Sadr City: 1st Armored Keeping The Peace
Capt. Erik Oksenvaag, a Seattle native, talks with 1st Lt. Ryan Poole, a Pasadena, Calif., native, during a mission in the Thawra 2 neighborhood of the Sadr City district of Baghdad May 11. Oksenvaag commands Company C, Task Force 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division which is currently attached [...]
Surge Success: Thousands More Iraqis Moving Back Home
Soldiers with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, 4th BCT, 3rd Inf. Div., secure the area outside a school, which was used as a makeshift clinic during a medical engagement in Abu Amer, a small village in the Wasit province of Iraq, March 28. Photo by Sgt. [...]
Al Sinaa, Iraq: 4th ID On Top Of Things, As Usual.
U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Shane Chapman gives another soldier a boost in order to see over a door for possible threats during a cordon and search mission in Al Sinaa, Iraq, on April 1, 2008. The soldiers are from 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. DoD photo by Pfc. [...]
Karadah, Iraq: US Works With ‘Sons of Iraq’
Mar. 21, 2008 - U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael Sargent, a platoon leader with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, speaks with Sons of Iraq members while inspecting their traffic checkpoint in Karadah, Iraq, March 21, 2008. Sons of Iraq is a security force comprised of groups of local residents that help maintain security in [...]
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Sean Ward Gets Assistance From Iraqi Big-Shot
Mar. 08, 2008 - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Sean Ward talks with an Iraqi child while providing security during a patrol in Hit, Iraq, March 8, 2008. Ward is from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5. DoD photo by Cpl. Seth Maggard, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)
Salman Pak, Iraq: 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment Ops In Al Duraiya
Master Sgt. Heath Potteiger, an infantryman in the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, scans for enemy personnel while conducting an operation in Al Duraiya, a small village near Salman Pak, Jan. 28. (Photo/Sgt. Timothy Kingston, 55th Combat Camera)
Kunar Province, Afghanistan: 2nd Btn, 503rd PIR Helps With School Supplies
Narang sub-governor, Haii Tahulam, hands out school supplies Dec. 4 at a school in Bar Narang. The supplies were donated by Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne).