U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

School children stand outside an older classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed a new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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School children gather during a dedication ceremony of their new classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed the new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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Local teachers, village elders and U.S. military members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 pose for a photo outside a newly built classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight constructed the new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

School children gather during a dedication ceremony of their new classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed the new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

School children sit inside an older classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed a new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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School children wave from inside an older classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed a new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

School children gather during a dedication ceremony of their new classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed the new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

School children wave during a dedication ceremony of their new classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed the new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. Army Capt. AnnaMarie Verdura, 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219 team leader, speaks to a village elder during a dedication ceremony of a new classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed the new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

School children sit inside an older classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed a new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

Local teachers and students watch a dedication ceremony of their new classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed the new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

School children sit an older classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed a new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

School children gather during a dedication ceremony of their new classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed the new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

Village elders wave goodbye after the dedication ceremony of a new classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed the new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

Published Dec. 16, 2019
By Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III
435th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

NIGERIEN AIR BASE 201, Niger -- School children stand outside an older classroom in the village of Tadress, Niger, Dec. 12, 2019. Coordinated by members of the U.S. Army 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion CAT 219, Airmen deployed to the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, Nigerien Air Base 201, constructed a new classroom for the students. In Niger, a teacher is only assigned to a class if there is a building to teach in. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Fox Echols III)

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U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students

U.S. service members deployed to Nigerien Air Base 201 build classroom for local students