Fayetteville, N.C., native Col. John H. Hort, center, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, explains the Detainee Release Program to townsman in Albu Hayat, Iraq, Jan. 14. The visit w More
An Iraqi army sergeant major accepts an award for his Soldier from Indiana, Penn., native Lt. Col. Michael Pappal, commander of 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf More
An Iraqi girl peaks out from behind the older children as she clings tightly to the stuffed elephant a Soldier gave her during a convoy stop in Albu Hayat, Jan. 14. The stuffed animal was one of many items dona More
Fayetteville, N.C., native, Col. John H. Hort, center, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and Indiana, Penn., native, Lt. Col. Michael Pappal, far right, commander of the 1st Combi More
Palmerton, Penn., native Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel A. Dailey, left, the senior enlisted Soldier for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, shows Maj. Gen. Michael D. Barbero, center, deputy director for More
Leadville, Colo., native 1st Lt. Darryl Sandberg, the battalion physician's assistant with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pe More
Easton, Pa., native 1st Lt. Nick Piergallini, platoon leader, 1st Platoon, Company D, attached to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team More
Montoursville, Pa., native Staff Sgt. Jason Ferari, platoon leader, 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to Headquar More
A dump truck loaded with full propane tanks for the villagers in Fahama and Gumayrah gets ready to leave the propane station in Boob Al Sham Jan. 27. Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers with Headquarters More
Army Staff Sgt. Steve Oullette, a Fort Kent, Maine, native who serves as a tank commander with 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Div More
An inquisitive child checks out the army combat helmet chin strap on Staff Sgt. Jason Ferari, a Montoursville, Pa., native, who serves as platoon sergeant with 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalio More
Soldiers with 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, pay close attention to Super Bowl XLII during a party at the Striker Dining Facility here Feb. 4. Food, decoratio More
Lt. Col. Wilson Shoffner, a Lawton, Okla., native, who serves as the commander of the 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, currently attached More
Local residents from the Suleikh,Tunnis and Qahira neighborhoods in the Adhamiya District of Baghdad line up to attend a market fair hosted at a community center in Suleikh Feb. 9. The event was conducted to pr More
Col. Jeffery Bonner, a Fayetteville, Tenn., native, who serves as an agricultural and commercial business development officer with embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, speaks to citizens from the Suleikh, T More
Staff Sgt. Antonio Alvarado, an Edgecouch, Texas, native, who serves as a squad leader with 2nd Platoon, Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne More
Gen. Richard A. Cody, left, a Montpelier, Vt., native, who serves as the vice chief of staff of the Army, speaks with Col. John H. Hort, a Fayetteville, N.C., native, who serves as the commander of the 3rd Brig More
Sgt. Taylor Scott, a Rathdrum, Idaho, native, who serves as a squad leader with the 2nd Platoon, Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Divisio More
An Iraqi (left) completes the voting process by preparing to place his thumbprint on a registry, Feb. 14, while the next man in line places his voting slip in the ballot box at Combat Outpost War Eagle in north More
Lt. Col Michael Pemrick, a Greenwich, N.Y., native, who serves as the deputy commander for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, congratulates Sgt. Mario Ochoa, righ More
Sons of Iraq members show Lt. Col Michael Pemrick, a Greenwich, N.Y., native, who serves as the deputy commander for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, the accomm More
An Iraqi man offers cookies to Sgt. 1st Class Steven Pizzino (left), Sgt. Chad Toth (back left) and Sgt. Larry Washington to go along with the chai tea his wife prepared for them in the kitchen of their home, F More
Neighborhood leaders meet at Combat Outpost Apache in northern Baghdad to determine Adhamiya Tribal Support Council leaders and committee members Feb. 18. Iraqi army and coalition force soldiers with the 1st Ba More
Col. John H. Hort, a Fayetteville, N.C., native, awards an Army Commendation Medal along with a commanders excellence coin to Spc. Luke Kane, a Rochester, N.Y., native, at Combat Outpost Apache, Feb. 19, for hi More
Col. John Hort, left, a Fayetteville, N.C., native, and Lt. Col. Jeff Broadwater, a Radcliff, Ky., native, pass by a car lot, which was aided by the micro grant program, during a population engagement patrol, F More
Sgt. Niven Williams, a Tuscon, Ariz., native, has his hair cut at Combat Outpost Apache, Feb. 21. A local comes to the COP barber seat regularly to help Soldier's keep a military appearance. Williams serves as More
Staff Sgt. Derek Eurales, a Cairo, Ill., native, plays the keyboard for the One Voice Choir during the 2008 Camp Taji Gospel Extravaganza at the camp ministry center, Feb. 23. Eurales serves as the battalion ca More
Iraqi policemen watch as Staff Sgt. Jacob Gomez, a Sacramento, Calif., native, at the Ali-Salaam Iraqi police station dances in Husseiniya, Feb. 26. Afterward, Iraqi police and Soldiers with Company B, 1st Comb More
A policeman from the Ali-Salaam Iraqi police Station passes out The Baghdad Now newspaper while conducting a joint patrol with Soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor R More
First Lt. Otis Ingram, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, shakes hands with a store owner after the man completed a micro grant application at his shop in Husseiniya, Feb. 26. The micro grant program is designe More
Sgt. 1st Class Mark P. Rudolph (left), a Crestview, Fla., native, has the honor of placing new rank on Staff Sgt. Chris Jernander, also a Crestview, Fla., native, during a promotion ceremony at the Multi-Nation More
Staff Sgt. Kerry Harrison, a Columbus, Miss., native, who serves as the division information operations night shift section leader with Company C, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division and Multi-Natio More
Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond (right), the commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division and Multi-National Division - Baghdad, listens to Dr. Moayad Musleh Hamud, an Iraqi cardiologist, as he speaks to Ivy Divis More
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 ve More
Maj. Barry Hafer (left), a Marshall, Texas, native, helps review population perception while going over plans with Maj. Keith Chinn, an Elk Grove, Calif., native, in the Division-Main building, May 10, at Camp More
1st Lt. Arkan Abraheem Ali, who serves as the executive officer of the 3rd company, 1st battalion, 54th brigade, 6th Iraqi army division, says hello to a young Iraqi child being treated for cancer at the Iskan More
Indiana, Penn., native Lt. Col. Michael Pappal, commander of 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, rewards an Iraqi policeman at Joint Security Statio More
Fayetteville, N.C., native Col. John Hort, center, commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, receives help from his interpreter, right, in explaining the procedures for the Detainee Relea More
The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Soldiers and area leaders eat lunch in the front yard of Sheik Mohan Sager Al-Fayadh's home in Istaqlal, a district north of Baghdad, Jan. 14. The Soldiers met More
Phoenix native Maj. Brian Horine, civil affairs officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, gives a stuffed animal to a little girl during a convoy stop in More
Capt. Enardo Collazo and a local sheik take notes during a meeting between Soldiers and the leaders in Fahama, a region north of Baghdad, Jan. 12. The two groups met to discuss the problems facing the Iraqi peo More
Greenwich, N.Y., native Lt. Col Michael Pemrick, left, deputy commander for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, greets Maj. Gen. Michael D. Barbero, deputy director for operations with the Joint Chi More
Noonday, Texas, native Pfc. Kelly Jones, a combat medic with Company C, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, takes the blood pressure of a fellow Soldier during a prac More
Dallas native Capt. Todd Looney, commander, Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, clears his pathway before entering a building during a fo More
Salinas, Puerto Rico, native Capt. Enardo Collazo, commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, speaks with More
Easton, Pa., native 1st Lt. Nick Piergallini, platoon leader, 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to Headquarters a More
A villager carries empty propane tanks to a dump truck in the village of Fahama Jan. 27. Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th More
Army 1st Lt. Nick Piergallini, an Easton, Pa., native who serves as platoon leader for 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, M More
Staff Sgt. Steve Oullette, a Fort Kent, Maine, native, who serves as a tank commander with 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Divisio More
Cpl. Eric Rutledge, a Hernando, Miss., native, who serves as a gunner with the Command Security Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Special Troop Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantr More
Concerned Local Citizens (left) and Iraqi army soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division, stand together in a formation during an award ceremony at Combat Outpost War Eagle, Feb. 6. More
Fikrat Kareem, the neighborhood advisory council leader for Tunnis, speaks to citizens from the Suleikh, Tunnis and Qahira neighborhoods in the Adhamiya District of Baghdad at the beginning of a market fair in More
Leaders from Rabi speak to people from the Suleikh, Tunnis and Qahira neighborhoods in the Adhamiya District of Baghdad during a market fair in Suleikh Feb. 9. The event was hosted to provide business coaching More
An Iraqi man places his produce purchase in the storage compartment of his moped before leaving the Shababkhar "fish market" in the northern Baghdad District of Adhamiya, Feb. 7. Due to the increased safety in More
Col. John H. Hort, right, a Fayetteville, N.C., native, who serves as the commander of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, greets Gen. Richard A. Cody, a Montp More
Iraqi Lt. Col. Yeheya Rasol, who serves as commander of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division, speaks to voters Feb. 14 at Combat Outpost War Eagle in northern Baghdad. Iraqi soldiers in the More
Sgt. Mario Ochoa, right, a Harlem, N.Y., native, who serves as team leader with the Military Police Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf More
Lt. Col Michael Pemrick, a Greenwich, N.Y., native, who serves as the deputy commander for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, greets Sons of Iraq members at a nei More
Neighborhood leaders discuss committee placement during a meeting at Combat Outpost Apache in northern Baghdad to determine Adhamiya Tribal Support Council leaders and committee members, Feb. 18.
Col. John H. Hort, a Fayetteville, N.C., native, awards an Army Commendation Medal along with a commanders excellence coin to Sgt. Joshua Robichaud, an Eastpointe, Mich., native, at Combat Outpost Apache, Feb. More
Spc. Rajbir Singh, an Upper Darby, Pa., native, stays focused while providing security during a population engagement patrol in Adhamiya as a passing resident looks on Feb. 19. Singh serves as a radio and telep More
Sgt. Niven Williams, a Tuscon, Ariz., native, watches in the mirror as his hair is cut at Combat Outpost Apache, Feb. 21. Soldiers have access to regular haircuts through a local national who comes regularly to More
Sgt. 1st Class Steven Pizzino, a High Point, N.C., native, who serves the platoon sergeant with the 1st Platoon, Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, who More
Sgt. 1st Class Rhonda Dow, left, a Dallas native, and Staff Sgt. Diane Haynes, a Pittsburg native, sing with the One Voice Choir during the 2008 Camp Taji Gospel Extravaganza at the camp ministry center, Feb. 2 More
A policeman from the Ali-Salaam Iraqi police station looks behind him to see Staff Sgt. Jacob Gomez, a Sacramento, Calif., native, interacting with local children during a joint patrol with Multi-National Divis More
First Lt. Otis Ingram, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, explains the micro grant program to store owner at a shop in Husseiniya Feb. 26. After being introduced to the program, the owner decided to apply for a More
With a front seat view, an Iraqi child gazes at Iraqi police and Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers handing out newspapers as her vehicle passes by the patrol in Husseiniya Feb. 26. Policemen from the A More
Spc. Robert Bice, a Zephyrhills, Fla., native, pulls security during a joint patrol in Husseiniya, Feb. 26, with Iraqi police and Soldiers from Company B, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd B More
Col. Harry Studebaker (left), a Birmingham, Ala., native, steps to the side as he removes the sergeant rank from Chris Jernander, a Crestview, Fla., native, during his promotion to staff sergeant at the Multi-N More
Zack Owen presents an autographed Dallas Cowboys' helmet to Command Sgt. Maj. Edward Parker, a Warsaw, N.C., native who serves as the senior enlisted leader of the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Divisio More
Senior enlisted leaders, serving with Multi-National Division - Baghdad, discuss issues concerning the division's Soldiers during the MND-B Command Sergeants Major Conference at Freedom Rest in the Internationa More
Staff Sgt. Kerry Harrison (left), a Columbus, Miss. native, and Staff Sgt. Michael Helmen, a Milacka, Minn., native, work overnight in the Information Operations shop at the Division-Main building on Camp Liber More
Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond (right), the commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division and Multi-National Division - Baghdad, sings the national anthem with Spc. Elliot Valdez (center) and his wife, Sgt. Rachea More
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 i More
Maple Grove, Minn., native, Staff Sgt. Eric Peterson, a section sergeant with the Command Security Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigad More
Noonday, Texas, native Pfc. Kelly Jones, left, a healthcare specialist with Company C, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, prepares to take the vital signs of Sacrame More
Dallas native Capt. Todd Looney, commander, Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, looks underneath palm leaves to see if there are any shel More
Sheik Emad Abdul-Settar Muhammad, the sheik leader for the region of Fahama, offers a cup of coffee to Fort Worth, Texas, native Cpl. Kyle Pedigo, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Combine More
Men lift an empty propane tank onto a dump truck as other villagers gather around to turn in and collect propane vouchers on the street in the village of Fahama, Iraq, Jan. 27. Multi-National Division – Baghdad More
1st Lt. Nick Piergallini, an Easton, Pa., native, who serves as platoon leader with 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Mult More
Spc. James Thomas, a San Antonio native, who serves as a heating and air-conditioning repairman with Company B, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Div More
An area businessman from the Adhamiya District of Baghdad registers during a market fair in Suleikh Feb. 9. The event was hosted to provide business coaching and to help citizens organize an area market action More
Sgt. Taylor Scott, a Rathdrum, Idaho, native, who serves as a squad leader with 2nd Platoon, Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, c More
Gen. Richard A. Cody, center, a Montpelier, Vt., native, who serves as the vice chief of staff of the Army, speaks with Col. John H. Hort, right, a Fayetteville, N.C., native, who serves as the commander of the More
An Iraqi man presses his thumb on a piece of paper Feb. 14 after voting for area support council members at Combat Outpost War Eagle in northern Baghdad. Recording the thumbprint of those who voted is a way to More
Iraqi army Col. Adel Hussein Ali, left, who serves as the commander of the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division, oversees a vote during a meeting with neighborhood leaders at Combat Outpost Apac More
An Iraqi woman prepares chai tea, Feb. 18, in her kitchen for Soldiers with the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, who are currently attached to the 3rd Brigade More
Col. John Hort, left, a Fayetteville, N.C., native, looks around as he walks with his Soldiers down a street in Adhamiya during a population engagement patrol, Feb. 19. During the patrol, Hort, who serves as t More
Col. John H. Hort, a Fayetteville, N.C., native, awards a commander?s coin of excellence and an Army Commendation Medal to Staff Sgt. Ryan Sasnett, a Vartow, Fla., native, at Combat Outpost Apache, Feb. 19, for More
Sgt. Niven Williams, a Tuscon, Ariz., native, has his hair cut at Combat Outpost Apache, Feb. 21. A local national comes to the COP to assist the Soldiers in keeping their military appearance. Williams serves a More
A crowd of Soldiers and civilians clap and sing along with the One Voice Choir at the 2008 Camp Taji Gospel Extravaganza at the camp ministry center, Feb. 23.
First Lt. Otis Ingram, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, watches as a customer picks up his purchase of eggs at a shop in Husseiniya Feb. 26. Ingram, who serves as a platoon leader with 3rd Platoon, Company B, More
Navy Lt. J. G. Clint Phillips, right, an Ontario, Calif., native, and 1st Lt. Dale Donaldson, a Bartlesville, Okla., native, walk down the street handing out newspapers with policemen from the Ali-Salaam Iraqi More
Pfc. John Rutledge, a Little Rock, Ark., native, looks behind him to see who needs a packet of newspapers to hand out during a joint patrol with Soldiers from the 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Combined Arms Batta More
Command Sgt. Maj. John Gioia (center, standing), a Buffalo, N.Y., native, and other senior enlisted leaders from Multi-National Division – Baghdad, listen intently and share their experiences at Freedom Rest in More