Staff Sgt. Chad Jones, a combat engineer with 1st Platoon, 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., provides security during a route clearance mission in support of Operation Raider Harvest in the northern Diyala River Valley, Iraq, Jan. 10. Raider Harvest is part of the Iraq-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)
An RG-31 vehicle from 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., travels alongside a canal in the northern Diyala River Valley, Iraq, Jan. 10 searching for mines and roadside bombs in support of Operation Raider Harvest which is part of the Iraq-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)
A Soldier with 1st Platoon, 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., hands Iraqi children candy during a route clearance mission in support of Operation Raider harvest in the northern Diyala River Valley, Iraq, Jan. 10. Raider Harvest is part of the Iraq-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)
Sgt. James Bruce, a combat engineer in 1st Platoon, 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., provides security while members of his unit pass in improvised explosive device-detecting vehicles during a route clearance operation in support of Operation Raider Harvest in northern Diyala River Valley, Diyala province, Iraq, Jan. 10. Raider Harvest is part of the Iraq-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)
Soldiers of 1st Platoon, 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., search for command wire and indicators of improvised explosive devices in support of Operation Raider Harvest on a road in northern Diyala River Valley, Iraq, Jan. 10. Raider Harvest is part of the Iraq-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)
A Soldier of 1st Platoon, 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., talks with an Iraqi Army Soldier during a route clearance mission in support of Operation Raider Harvest in the northern Diyala River Valley, Iraq, Jan. 10. Raider Harvest is part of the Iraq-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)
Sgt. James Bruce, a combat engineer with 1st Platoon, 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., provides security during a route clearance mission in support of Operation Raider Harvest in the northern Diyala River Valley, Iraq, Jan. 10. Raider Harvest is part of the Iraq-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)
Staff Sgt. Chad Jones (left), a combat engineer, 1st Platoon, 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., and Capt. Adam Harless, the 38th Combat Engineer Company commander, scan their sectors during a route clearance mission in support of Operation Raider Harvest in the northern Diyala River Valley, Iraq, Jan. 10. Raider Harvest is part of the Iraq-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)
A Soldier of 1st Platoon, 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., ground guides an RG-31 vehicle as it moves obstacles from their path during a route clearance mission in support of Operation Raider Harvest in northern Diyala River Valley, Diyala province, Iraq, Jan. 10. Raider Harvest is part of the Iraq-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)
A Stryker vehicle of 1st Platoon, 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., moves a barrier during a route clearance mission in support of Operation Raider Harvest in the northern Diyala River Valley, Iraq, Jan. 10. Raider Harvest is part of the Iraq-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)
Soldiers of 1st Platoon, 38th Engineer Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., prepare to disembark Forward Operating Base Normandy to conduct a route clearance operation in support of Operation Raider Harvest Jan. 10. Raider Harvest is part of the Iraq-wide Operation Phantom Phoenix. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Crosby)
