An Iraqi man talks to U.S. Army 1st Lt. Matthew Otto from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, in a Village near Hawijah, Iraq.
Pic: SSG Dallas Edwards

Iraqi army soldiers check villagers for concealed weapons while they are waiting in line to be processed into a Handheld Inter-agency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE) system in a Village near Hawijah, Iraq.
Pic: SSG Dallas Edwards

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division park in a Village near Hawijah, Iraq.
Pic: SSG Dallas Edwards

SGT Daniel Roche of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Regiment, peers through a peephole in an abandoned building in Baqubah, Iraq. Roche was searching for a sniper that was taking shots at coalition forces as they cleared a neighborhood, known as "Mexico", of insurgents and weapons caches.
Pic: lLT Richard Ybarra

SSG Yair Cardona examines a map after searching a home in the neighborhood of Baqubah. American Soldiers, along with Iraqi soldiers and policed cleared the entire neighborhood, taking sporadic fire from an isolated sniper.
Pic: lLT Richard Ybarra

SSG Yair Cardona peers through the window of an abandoned building in an attempt to locate a sniper firing on fellow Soldiers.
Pic: lLT Richard Ybarra

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, searches a home in a Baqubah neighborhood, known as "Mexico". Soldiers swept the homes for insurgents or weapons caches.
Pic: lLT Richard Ybarra

SPC Amanda Arick of Starkville, Miss., and SPC Chandler Arick of Opelika, Ala., re-enlist together at Forward Operating Base Falcon. The husband and wife are both medics, Amanda with Company A, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division and Chandler with Company B, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th IBCT, 1st Inf. Div.
Pic: PFC Nathaniel Smith

A U.S. Soldier speaks with the local youth during a routine patrolin Al Wardiya, Iraq.
Pic: SSG Shawn Weismiller

SSG Antonio Alvarado of Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, jokes with a boy from Grey'at during a patrol through the Adhamiya District of Baghdad, Iraq.
Pic: SGT Jeffrey Alexander

Local children joke with SFC John Duggins, a platoon sergeant for Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, as they conduct a dismounted patrol through the "Fish Market" area in the Adhamiya District of Baghdad, Iraq.
PIc: SGT Jeffrey Alexander

U.S. Army paratroopers from Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, conduct a dismounted patrol thought the "Fish Market" in the Adhamiya District of Baghdad, Iraq.
Pic: SGT Jeffrey Alexander

Fayetteville, N.C., native 1LT Larry Pitts, commander of B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, meets with contractors while reviewing progress on a school renovation project in the Graya'at neighborhood of Baghdad's Adhamiyah District.
Pic: SGT Michael Pryor

Rapid City, S.D., native SSG Shane Glowcheski, right, a platoon sergeant with B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, and SGT Hector Hernandez (top), a squad leader, are joined by a young student while taking a breather on the steps of an elementary school being renovated in the Graya'at neighborhood of Baghdad's Adhamiyah District.
Pic: SGT Michael Pryor

Hillsboro, Ohio, native Pfc. Todd Thomas, left, a radio operator with B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, shares a laugh while sitting with one of his platoon's embedded Iraqi army soldiers outside a school being renovated in the Graya'at neighborhood of Baghdad's Adhamiyah District.
Pic: SGT Michael Pryor

SFC John Duggins, left, a platoon sergeant with B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, and Loneoak, Texas, native PFC Tommy Shumpert, a gunner, patrol through the streets of the Graya'at neighborhood in Baghdad's Adhamiyah District.
PIc: SGT Michael Pryor

Rapid City, S.D., native Staff Sgt. Shane Glowcheski, a platoon sergeant with B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, surveys the progress in a school being renovated by his battery in the Gray'at area of Baghdad's Adhamiyah District.
Pic: SGT Michael Pryor

A UH-60 Black Hawk prepares to land to extract U.S. Army Soldiers from a night mission during Falcon Fury 6 in the Central Region of Iraq. The aircraft is assigned to the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 25th Infantry Division.
Pic: Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Thomas

Iraqi army recruits practice proper room clearing procedures prior to starting live fire training later in the day.
Pic: SGT Jacob Smith

Iraqi army soldiers get acquainted with Iraqi civilians near the Town of Hamza, Iraq.
Pic: SPC Gabriel Reza

Polish Soldiers and Iraqi civilians get acquainted near the Town of Hamza, Iraq.
SPC Gabriel Reza

A religious leader, known as an "Imam", talks with Marines of 5th Battalion, 10th Marines Civil Affairs Group after a meeting aboard a Forward Operating Base. CAG patrols regularly through the city of Al Fallujah, Iraq, to promote welfare, morale and provide support to the battalion with information attained during their patrols. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq to develop Iraqi security forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction.
Pic: CPL Joseph Lambach

A Marine with 5th Battalion, 10th Marines Civil Affairs Group rests inside one of the buildings on a Forward Operating Base. CAG patrols regularly through the city of Al Fallujah to promote welfare, morale, and provide support to the battalion with information attained during their patrols. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq to develop Iraqi security forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction.
Pic: CPL Joseph Lambach

SPC Lucas Markland fires the M-107 .50-caliber sniper rifle during live-fire training at Forward Operating Base Falcon in southern Baghdad. Markland, a native of Powhatan, Va., serves as a gunner on the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Personal Security Detachment.
Pic: SPC Ben Washburn

SGT Tracey Lyons, a medic with Company C, 610th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st Inf. Div., takes the blood pressure of an Iraqi woman in the Radwaniyah area of Baghdad. The New York native accompanied the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Inf. Div., to provide a female medic for the women patients.
Pic: SPC Ben Washburn

CPL Christopher Gschwendtner, of Altoona, Pa., receives a case of bottled water from an Iraqi boy in the Radwaniyah area of Baghdad. Gschwendtner, a member of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., personal security detachment, worked with the Iraqi children to unload a truck full of medical supplies.
Pic: SPC Ben Washburn

PFC Kelly O'Connor, chemical operations specialist with the 329th Chemical Platoon, dilutes green paint before continuing her painting in front of their motor pool office at Camp Victory. O'Connor said the painting was not done all at once and she adds to it when she gets free time.
Pic: SPC Stephanie Homan

PFC Kelly O'Connor, chemical operations specialist with the 329th Chemical Platoon, paints on a barrier in front of their motor pool office at Camp Victory. The 329th Chemical platoon is a reserve unit out of Winter Park, Fla.
Pic: SPC Stephanie Stephanie Homan

Iraqi army recruit flashes a peace sign as he and his fellow recruits get ready to leave for their basic training site, where they will spend 45 days learning military basics. These recruits are part of the 1,500 Iraqis who volunteered during a recruiting drive to join the IA held.
PIc: SGT Marcus Butler

New Iraqi army recruits who volunteered to join during a recruiting drive listen for their names before being transported to their basic training site. The training program will last 45 days. The recruits are a few of the 1,500 who signed up during a recruiting drive.
Pic: SGT Marcus Butler

New Iraqi army recruits arrive at the compound of 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 8th Infantry Airborne Division, located adjacent to Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah, home of 1st Battalion, 501st Airborne, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, for the first day of transporting the recruits from the compound to their basic training site. These recruits are part of 1,500 Iraqis who volunteered to join the Iraqi army.
Pic: SGT Marcus Butler

SGT Chih-Hsiung Easling, left, a native of Dundee, N.Y., affixes the insignia of a sergeant to the uniform of his wife, SGT Cortney Easling, a native of Moore, Okla., at her promotion ceremony at Camp Striker, Iraq. Both Easlings serve as military police with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., and are deployed to Iraq, scheduled to return to Fort Drum in November.
Pic: SGT Christina Mc Cann

SSG Matthew Crowder, a native of Holland, Mich., is awarded an Army Commendation Medal for exceptional service at an awards ceremony at Camp Striker, Iraq. Crowder serves with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., which is currently deployed to the area south of Baghdad.
Pic: SGT Christina Mc Cann

LTG Ray Odierno, commander of the Multi-National Corps-Iraq, awards the Soldier's Medal to SGT Christofer Kitto, a sniper in the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment,at Combat Outpost Cleary, Iraq.
Pic: SGT Natalie Rostek

LTG Ray Odierno, commander of the Multi-National Corps-Iraq, speaks to Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment prior to presenting the Purple Heart to Pfc. Jason Lyons, second from right, at Combat Outpost Cleary, Iraq.
Pic: SGT Natalie Rostek

LTG Ray Odierno, commander of the Multi-National Corps-Iraq, invites SPC Steven Lynn, Battery B, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery, to speak after Lynn re-enlisted at Forward Operating Base Hammer.
Pic: SGT Natalie Rostek

A pair of Iraqi army medics on the outskirts of Skook, near Baqubah, face toward the rising sun and their comrades involved in Operation "K." Iraqi army, Iraqi police and concerned local nationals combined efforts to conduct a raid against a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq stronghold southeast of Skook.
Pic: lLT Richard Ybarra

LTC Brian J. Cummins, a concerned local national, Sheik Ahmad Hussane and Iraqi army Brig. Gen. Gaillan Kaphim, discuss current and future cooperation during Operation "K." Iraqi army, Iraqi police and concerned local nationals combined efforts to conduct a raid against a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq stronghold southeast of Skook.
PIC: 1LT Richard Ybarra

MAJ Ralph Archetti, side-by-side with his Iraqi counterparts, observes the 1st Brigade "Scorpions," 5th Iraqi Army Division, in action during Operation "K." Iraqi Army, Iraqi police and concerned local nationals combined efforts to conduct a raid against a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq stronghold southeast of Skook.

An Iraqi army soldier scans the fields near Skook, watching for al-Qaida in Iraq terrorists attempting to flee the area. Iraqi army, Iraqi police and concerned local nationals combined efforts to conduct a raid against a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq stronghold southeast of Skook.
Pic: 1LT Richard Ybarra

U.S. President George W. Bush poses for a photo with Marines deployed to Al Asad after giving a speech to service members at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center, Sept. 3.
Pic: CPL Zachary Dyer

CBS' Katie Couric does a stand-up within the Al Rahmaniya Market in Baghdad's Karkh District, an area patrolled by the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.
PIc: SFC Kap Kim

COL Bryan Roberts (right), commander of the 2nd "Black Jack" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, gives CBS' Katie Couric a tour of Al Rahmaniya Market in Baghdad's Karkh District.
Pic: SFC Kap Kim

Runners begin their journey toward the finish line as the 2007 Labor Day Fun Run begins at Camp Arifjan, Sept. 3. More than 500 people showed up in the early hours of the morning to compete in the race.
Pic: SPC Wesley Landrum

Newly selected chief petty officers run in formation during the Labor Day 5K Fun Run at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Sept. 3. The group attracted attention by singing the service songs from the branches of service while running.
Pic: SPC Wesley Landrum

Service members race down the track to the finish line during the Third Army/U.S. Army Central-sponsored Camp Arifjan Labor Day 5K Fun Run at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Sept. 3.
Pic: SGT Jacob Mcdonald

PVT Ronald Woody, foreground left, of Corbin, Ky., patrols as Iraqi children tag along in the Rusafa area of Baghdad, Iraq. Woody is assigned to Company C, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, attached to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.
Pic: SSG Bronco Suzuki

PVT Chad Meeks, of Silver Springs, Texas, provides security during a patrol in the Rusafa area of Baghdad, Iraq. Meeks is assigned to Company C, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.
Pic: SSG Bronco Suzuki

SSG William Campbell, second from right, of Aurora, Co., speaks to an Iraqi soldier with 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division, about newspaper distribution at a checkpoint in the Rusafa area of Baghdad, Iraq. Campbell is assigned to Tactical Psychological Operations Team 1481 attached to Company C, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.
Pic: SSG Bronco Suzuki