Sgt. Verna Oates (right), with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, receives a congratulatory handshake from 1st Sgt. Ron Novio, senior enlisted leader for HHC, 56th IBCT during a promotion ceremony on Camp Victory on Mar. 14. Oates, from Texarkana, Texas, received her promotion under the battlefield promotion system, will still be known to those in HHC, 56th IBCT as "Momma Oates", a nickname earned from her reputation for taking care of Soldiers in her unit.

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