U.S. Army SPC. Kyle Thomas, a track vehicle mechanic assigned to Echo Company, 27th Base Support Battalion, 1ST Cavalry Division, braces a mounting bracket onto an engineer vehicle at the motor pool. The Fort Bliss, Texas, vehicle mechanic helped engineer a metal bracket to secure the rocket-propelled grenade deflection cage usually attached to the M113 Armored Personnel Carrier and redesigned it to mount on an engineer route clearance vehicle for added force protection for forces in the Mosul. (U.S. Army PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Samantha M. Stryker) (Released)