Spc. Emilio Rodriguez from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, stands guard atop Mt. Sin Jar overlooking the Syrian border.
1st Sgt. Arthur Abiera from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, prepares for a mission to search for smuggling routes along the Syria/Iraq border.
Pvt. Keith Moyer from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, provides security as his platoon leader gathers intelligence along the Syria/Iraq border near Forward More
Capt. Josh Beard, from Opelika, Ala., the civil-military operations officer for 1st Battalion,10th Field Artillery, helps test the water being filtered from the new well at a girls' school in Narhwan, Dec. 6. T More
Sgt. Jonathan McNemar, with cable, gunner, Company B, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, tests the recovery cable of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle as Spc. Jennifer Ward, a medic from More
Members of the Narhwan emergency response team, specially trained police officers from Narhwan and Al-Ma'amil, clear a house in the abandoned town of Sha Buu't, Jan. 3.
Sgt. Dylan Newton, from Burlington, Vt., a tanker in Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, currently attached to the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, pulls security on top of a home in Jama Taha, More
Capt. Mike Garrison, from Fort Lee, Va., the physical therapist assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, helps Soham, balance herself during a physical therapy session at Patrol Base Assassin, Iraq, Jan.15. Soh More
An Iraqi girl peaks out from behind the older children as she clings tightly to the stuffed elephant a Soldier gave her during a convoy stop in Albu Hayat, Jan. 14. The stuffed animal was one of many items dona More
Fayetteville, N.C., native, Col. John H. Hort, center, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and Indiana, Penn., native, Lt. Col. Michael Pappal, far right, commander of the 1st Combi More
Sa'id Ishmail, the Rashidiya council leader, pays a member of the Concerned Local Citizens his monthly salary at the Saba'al Nissan meeting hall in Rashidiya just north of Baghdad, Jan. 19. Along with being pai More
Capt. Mike Garrison, from Fort Lee, Va., the physical therapist assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, examines the shoulder of an Iraqi gunshot victim at Patrol Base Assassin, Jan. 15.
A Soldier from the 789th Ordnance Company (explosive ordnance disposal), from Ft. Benning, Ga., places C4 explosives on an insurgent cache found by Concerned Local Citizens in Sabbah Nissan, a village southeast More
Easton, Pa., native 1st Lt. Nick Piergallini, platoon leader, 1st Platoon, Company D, attached to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team More
Lt. Col. Brian Coppersmith, commander of 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), talks to Abu Maruf, an influential leader in south Baghdad, at a reconciliati More
Spc. Jamilah Cooper, from Chicago, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, sings during the 3rd Brigade Combat Team's commemorative service to honor the work and memory of D More
Members of the Adhamiya District Council meet at the former Ministry of Defense building in Adhamiya Jan. 30. During the meeting, the council members and Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers talked about More
Spc. Raquel Martinez, a combat medic with the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, takes a knee and scans the area during an operation in al Duraiya, a small village near Salman Pak, Jan. 28. (Photo/Sgt. Timo More
Sgt. Cole Glackin (right), a Fairbanks, Alaska native, who serves as the day-shift liaison officer for 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-Nat More
Maj. John Wolfe, from Scottsboro, Ala., a 489th Civil Affairs team leader, walks with a council leader, a leader of the Sons of Iraq and a maintenance and support representative during a tour of a hospital in S More
Lt. Col. Wilson Shoffner, a Lawton, Okla., native, who serves as the commander of the 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, currently attached More
Staff Sgt. Matthew Jemison, from Metairie, La., and Pfc. Nawin Phaipanya, from San Antonio, Texas, both from Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, pull security at a hospital in Salman Pa More
Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr., from Prince George's County, Md., commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, speaks with leaders of the Mada'in Qada and Iraqi security forces leaders at a meeting at Forward Operatin More
Soldiers in 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, search through high grass for weapons caches during a search operation in Jisr Diyala, Iraq, Feb. 9.
Army vice chief of staff, Gen. Richard Cody, is greeted by Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, 3rd Infantry Dvision commander, Col. Dominic Caracillo, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault Commander) More
Lt. Col. Ryan Kuhn, from Clarks, Neb., deputy commander for the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Dr. Ihassaan al Jabouri Shwat, health director for the Mada'in Qada, and Maj. Cynthia Majerske, from Bar Harbor, Maine, 3 More
1st Lt. Benjamin Hooker, from Shelby, Mich., platoon leader of 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, (right) and Sgt. 1st Class Donal Mathena, from Phenix City, Ala., platoon sergeant o More
An Iraqi (left) completes the voting process by preparing to place his thumbprint on a registry, Feb. 14, while the next man in line places his voting slip in the ballot box at Combat Outpost War Eagle in north More
Spc. Erin Hammer, from Manti, Utah, and Spc. Ronald Gardner, Durant, from Okla., both Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, pose behind munitions seized from a weapon cache in Jurf Nadaf, a village east More
Sons of Iraq members show Lt. Col Michael Pemrick, a Greenwich, N.Y., native, who serves as the deputy commander for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, the accomm More
Dr. Ahlam Turki, obstetrician/ gynecologist, speaks to a group of women as Dr. Suzan --- and Fawzia ---- listen. The three women are bilingual, bi-cultural advisors with 360th Civil Affairs Brigade and interact More
An Iraqi man offers cookies to Sgt. 1st Class Steven Pizzino (left), Sgt. Chad Toth (back left) and Sgt. Larry Washington to go along with the chai tea his wife prepared for them in the kitchen of their home, F More
An Iraqi army soldier stands watch over a cache turned in Feb. 22 in the Qarghuli area.
A new land bridge connecting the Mada'in Qada and Baghdad opened Feb. 22. The government of Iraq constructed the bridge to alleviate traffic congestion and plans on rehabilitating a larger, adjacent bridge (in More
First Lt. Josh Jones, a platoon leader in Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, talks to a sheik from the village of Kesra in southern Khanassa, Iraq, Feb. 24. (Photo/Sgt. Timothy Kingston, 55th Com More
Local workers remove trash in the Four Corners market district, southeast of Baghdad, Feb. 21. The 3rd National Police Battalion, Sons of Iraq, local Iraqi police and coalition forces worked with shop owners in More
Staff Sgt. Timothy Vigen, from Minneapolis, Company C, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), gets a workout on the rock-climbing gym he built wi More
Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), uncover a huge cache of spent and unused munitions, Feb. 25, west of Owesat.
Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment Soldiers place steel pickets at Checkpoint 600 near Salman Pak, Iraq, prior to the reopening ceremony attended by more than 150 coalition and Iraqi security forc More
Dr. Nassir Abbas, director of the Iskandariyah vocational school, speaks to Mahmudiyah Qada Education director general, Dr. Kais, Mahmudiyah Council chairman, Najim Mahdi al Dulaymi, and Sheik Somar Abdul Amir More
Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, from Hamilton, Ohio, commander of the Multi-National Division - Center (left), presents Master Sgt. Jeremiah Gan, from Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., first sergeant of Company E, 1st Battalion, 1 More
Dr. Nassir Abbas, director of the Iskandariyah vocational school, speaks to sheiks and other leaders from the Mahmudiyah Qada, March 2, when the group toured his facility.
Twenty-two soldiers stand at parade rest during their reenlistment ceremony at the Phoenix Academy, Camp Taji, Iraq, Mar. 3. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman, joint chief of staff, administered the Soldiers' oat More
An Iraqi man with his disabled child talks to Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers about his daughter's handicap. Various charities and non-government organizations operate in Iraq to provide special need More
Rakkasan and Falcon Soldiers browse a table of makeup, perfume, chocolate and gift bags donated by female staff members from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga. (U.S. Army photo/Capt. Allison Flannigan)
Col. Dominic Caraccilo, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, presents Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bennett Love Jr. with the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara medal during Saint Barbara Day More
Col. John Hort (left), a Fayetteville, N.C., native, who serves as commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, shows British Army Lt. Gen. John Cooper, de More
Spc. Angel Marrero, a Pleasantville, N.J., native, pulls security, March 12, at Combat Outpost Callahan. Marrero serves as truck driver with Company F, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brig More
A pile of discarded desks stands outside the Northern Said Abdullah school near Mahmudiyah, March 13. Soldiers from Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Divis More
A senior Sons of Iraq member; council chairman Sheikh Enad; Capt. Chas Cannon, from Moultrie, Ga., commander of Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery; and Tesah Nissan Sons of Iraq leader Sheikh Qassim More
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston listens as Sgt. 1st Class Jason Dodge, Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, explains how the buffalo works to seek More
Lt. Col. Geoff Ellerson (center), from Columbus, Ga., National Police Training Team chief for 3rd Brigade, 1st National Police Division, talks to Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr. (left), from Prince George's County, More
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Kathleen Dussault, commander of the Joint Contracting Command – Iraq/Afghanistan and the head of contracting activity, jokes with Maj. Sean Lanier, from Petersburg, Va., logistics officer fo More
Staff Sgt. Joseph Faulkner a native of Evansville, Ind., with the 3rd Squadron, 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, attached to the 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., Multi-National More
U.S. Army Multi-National Division - Baghdad Staff Sgt. Lionel Ifill a native of Philadelphia, Pa., assigned to the civil affairs office at the 3rd Squadron, 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division look More
Battle buddies and family members back home suffer a sometimes crippling pain because of the desperate decision of a Soldier to commit suicide. "Most people who are suicidal don't want to die," said Maj. Willia More
A customer watches the fruit and vegetables in a shop on Chem Street in Adhamiyah. As recently as four months ago, this market area was uninhabited and a scene of numerous terrorist attacks. The streets of Adha More
Col. Wayne W. Grigsby (center left), from Prince George's County, Md., commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, addresses the crowd during the opening of a pizza concession stand at Forward Operating Base Hamm More
Staff Sgt. Ricardo Hamlin, an Atlanta native, guides the barrier with an Iraqi worker on a main supply route in a northern Baghdad neighborhood, March 23. The barriers serve to cut off exit avenues for criminal More
Soldiers from the 789th Ordnance Company, from Ft. Benning, Ga., currently attached to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, prepare a weapons cache for detonation near al Muntadar, a small village east of Baghdad, March 25.
Col. Mohammed, commander of 3rd Battalion, 25th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division applauds following the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Mushada water treatment plant near Mahmudiyah, March 26. (U.S. Army photo/C More
Sgt. Michael Stombaugh, a Sioux Falls, S.D., native, prepares the trailer of a heavy equipment truck transport, while conducting a vehicle recovery mission in northern Baghdad in the early morning hours, March More
Lt. Col. Michael Pemrick, a Greenwich Village, N.Y., native, talks to Iraqi army soldiers at checkpoints in northeastern Baghdad on the early morning of, March 27. Pemrick serves as the deputy commander of the More
Soldiers of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, distribute school materials donated by the Mike Stokely Foundation at a school in Mullah Fayad, M More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mosheem Kahn (right), from Sacramento, Calif., and Senior Airman Daniel Donley, from Tyler, Texas, both with 557th Expeditionary Red Horse Squadron, check out their U.S. Army Achieveme More
An Iraqi army Humvee guards the entrance to a checkpoint in northeast Baghdad during the overnight hours, March 27. Earlier in the day, the checkpoint was attacked by terrorists. The IA soldiers repelled that a More
Tents had previously served as the care facility used by the medical personnel of Charlie Med during the unit's first 90 days at Camp Taji. Charlie Med is now in a refurbished building, which provides better ca More
Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond (right), the commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division and Multi-National Division - Baghdad, listens to Dr. Moayad Musleh Hamud, an Iraqi cardiologist, as he speaks to Ivy Divis More
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 25th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division and Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, came across a substantial cache that inc More
Lt. Col. John Kolasheski (right), from Loudon, Tenn., commander of 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, and squadron Soldiers conduct an operation, March 29, in Jisr Diyala, Iraq.
Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 25th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division delivered a weapons cache to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division after it was d More
Army Pfc. Jose Valentin guards former residents of Jurf as Sahkr, Iraq, just before their release from prison, March 28, 2008. Valentin is an infantryman with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, 4th Brigade More
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over the skies of Baghdad, April 2, during sunset while on mission. The helicopters continue to play a vital role in Iraq by transporting Soldiers to and from forward operati More
Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond (center), who is from Hattiesburg, Miss., and serves as the commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division and Multi-National Division – Baghdad, observes as Col. John Hort (left), wh More
Soldiers from Company B, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division talk about cut power lines with local leaders after air assaulting into Mufargi village, April 4 More
Iraqi army soldiers secure a truckload of food as they prepare to conduct a humanitarian assistance mission to deliver food and water to eastern Baghdad residents, April 5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)
Spc. Michael Passeretti, a native of Saint Paul, Minn., cuts a piece of wood with an electric saw while helping to build a new headquarters building for the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, at F More
An Iraqi baby boy, nicknamed "Alex Callahan," after the Soldier who found him and the base that he was left at, sleeps on a bed at Forward Operating Base Callahan in Baghdad, April 5.
Team Wolfpack consisting of Spc. Louis Pinault, from Fitchburg, Mass.; Sgt. Paul Zadzura, from Sturges, Pa.; and Spc. Mark Shaheer, from Chicago, lead after the foot march portion of the Eagle Challenge, April More
Army Reserve Soldiers with the 411th Civil Affairs Company from Danbury, Conn., serving with the 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, have interpretor More
Pfc. Jesse Manchester, from Hiram, Maine, a Soldier from the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion's security platoon, provides security during a patrol through a palm grove in the Mada'in Qada, Iraq, April 6.
Soldiers from 4th Company, 4th Battalion, 25th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division recovered a cache in Janabi village, April 6.
Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, on board an M1-A2 Abrams tank, make the More
Col. Wayne W. Grigsby, Jr., from Prince George's County, Md., commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team; Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, from Hamilton, Ohio, commander of Multi-National Division – Center; and 3rd BCT Command More
David Burkman, a retired Soldier currently working for Army Material Command, pins rank on his son-in-law 1st Lt. Mike English, from Monks Corner, S.C., an intelligence officer in Company A, 3rd Brigade Special More
A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier assigned to the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, provides security in the southern portion of the Sadr City District of B More
Col. Wayne Grigsby, Jr., from Prince George's County, Md., commander of the 3rd BCT, greets a civic leader in Narhwan before the Narhwan Development Conference at the health clinic, April 12.
John Stafford, embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, Vince Valle, Provincial Reconstruction Team, Mussiyf Jassim, Ready Made Clothing Company manager and Mahmudiyah Qada Mayor Jabbar Farraj Mullah al Chalabi More
1st Sgt. Wallace Reynolds, the first sergeant of F Company, along with his son Justin, 10, watch Reynolds younger son Jarrod, 8, kick football during the punt and pass event. The competition was part of the "Me More
Iraqi Army soldiers and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discuss how to move and secure a street in the Tharwa 1 More
A Soldier assigned to Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, removes debris covering a cache in Tameem, Iraq, April 14. The Sons of Iraq led Troop C to the buried cache, which included hundreds of mortar rounds.
Sgt. Richard Ray, from Fayetteville, N.C., Company C, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, provides security at the Arch of Cfesiphon in Salman Pak, Iraq, during a visit by the Iraqi ministry of tourism, April More
Iraqi army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 25th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division uncovered a cache that consisted of 24 60 mm anti-personnel improvised explosive devices, six RPGs and two AK-47 magazines. (U.S. Ar More
An Iraqi army soldier searches a vehicle during a joint clearance mission to kick off Operation Marne Piledriver, April 15, outside Mahmudiyah.
An Iraqi army soldier from the 42nd Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division studies an Iraqi wanted poster at patrol base Comanche in the Sadr City District of Baghdad, April 21. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. William Greer)
Cpl. Shaun Williams, of Jackson, Tenn., and 1st Lt. Michael Nolan, from San Antonio, platoon leader for 2nd Platoon, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, talk with Dr. Yassen Taha Salemon while co More
Capt. Ryan Sweet, from Saranac, Mich., a foreign claims attorney for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, looks over a claim submitted for payment by a resident of the Qarghuli village at Patrol Ba More
Staff Sgt. Robert Groves, a Boulder City, Nev., native, enlists the help of an Iraqi boy to help hang a sign directing people to the newly opened Civil Military Operations Center on Joint Security Station Sadr More
Brig. Gen. James Milano, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native who serves as the deputy commanding general for support with the 4th Infantry Division and Multi-National Division – Baghdad, speaks with Lt. Col. Fran More
Iraqi army soldiers provide security as Iraqi citizens walk by in the southern portion of the Sadr City District of Baghdad on May 3. Iraqi army soldiers and Iraqi police provide the bulk of security inside Sad More