Spc. Shawn Alms, from Rockford, Ill., conducts a dismounted patrol along the streets of central Baghdad. Alms serves with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
Sgt. Delvin Akins, a Lancaster, Calif. native, signals another Soldier while on a dismounted patrol of central Baghdad. Akins serves as a health care specialist with Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
[Photographer: 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs]
Macon, Ga. native Chief Warrant Officer Lee Russell communicates with Staff Sgt. Clint Lopez, of San Bernardino, Calif., during repair operations of an OH-58D helicopter on Logistical Support Area Diamondback in Mosul, Iraq, April 7. Russell is a test pilot with A Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment, and Lopez is a technical inspector with E Troop.
[Photographer: Spc. Eric Rutherford 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment]
Waxahachie, Texas native Sgt. William Grigsby, and Pfc. Jacob Atha, of Ozark, Ark., adjust torque tolerances on the mast of an OH-58D Kiowa helicopter on Logistical Support Area Diamondback in Mosul, Iraq, April 7. The adjustments must be made while the engine and rotors are spinning to ensure proper tolerances are met. Grigsby and Atha are avionics and armament repair technicians with E Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment.
[Photographer: Spc. Eric Rutherford 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment]
Waxahachie, Texas native Sgt. William Grigsby adjusts torque tolerances on the mast of an OH-58D Kiowa helicopter on Logistical Support Area Diamondback, Mosul, Iraq, April 7. The adjustments must be made while the engine and rotors are spinning to ensure proper tolerances are met. Grigsby is the avionics and armament repair squad leader with E Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Air
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is refueled by Soldiers of the Fuel Distribution Platoon, Troop G, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., at the Forward Arming and Refueling Point in Logistical Supply Area Diamondback in Mosul, Iraq, April 5, after returning from a combat mission in the Mosul area.
[Photographer: Spc. John Crosby 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment]
Soldiers of the Fuel Distribution Platoon, Troop G, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., move out to refuel an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter as it flies into the Forward Arming and Fuel Point on Logistical Supply Area Diamondback, after a mission over Mosul, Iraq, April 5.
[Photographer: Spc. John Crosby 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment]
UH-60 Black Hawk pilots standby as their bird is refueled at the Forward Arming and Refueling Point on the Logistical Supply Area Diamondback airfield, Mosul, Iraq, April 5. The FARP is run by Soldiers of the Fuel Distribution Platoon, Troop G, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash.
[Photographer: Spc. John Crosby 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment]
An OH-58 Kiowa helicopter returning from a patrol over Mosul, Iraq, flies into the Forward Arming and Refueling Point at Logistical Supply Area Diamondback. The FARP, run by the Fuel Distribution Platoon, Troop G, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., is one of the busiest in Iraq with over 2.6 million gallons of fuel pumped since June, 2007.
[Photographer: Spc. John Crosby 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment]
Clare, Mich. native Spc. Christopher Kimpel and Pfc. Jacob Atha, of Ozark, Ark., finish installing the mast on an OH-58D Kiowa helicopter on Logistical Support Area Diamondback in Mosul, Iraq, April 7. Kimpel is an aircraft electrician and Atha is an avionics and armament repair technician with E Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment.
[Photographer: Spc. Eric Rutherford 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment]
Phoenix native Sgt. Joseph Naughton and Staff Sgt. Clint Lopez of San Bernardino, Calif., use a computer to review specifications during the repair of an OH-58D helicopter on Logistical Support Area Diamondback in Mosul, Iraq, April 7. Naughton is an avionics and armament repair technician and Lopez is a technical inspector with E Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry.
[Photographer: Spc. Eric Rutherford 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment]
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Tech 1 Jeremy Bishop, right, assigned to Naval Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team, Regimental Combat Team 5, searches through the dirt after receiving a signal from his metal detector. Regimental Combat Team 5 is deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Seth Maggard)
Explosive Ordinance Disposal Tech 1 Jeremy Bishop, assigned to Naval Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team Regimental Combat Team 5, searches through the dirt after receiving a signal on his metal detector. Regimental Combat Team 5 is deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Seth Maggard)
Explosive Ordinance Disposal Tech 1 Jeremy Bishop, assigned to Naval Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team Regimental Combat Team 5, uses a metal detector to search for weapons. Regimental Combat Team 5 is deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Seth Maggard)
Explosive Ordinance Disposal Tech 1 Jeremy Bishop, assigned to Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Regimental Combat Team 5, uses a metal detector to search for weapons. Regimental Combat Team 5 is deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Seth Maggard)
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Spc. Adam Rife, a San Luis Obispo, Calif., native, leans on the back of his platoon’s Huskey outside the 68th Engineer Company headquarters at Camp Liberty, April 9. Rife spent five months leading his platoon in the one-man vehicle during route-clearance patrols and helped search for improvised explosive devices on the streets of Baghdad. He serves with the 3rd Platoon, 84th Eng. Co., 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. April Campbell, Multi-National Division Baghdad)
Spc. Adam Rife, a San Luis Obispo, Calif., native, stands in front of Huskey outside the 68th Engineer Company headquarters at Camp Liberty, April 9. Rife spent five months leading his platoon in the one-man vehicle during route-clearance patrols and helped search for improvised-explosive devices on the streets of Baghdad. He serves with the 3rd Platoon, 84th Eng. Co., 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
(U.S. Army photo/Pfc. April Campbell, Multi-National Division Baghdad)
Pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Tom Boise conducts preflight checks on a OH-58 Kiowa helicopter at Logistical Supply Area Diamondback, before conducting a mission over Mosul, Iraq, April 6. Boise, a pilot of 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment conducts preflight checks and attends several mission briefs before executing his mission.
[Photographer: Spc. John Crosby 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment]
Chief Warrant Officer Tom Boise, an OH-58 pilot standsby in his Kiowa helicopter as Sgt. William Grigsby reloads the bird with a 17 pound rocket. Both Soldiers are in 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash.
[Photographer: Spc. John Crosby 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment]
Chief Warrant Officer Tom Boise flies his OH-58 Kiowa helicopter over Mosul, Iraq, April 6. Boise, a pilot of 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry Regiment from Fort Lewis, Wash., provides security and an eye from the sky for ground troops conducting operations in the Mosul and Ninewa province area.
[Photographer: Spc. John Crosby 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment]
ID the mine protected vehicle ..
Iraqi children chant as they stand atop an armored vehicle that was destroyed by IED (Improvised Explosive Device) in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April. 11, 2008. Iraqi police said 1 civilian was killed in the incident
U.S. soldier inspects the remains of a rocket that hit the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April. 11, 2008. Three light injuries were reported immediately after the attack
View of an office that was demolished after a rocket hit the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, Friday, April. 11, 2008. Three light injuries were reported immediately after the attack
U.S. & Iraqi soldiers take up positions against enemy positions in Sadr City on Wednesday. American forces were searching for the location from which a rocket-propelled grenade was fired near the abandoned house where U.S. troops had pitched camp.
Photo: Joao Silva for The New York Times
