SPC Christopher McKelvey checks network cables for connectivity during a routine maintenance check of the systems around LSA Anaconda.
Pic: CPL Kevin McSwain

SGT Herald Cory, a native of Newport News, Va., who serves as a military working dog handler with 18th Military Police Brigade currently working with the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment "Golden Dragons," 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), uses Wandor, a military working dog, to screen civilian contractors entering Patrol Base Gator Swamp, Iraq. The Golden Dragons have been using the working dogs to screen all civilian contractors entering PBGS.

SGT Kevin McCallum , a native of Aikens, S.C., with Company C,1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, looks for his next accurate shot on insurgents on Hiafa Street Jan.24.
Pic: CPL Shea Butler

SGT Kevin McCallum , a native of Aikens, S.C., and SPC Robert Durham, a native of Phoenix, both with Company C,1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, scan for enemies out of a window in an abandoned building on Hiafa Street.
Pic: CPL Shea Butler

The $31.2 million rehabilitation and expansion of a 400kV/132kV substation along with the five feeders in the Diyala Province will provide a more reliable power source for over 63,000 people.
Pic: Polli Keller
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region North

SFC Timothy Knoblach, HHC 1/34th BCT of Hastings, Mn. entertains Iraqi children by paying them a small fee to release a pigeon. Iraqi children swarm American service members when they have the opportunity to receive hand-outs such as pens and pencils, beanie babies or other gifts.
Pic: CPL Patrick Zeigler

CPT Colin Fleming, HHC 1/34th Brigade Combat Team of Burnsville, Minn., discusses business with a local sheik at a water filtration plane near Al Batha, Iraq. The 1/34th in involved with many civil military operations projects in the Al Batha area.
Pic: CPL Patrick Zeigler

SFC Kenneth Baer, U.S. Central Command Public Affairs, from Garrison, N.D. grabs a few winks on a flight to Iraq. Baer is a member of CENTCOM's Media Engagement Team whose mission is to connect service members with their hometown media outlets.
Pic: CPL Patrick Zeigler

SGT James Norton HHC 1/34th Brigade Combat Team from Stillwater, Minn. Shakes hands with an Iraqi student on his way home from class. Iraqi children are fascinated with U.S. service members and take every opportunity to interact with them.
Pic: CPL Patrick Zeigler

Iraqi soldiers enter a mosque to search it near Janabi Village, Iraq, during an operation in the area. The operation, a combined effort between Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) and Iraqi army forces of the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, was aimed at finding weapons caches and terror suspects.
Pic: CPL Christina McCann

Iraqi soldiers question a resident of Janabi Village during an operation in the village. The 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division worked in tandem with Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, both of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI). The operation, aimed at finding caches and terror suspects, netted several weapons caches and over 80 detainees.
Pic: CPL Christina McCann

Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) Military Transition Team walk with Iraqi soldiers of the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, in a combined operation near Janabi Village, Iraq.
Pic: CPL Christina McCann

SSG Michael Myers (center), a native of Gasport, N.Y., and a Military Transition Team trainer with the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI), discussed the next move with Iraqi soldiers during a tactical halt while conducting a combined U.S.-Iraqi army operation near Janabi Village, Iraq. The operation, aimed at finding weapons caches and detaining terror suspects, netted several caches and over 80 detainees.
Pic: SPC Chris McCann

CPT Thornton S. Mu, a flight surgeon with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, treats Ibrahim, an 8-year-old boy who arrived at Forward Operating Base Sykes seeking medical attention. Mu works as a pediatrician when not on deployment.

CPT Thornton S. Mu, a flight surgeon with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, shows a book to Ibrahim, an 8-year-old boy who arrived at Forward Operating Base Sykes seeking medical attention. Mu works as a pediatrician when not on deployment.

COL Stephen Twitty, commander, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, congratulates Gen. Jamal, commander, 2nd Iraqi Army Division after the Memorandum of Understanding signing in Al Kindi, Iraq. The MOU releases the 2 IA from U.S. control to the Iraqi Ground Forces Command.
Pic: SGT Paula Taylor

MAJ John Hodge, A Company commander, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, of Huntington, W. Va., reviews documentation to reimburse an Iraqi citizen for damages as Navy Lt. James Leineweber of Tucson, Ariz., and SFC Jeffrey Turner of Knoxville, Tenn (left) provide legal guidance and assistance.
Pic: MAJ Roderick Cunningham

SGT Joe Daugherty from Casper, Wy., checks a man's identification card before the man comes into the International Zone in Baghdad. Daugherty, along with his fellow troopers from 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, man the entry control points on the roads leading into the IZ.
Pic: CPL Alexis Harrison

PV2 Sean Goodman, an infantry man from Louisville, Ky., scans the horizon during his shift atop a guard tower on Forward Operating Base Prosperity. Goodman and troops from 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, are in charge of security for not only the FOB but for the entry control points to the International Zone in Baghdad.
Pic: CPL Alexis Harrison

Univ of Arizona Wildcat Battalion

The future tip of the spear - hooah! The author would like to thank all the men and women of the Wildcat Battalion for their hospitality. Study hard - work hard - I am an American Soldier.

Manton, Mich. native, SPC Joel Roderick (right), a combat medic for Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment reenlisted at Camp Taji, Iraq as Winslow, Ariz. native CPT Patrick Inman, battalion surgeon for the 1st Bn., 82nd Field Artillery Regt. read him the oath of enlistment. The reenlistment marked the 100th time during Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation 06-08 that a 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team Soldier has reenlisted - just outstanding. Nothing beats a reenlistment or promotion in the field - it's Army nirvana.
Pic: SGT Jon Cupp

SGT Albert Cook runs out of a M109A6 Paladin, a Self-Propelled Howitzer, to retrieve canisters (and do some good PT!!!) for indirect fire missions at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, in the Diyala Province of Iraq. The artillery Soldier is a member of A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry and is currently serving in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pic: SSG Samantha Stryker

SGT John Grimes carries a 155 mm round canister from the field artillery ammunition support vehicle at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in the Diyala Province, Iraq. Grimes is a member of A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry.
Pic: SSG Samantha Stryker

SGT Albert Cook runs out of a M109A6 Paladin, a Self-Propelled Howitzer, to retrieve canisters for indirect fire missions at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, in the Diyala Province of Iraq. The artillery Soldier is a member of A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry and is currently serving in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pic: SSG Samantha Stryker (Cool Name!)

SPC David S. Smyth, with Troop E, 1st Battalion, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, stands in front of the satellite dish on top of his trailer at Forward Operating Base Sykes, near Tal Afar, Iraq. Smyth maintains the dish and modem, which provide Internet connections for as many as 40 Soldiers living near him.

Zahra Kamer, an 8-year-old little girl, is placed into her new wheelchair by her father, Kamer Falih at the Taji Qada Qada. Kamer was one of 19 people to receive a new wheelchair from the Soldiers of Co. C, 414th Civil Affairs Battalion.
Pic: SGT Cheryl Cox

CPT William LeFever, a team leader with Co. C, 414th Civil Affairs Battalion, talks to Lukman Rahman, who is in charge of the Al-Assriah Women's Center, about a new list of supplies that needs to be turned in to the Qada (City Councel) and to LeFever before the item can be purchased or work can begin.
Pic: SGT Cheryl Cox

SFC Bonita Jones, Co. C, 414th Civil Affairs Battalion, talks to Inam Abdulhussein, a worker at the Al-Assriah Women's Clinic, about additional item that are needed for the women's clinic. The women's clinic was designed to give the women of Al-Assriah a place to learn a skill and work.
Pic: SGT Cheryl Cox

CPTs Scott and Molly Davidson are deployed to the Middle East for the second time as husband and wife. This time they are stationed together.
Pic: 2LT Michael Wallace

Arabian Sea (Jan. 3, 2007) — The “Buckeyes” flag from The Ohio State University is flown aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) as a show of support by IKE fans for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game against the “Gators” of the University of Florida. IKE and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 are on a regularly scheduled deployment currently operating in support of Maritime Security Operations.
Pic: Petty Officer 2nd Class Miguel Contreras

Arabian Sea (Jan. 3, 2007) — Navigator Cmdr. Bill Noll, a fan of The Ohio State University hoists the “Buckeyes” flag aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in a display of support for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game against the “Gators” of the University of Florida. IKE and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 are on a regularly scheduled deployment currently operating in support of Maritime Security Operations.
Pic: Petty Officer 2nd Class Miguel Contreras

Raad and Ahmed, two local Iraqi children, visit with Soldiers of Company B, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) at Patrol Base Rushdi Mullah, Iraq, south of Baghdad. Raad and Ahmed received medical care from the Soldiers of the company.

The 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment's Military Transition Team commander, Maj. Chris Norrie, speaks to an Iraqi police captain during a joint operation in central Baghdad. The operation marked the first time the Iraqi Army teamed up with Iraqi police to conduct a joint operation on Haifa Street in more than 16 months.
Pic: CPL Alexis Harrison

A couple of young children come out to greet the U.S. Soldiers while they were inspecting a sewage pump.
Pic: SFC Kap Kim

SGM Jeffrey Seidel Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, hands out some candy to the local children.
Pic: SFC Kap Kim

Commanders Susan P. McKeefrey, a nurse with Taqaddum Surgical and Pamela C. Harvey, a doctor with Taqaddum Surgical, got to see recovering patient Riyam Shihan again during an arranged meeting in Habbaniyah. The Police Transition Teams and Surgical Unit responsible for saving Riyam are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq (MNF-W) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction.
Pic: CPL Geoffrey Ingersoll

SPC Zachary Kipp, a 21-year-old fire supporter from Philadelphia, Pa. with Company B., 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Louis, Wash., enjoys a cup of tea with an Iraqi soldier Jan. 4. U.S. Soldiers worked with Iraqi forces in a humanitarian mission in Harbiya, a neighborhood in northern Baghdad, to supply displaced civilians with food, medicines and blankets.
Pic: PFC Marcus Gable

Soldiers from Company B., 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Louis, Wash., pause between missions to play a game of spades at Forward Operating Base Justice Jan. 4. These Soldiers were part of a four-day humanitarian mission in northern Baghdad in which coalition forces handed out blankets, food supplies and medicines to local Iraqis.
Pic: PFC Marcus Gable

SPC Nicholas Wilburn digs for weapons in an orange grove outside the city of Samarra after already finding a box of small arms ammunition. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division found two long-term weapons caches in the area over a week.
Pic: SGT Michael Tuttle