On July 4, an American flag was flown over COB (Contingency Operations Base) in Basra, Iraq in honor of MBA cohort MBN. The owner of the flag, Captain Paul Ives, was a member of this cohort before he was called back to Iraq for a second deployment.

Ives currently serves as an operations officer in the tactical operations center as a member of the 34th “Red Bull” Infantry Division. He will likely be deployed until February 2010.

Ives arranged for the flag to be sent to Dr. Duke Fuehrer, co-program director for the MBA. Fuehrer plans to display the flag and a corresponding certificate at the Red Fox Campus, where most MBA cohorts meet.