Capt. Matthew Clinger and Sgt. Robert Lower, 1st ANGLICO, Fire Control Team 6 joint tactical air controller and team chief, provide security with 3rd Bn, Quick Reation Force 1, 1st Iraqi Army Quick Reaction Force soldiers while other Iraqi soldiers search the neighborhood for criminals and illegal weapons in the Latif district of Basra, Iraq
Iraqi girls on their way to school walk by an Iraqi Army humvee in the al-Jumhuriya neighborhood of Basra, April 28. Iraqi soldiers from Quick Reaction Force 1, 1st Iraqi Army Quick Reaction Force, supported by U.S. military transition teams conducted clear and search operations in the neighborhood to bring peace back to the city of Basra.
[U.S. Marines and] Iraqi soldiers from 2nd Battalion, Quick Reaction Force 1, 1st Iraqi Army Quick Reaction Force, cross the line of departure into the al-Huteen neighborhood of Basra April 24. 2nd Battalion, along with the rest of QRF 1 conducted clear and search operations in the northern Basra neighborhood, once a stronghold of criminal elements of the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia. In the latest stage of Operation Charge of the Knights, Iraqi Army units from Quick Reaction Force 1, 1st Iraqi Army Quick Reaction Force and the 14th Iraqi Army Division went house-to-house through the northern Basra neighborhood searching for illegal weapons, improvised explosive devices and other contraband.
Soldiers from 3rd Bn, Quick Reaction Force 1, 1st Iraqi Army QRF, move into position for the beginning of operations to clear the Al Jumhuriya District of weapons caches and criminals, April 28. The soldiers participated in several days of operations in the district that included distribution of humanitarian aid and demolition of a market area that was known for drug and illegal weapons trading.
A local vendor in a public market in the al-Hyyaniyah neighborhood of Basra points while talking to Iraqi soldiers from the 1st Iraqi Army Quick Reaction Force, April 19. The 1st IA (QRF) has been conducting clear and search operations in Basra since arriving in the city April 1. The deployment is part of ongoing efforts by the Government of Iraq to combat criminal gangs and militias that had been operating in the city.
An Iraqi soldier from the 1st Iraqi Army Quick Reaction Force stops to talk with a local shopkeeper in the al-Hyyaniyah neighborhood of Basra, April 19. The 1st IA (QRF) has been conducting clear and search operations in Basra since April 1. They were deployed from al-Anbar Province by the Government of Iraq to bolster local Iraqi Security Forces during Operation Charge of the Knights, the ongoing effort to eliminate criminal gangs and militias in
U.S. Marines of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment ride a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, to Now Zad, Afghanistan, on Nov. 17, 2008. The Marines, based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., are deployed to Afghanistan in support of the NATO mission. DoD photo by Cpl. Cory A. Tepfenhart, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)
