialist with  the 197th agreed. "These kids come out every day and seeing the smile of  their faces is very rewarding."
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