Lt. Col. Al Shoffner native of Lawton, Okla., and the commander of 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, joins local leaders of Mrezat in the Basateen neighborhood of Baghdad's Adhamiyah district for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the Mrezat Water Pump Station July 10. The irrigation pump benefits 10 to 12 thousand people in Mrezat, whose primary crop is the palm-date grove.