Paratroopers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Airborne, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, begin to line up as a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter lands. Coalition forces and Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 8th Iraqi Army Division are waiting for the execution time for Operation Copperhead Road, an air assault mission in support of Operation Marne Avalanche. Copperhead Road is focused on disrupting known insurgent operations in the area of Hor Hussein, Iraq.
Pic: SGT Marcus Butler