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Staff Sgt. Travers Brake, a native of Elkins, W.Va., and a platoon sergeant assigned to Troop C, 1st Battalion, 150th Armored Reconnaissance Squadron, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, makes Iraqi children smile when he hands them pencils during a mission to the Zwaynot village.

January 20, 2010 - Staff Sgt. Travers Brake, a native of Elkins, W.Va., and a platoon sergeant assigned to Troop C, 1st Battalion, 150th Armored Reconnaissance Squadron, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, makes Iraqi children smile when he hands them pencils during a mission to the Zwaynot village. Photo by Sgt. Samantha Beuterbaugh, 366th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment