Sgt. Kevin Navarrete, an infantry Soldier from Fairwood, Wash., now a team leader in 3rd Platoon, Company C, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from For More
Carolyn Blashek, president and founder of Operation Gratitude, talks to Soldiers stationed at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, Jan. 22, before giving out a care package containing keys to a 2008 Jeep Libe More
Iraqi men stand outside of a local medical clinic during a Combined Medical Engagement near Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 25. Iraqi army and coalition doctors performed free medical services for the citizens.
Lt. Col. Marshall Dougherty, commander of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., and Gen. Rasheed Abed al-Kareem Abed al-Qader, execut More
Pfc. William Small and Sgt. Mervin Narito (seen in glass), both of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., search a vehic More
Lt. Col. Robert Miller, battalion surgeon for 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., shows pictures of his kids to Dr. Ali, a docto More
Spc. Bradley Crittenden, a rifleman in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., provides secur More
Spc. Angel Rivera Torres and Pvt. Matthew Watts of Company F, 52nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., provide security with Iraqi army soldiers at More
Spc. Angel Rivera Torres and Pvt. Matthew Watts of Company F, 52nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., provide security with Iraqi army soldiers at More
Soldiers from Troop G, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment talk with Iraqi army soldiers before a clearing operation near Turki, Iraq, Feb. 17.
Burhitz water pumping station manager talks with the Baqubah mayor during a ceremony reopening the station in Burhitz, a suburb of Baqubah, Iraq, Feb. 24.
Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., patrol a road near Zaginayah, Iraq, Feb. 26. The Crazy Horse Soldie More
Spc. Ruby Maxime, a rifleman in Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., plays video games on his personal computer at the More
Spc. Jared Holton, a rifleman in Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., watches a group of local citizens walk by a clin More
Soldiers from Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., prepare to clear a house in Chibernot, a suburb of Baqubah, Iraq, M More
Soldiers from Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., provide security in an over watch position during a cleari More
A Soldier from Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, looks through a closet for weapons during Operation Viking Fox Hunt III near east Baqubah, Iraq, March 10. Assault Battery is currently de More
An Iraqi policeman negotiates his way through an obstacle course at the coalition academy on Forward Operating Base Gabe, Baqubah, Iraq, March 14. The coalition academy brings Iraqi soldiers and policemen toget More
An Iraqi army soldier carries medicine to a treatment area during a cooperative medical engagement in Al-Abarra, southeast of Baqubah, Iraq, March 21. Iraqi army doctors treated patients with help from Battery More
A light-machine gunner from Company C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment provides security at a road intersection during Operation Rock Roundup near Baqouba, Iraq, March 28. Chaos Company is deployed with t More
Capt. Bryan Duncan, commanding officer of Company A, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., hands out school supplies during a coo More
King Battery fires the M109A6 Paladin Self Propelled Howitzers from three different locations throughout Diyala province. Those who live near the battery get used to hearing the earth-shaken "booms" of outgoing More
An Iraqi police officer from the Hib Hib police station provides security for Soldiers from the 202nd Military Police Company before entering a palm grove near Hib Hib, Iraq, April 23.
Iraqi police officers use a metal detector and rod in an attempt to locate buried weapon caches during Operation Arrow Cleanup near Hib Hib, Iraq, on April 23. Sons of Iraq and IPs worked with Soldiers from the More
Amy Downing, wife of Lt. Col. William S. Downing, commander of 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, is cheered by the fans after her singing of ‘ More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Scot Doboszenski and Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony Fourtunia, the command team for the 702nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, prepare to case the battalion c More
Spc. Michael Gallagher, a vehicle commander from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., opens a care package given to hi More
An Iraqi army doctor hands out prescription medication to an Iraqi man during a Combined Medical Engagement near Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 25.
Iraqi police and coalition forces provide security at an IP checkpoint in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 28, for the grand reopening of Kharesan Street, a main roadway linking northern and southern Baqubah.
Spc. Douglas Macklin, rifleman in Company A, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., provides security for a meeting at a Sons of Ir More
Staff Sgt. Anthony Cheney, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., carries chlor More
First Lt. Rodney Jackson, platoon leader in Company A, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., discusses a plan of attack with an Ir More
Spc. Nathan Lewis, rifleman in Company F, 52nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., provides security at a checkpoint in Durah, Iraq, Feb. 13. Coalit More
An Iraqi army soldier from 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 5th Iraqi Division, talks to men waiting outside of their house during a joint clearing operation near Turki, Iraq, Feb. 17. The Iraqi army and coalition f More
A pumping station employee adjusts valves regulating the water flow through the pumping station in Burhitz, Feb. 24. The pumping station was reopened after the Iraqi government fixed broken pumps to increase th More
Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., provide security during a security halt during a patrol outside of More
The Morale, Welfare and Recreation facility is shown on Combat Outpost Zaginayah, Iraq, Feb. 28. Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Div More
Medics from 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., sort medication at a Combined Medical Engagement in O'couba, Iraq, Feb. 29. Iraq More
Sgt. Sean Spinks, team leader in Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Regiment, from Fort Lewis, Wash., looks under a chair for weapons during a clearin More
Soldiers from Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, watch a near-by village for movement at a security over-watch position during Operation Viking Fox Hunt III near east Baqubah, Iraq, March More
An Iraqi policeman crawls under barbed wire during an obstacle course at the coalition academy on Forward Operating Base Gabe, near Baqubah, Iraq, March 14. The coalition academy pushes the Iraqi soldiers and p More
An Iraqi army doctor hands out medication to a patient during a cooperative medical engagement in Al-Abarra, Iraq, March 21. Two Iraqi army doctors were on hand to treat the citizens.
Spc. George Cepeta, a rifleman in Company C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., watches as an Iraqi gets off his motorcycle at More
An Iraqi army soldier hands out clothing to school children at a grammar school in Nye, Iraq, April 8. Iraqi army doctors and coalition force doctors provided free medical and dental treatment as well as school More
Cpl. Scott Marvick of Dallas, Texas, a gunner with King Battery, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, loads an artillery round into an M109A6 Paladin Self Propelled Howitzer on Forward Operating Base War More
Iraqi police officers set up a metal detector to look for buried caches during Operation Arrow Cleanup in Hib Hib, Iraq, April 23. The Hib Hib IPs worked with Soldiers from the 202nd Military Police Company and More
Soldiers from 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, along with their Families and friends, gathered for ‘Raider Night’ at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Wash. August 7 to enjoy a baseball game betw More
Spc. Michael Gallagher, a vehicle commander from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., reads a letter from Jeep informi More
Maj. William Bimson, battalion surgeon for 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., uses a stethoscope to check the heart rate of an Ira More
Soldiers from Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., talk before a ceremony reopening Kharesan Street in Baqubah, Iraq, J More
Staff Sgt. Aaron Burlingame, squad leader in Company A, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., checks the identification of a Son o More
Spc. Alex Park, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., carries bottles of child More
Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash. look through a building for weapon caches in al-Saiyid, Iraq, Feb. 8 More
First Lt. Carlos Alvarez (right), a platoon leader in Company F, 52nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., looks over a map of the area with a first More
Capt. Robert Green, commanding officer of Troop G, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment talks with 1st Sgt. James Adcock, also of Grim Troop, at the detainee holding area during a clearing operation near More
Iraqi government officials talk while water flows from the pumping station after a reopening ceremony of the station in Burhitz, a suburb of Baqubah, Iraq, Feb. 24. The mayor of Baqubah and other Diyala provinc More
Staff Sgt. Eric Alvarado from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., provides security during a patrol near Zaginayah, I More
Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., use computers to communicate with family members back home at the M More
Lt. Col. Robert Miller, a medical provider with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., talks to an Iraqi man about his daughters mi More
Pfc. Nicholas Vazquez, rifleman in Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., marks a house during Operation Able Fortress in More
Soldiers from Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, breach a door near east Baqubah, Iraq, March 10. Operation Viking Fox Hunt III cleared Suhayl Village looking for weapons caches. Assault B More
An Iraqi army soldier searches the interior of a car during checkpoint training at the coalition academy on Forward Operating Base Gabe, near Baqubah, Iraq, March 14. The checkpoint training teaches the IA Sold More
An Iraqi army doctor talks to an Iraqi woman about her baby's cold during a cooperative medical engagement in Al-Abarra, Iraq, March 21. Soldiers from Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment pro More
Spc. George Cepeta, rifleman in Company C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, is helped over a wall by Staff Sgt. Ryan Longacre, squad leader, during Operation Rock Roundup near Baqouba, Iraq, March 28. Roc More
Staff Sgt. Aaron Bunting, a medic in 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., listens for signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during a cooperative medical engag More
Iraqi police officers use a metal detector to look for buried caches during Operation Arrow Cleanup in Hib Hib, Iraq, April 23. Sons of Iraq and Iraqi police worked together to locate possible weapon caches in More
Lt. Col. Rick Heyward, the commander of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, signs the paperwork transferring authority of Joint Security Station Tarmiyah More
Spc. Joseph Sullivan, a cannon crew member, B Battery, 2-12 Field Artillery, 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., enters the deflection for quadrants he receives from More
Spc. Flor Gonzalez from 702nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division signs a baseball for a fan during Tuesday night’s baseball game between the Tacoma Rainiers and Ne More
Spc. Michael Gallagher, a vehicle commander from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., gets a hug from Carolyn Blashek, More
Maj. William Bimson, battalion surgeon for 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., jokes with an Iraqi child after examining a rash on More
Baqubah Mayor Ahmed Hameed and Diyala Iraqi police Chief Gen. Ghanem Abass Al-Kurashi talk at a press conference before the reopening ceremony of Kharesan Street in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 28. Ghanem said Diyala p More
Pvt. Leo Robertson, rifleman in Company A, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., uses a HIDDE system to register a Son of Iraq nea More
Items from a cache are laid out for documentation during Operation Rock Thrasher, a joint clearing operation with Iraqi army and coalition soldiers in As Saiyid, Iraq, Feb. 8. Soldiers documented what was found More
Pfc. Javier Saucedo from Company F, 52nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., uses binoculars to look over a field from a rooftop during Operation Fi More
Pfc. Javier Saucedo from Company F, 52nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., uses binoculars to look over a field from a rooftop during Operation F More
Soldiers from Troop G, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment leave a central meeting location after being told which houses to clear near Turki, Iraq, Feb 17.
A child waves Iraqi flags outside of a water pumping station which was just reopened in Burhitz, Iraq, Feb. 24. Iraqi citizens outside of the station showed their appreciation by waving the flags when the Iraqi More
Staff Sgt. John Webster, squad leader from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., looks in a mud shack for anyone hiding More
A Soldier from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., cleans a generator at Combat Outpost Zaginayah, Iraq, Feb. 28. Th More
An Iraqi army doctor talks to a patient about an infection at a Combined Medical Engagement in O'couba, Iraq, Feb. 29. Iraqi army and coalition force doctors treated more than 150 people during the CME.
Soldiers from Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., enter a house during Operation Able Fortress in Chibernot, Iraq, Mar More
An Iraqi policeman reacts to finding an improvised explosive device during a movement exercise at the coalition academy on Forward Operating Base Gabe, near Baqubah, Iraq, March 14. The IPs and the Iraqi army s More
Col. Jon Lehr, commanding officer of 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., hands a toy to an Iraqi child after a cooperative medical engagement in Al-Abarra, southeast o More
An Iraqi army soldier looks through papers in a car's glove box during Operation Rock Round up near Baqouba, Iraq, March 28. IA Soldiers helped coalition force soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infan More
HMCN (Seal) Jamie Fucito hands out school supplies to an Iraqi child after a checkup at a cooperative medical engagement in Nye, Iraq, April 8. Fucito and other medical providers from Forward Operating Base War More
An AH-64 Apache Longbow from the 2-159th Aerial Reconnaissance Battalion flies over a palm grove looking for enemy personnel fleeing from the town of Hib Hib, Iraq, during Operation Arrow Cleanup April 23. Hib More
Second Lt. Mark Wolf, a forward observer officer, 2nd Squad, 1st Cavalry, 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., calls in a fire-for-effect and polar-mission to the Fire More
The ‘Armed Forces Members of the Game’ - one representative from each of the battalions of 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, chosen for their individual accomplishment(s) are recognized an More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kenneth Bradford and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Perry, the command team for the Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, prepare to uncase the unit colors during a transfer of author More
Spc. Michael Gallagher a vehicle commander from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., reads a letter written to him by More
Maj. William Bimson, battalion surgeon for 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., checks an Iraqi childs teeth for cavities during a C More
Baqubah Mayor Ahmed Hameed and Diyala Iraqi Police Chief Gen. Ghanem Al-Kurashi cut a ribbon marking the reopening of Kharesan Street to civilian traffic in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 28. The street was closed due to More
Spc. Charles Gardner, rifleman in Company A, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., waves to kids in a courtyard below him while pr More