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Article: A hot assignment: chief heads up effort to rebuild Iraq's fire infrastructure.
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- Citizen Airman
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- December 1, 2003
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With Saddam Hussein driven from power and American and coalition forces focused on helping Iraq rebuild its splintered country, one Air Force reservist played a major role in helping re-establish the country's infrastructure.
For four months earlier this year, Chief Master Sgt. Glenn Robinson was assigned to the Combined Joint Task Force Seven based in Baghdad and tasked with leading the effort to rebuild Iraq's fire protection and prevention network.
Working closely with the Coalition Provisional Authority headed by Ambassador Paul Bremer and Iraq's Ministry of Interior, led by Nouri Badran, Robinson oversaw the purchasing of fire trucks and gear, the ...