U.S. Army soldiers set up a security perimeter after landing in the desert at the start of an operation. The soldiers are conducting counterinsurgency operations with Iraqi security forces to create a secure environment. The soldiers are assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Pic: Lance Cpl. Michael R. McMaugh, U.S. Marine Corps
 

An Iraqi boy sells a Pepsi to a U.S. Army Soldier from the 3rd Armory Cavalry Regiment in Tal Afar. The 3rd ACR along with the 82nd Airborne and Iraqi army security forces are providing security for the Tal Afar region in order to disrupt insurgent safe havens and clear weapons cache sights in the area of operation. Pic: Photographer's Mate 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle, U.S. Navy
 

Local volunteers line up to enroll in the Iraqi police academy in Tal Afar. Iraqi army security forces, with assistance from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and 82nd Airborne unit, provide security in the Tal Afar region in order to disrupt insurgent safe havens and to clear weapons cache sites in the area of operation. Pic: Photographer's Mate 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle, U.S. Navy
 

Minutes after a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device explodes in Baghdad, U.S. Army Soldiers from the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment respond with medical aid to civilians injured in the explosion. Pic: SPC Preston Cheeks
 

A Soldier from Company B, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, watches the streets of Tal Afar for trouble, while an Iraqi youth joins him. Pic: SSG James Harper Jr.
 

SGT Michael Hanson (left), team leader, and SGT Bruno Diaz, squad leader, 2nd Platoon, Company C, 612th Engineer Battalion, Ohio Army National Guard, test the controls for the multi-function agile radio-controlled robot before a mission at Camp Liberty. Pic: Matthew Clifton
 

SGT Bruno Diaz (right), squad leader, 2nd Platoon, Company C, 612th Engineer Battalion, Ohio Army National Guard uses a remote control to test the multi-function agile radio-controlled robot before a mission at Camp Liberty. Pic: Matthew Clifton
 

The multi-function agile radio-controlled robot is a robot used to sniff out and identify suspected improvised explosive devices. The MARCBOT has been issued to certain military units deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pic: PFC Matthew Clifton

 

Soldiers from D Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, Rhode Island National Guard found bomb-making materials and mortar aiming stakes in a house northwest of Baghdad. The troops detained three male suspects at the house and confiscated terrorist propaganda, two expended rocket casings, two timers and the aiming stakes. Pic: SPC Adam Durocher
 

CPT David Underwood, B Btry., 1-9 FA, commander, speaks with the manager of the Al Rasheed Water Treatment Facility in Sindabad. Pic: SPC Ben Brody
 

CPT David Underwood, B Btry., 1-9 FA, commander, hands out soccer balls to children. Pic: SPC Ben Brody
 

The multi-function agile radio-controlled robot, �MARCBOT,� is one piece of technology helping in the fight against improvised explosive devices in Iraq.

 

The multi-function agile radio-controlled robot, �MARCBOT,� is one piece of technology helping in the fight against improvised explosive devices in Iraq.

 

The multi-function agile radio-controlled robot, �MARCBOT,� is one piece of technology helping in the fight against improvised explosive devices in Iraq.

 

At the dump site in Kalsu, LCpl Joshua A. Lane from the II Marine Airwing Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 extinguishes a fire after burning scrap wood during a practice exercise.
Pic: LCpl Michael J O'Brien
 

Soldiers of 3/7 Cav, 2nd BDE, of the 3rd Infantry Division conduct a MEDCAP mission in Salman Pak. MEDCAPS are conducted to give the local populace mediical care. Pic: SPC David Kobi
 

SSG Sean Knudsen observes an Iraqi instructor teaching a member of the Iraqi army's 3rd Platoon how to clear his weapon during training on a firing range at Forward Operating Base Danger. Pic: Senior Airman Ave Pele, U.S. Air Force
 

Iraqi army security forces celebrate after detaining high-level anti-Iraqi suspects during a raid in Tal Afar. With the assistance of the U.S. Army 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, security forces patrol the Tal Afar region to disrupt insurgent safe havens and to clear weapons caches. Pic: Photograher's Mate 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle, U.S. Navy.
 

SGT Susan Engelbert entertains Iraqi children with a pair of night vision goggles at a screening site outside Tall Afar. Engelbert is assigned to the Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. Pic: Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Robert M Schalk, U.S. Navy
 

U.S. Army Soldiers and Iraqi army security forces discuss areas of protection at a checkpoint in the city of Tall Afar. With assistance from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Iraqi army security forces search for weapons and explosives at the checkpoint. Pic: Photographer's Mate 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle, U.S. Navy.
 

SPC Marcel Baburnic from 2nd Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division kicks open a door while on patrol of a section of the city of Rawah looking for hidden weapons. B 3-21 is attached to 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry, 2-14 is in Rawah to suppress terrorist activities. Pic: SSG Kyle Davis
 

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division scan the landing zone for possible hostile forces. The soldiers provided a security cordon so their unit could build a playset for a local school yard in northern Baghdad. The mission was aptly named Operation Jungle Gym. Pic: Tech. Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV, USAF
 

The newly elected mayor of Abu Sayda Taria Najim Abdullah holds a city council meeting with local leaders and sheik. Pic: Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Day, USAF
 

1LT Collin Dunderdale, (left), Doctor, HHT 1/11th ACR, and CPT John Fulk, Doctor, 2-130th IN, are analyzing the eyes of a Iraqi man. US Army,TF 1/11th ACR, 256th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, is providing a one day clinic in Nazic el Maleka Elementary School, in the Shohada District, here in West Baghdad. Pic: SSgt Jorge A. Rodriguez, USAF
 

A U.S. Army Soldier runs for cover while Iraqi soldiers provide security in Tall Afar. Iraqi army security forces, with assistance from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tiger Squadron, are patrolling Tall Afar to locate insurgent safe havens and to clear weapons caches. Pic: Photographer's Mate 1st Class Alan D. Monyelle, U.S. Navy