Lance Cpl. Migdad H. Mustafa, 21, from Sioux Falls, S.D., who is a combat engineer and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle driver with Jump Squad, Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, speaks with several Iraqi Army engineers in al-Anbar province, Iraq, Sept. 17. Mustafa was born in Sudan and is able to speak fluent Arabic, which has been a valuable asset for his unit during their current deployment to Iraq. Mustafa is often able to gather intelligence from the locals and able to help out his fellow Marines by acting as their interpreter. ::r::::n::
080917-M-1615T-001.jpg Photo By: Lance Cpl. Paul M. Torres

Sep 17, 2008
Lance Cpl. Migdad H. Mustafa, 21, from Sioux Falls, S.D., who is a combat engineer and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle driver with Jump Squad, Company A, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, speaks with several Iraqi Army engineers in al-Anbar province, Iraq, Sept. 17. Mustafa was born in Sudan and is able to speak fluent Arabic, which has been a valuable asset for his unit during their current deployment to Iraq. Mustafa is often able to gather intelligence from the locals and able to help out his fellow Marines by acting as their interpreter. ::r::::n::


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