Senior Airment Brandon Lasmith, an emergency manager for the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, and a Greensboro, N.C., native, spins a hula-hoop around his arm for an Iraqi boy on July 31 while volunteering for Iraqi Kids Day at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. This monthly event allows children to come on the base to interact with U.S. Forces in a non-hostile enviroment.