Staff Sgt. Paul Jones, Scout Platoon, Company A, 96th Aviation Support Battalion, looks down a stairway in Balad, Iraq.
John Long, Fort Campbell 5th Special Forces Group All-Army Combatives Team, who won the light heavyweight division at the 2008 U.S. Army Combatives Tournament Oct. 5, 2008 in the Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith P More
Staff Sgt. Sang Truong, drill sergeant, foreground, a combatives instructor with Regional Training Center East, Fort Dix, N.J., provides instruction to a formation of Reserve soldiers Sept. 23. Truong has been More
Spc. Melissa Mariano, an automated logistics supply specialist with Company A, 533rd Battalion Support Battalion, assumes a fighter's stance in preparation of final drills and testing to earn her level one comb More
Afghan police officers participate in drill and ceremony, Nov. 3, during police training at the Laghman province police academy. Sixty-two police officers graduated from the academy Nov. 4 at Police Headquarter More
Afghan police officers Javeed Hakmal, left, and Lt. Sherwali Hakmal, right, stand in front of one of the Afghan Police patrol vehicles Nov. 3 at the police headquarters in Mehtar Lam here. Javeed and his father More
U.S. Army Sfc. Chauncy Nash, a cavalry scout with Troop A, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, and native of Honolulu, Hawaii, walks on a berm along the river, Nov. 6, in the Towr Gahr Pass here. The soldiers More
Mohammad Hassan, subgovernor of the Khaga District, addresses guests, Nov. 11 during the Computer English Education Center graduation in Khaga. The 101st Airborne Division's Troop C, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry More
U.S. Army Sgt. John Giasullo, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, one of the medical platoon's trauma team leaders from Billerica, Mass., checks the ears of U.S. Army Pfc. More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Eric Moenster from Salem, Mo., a truck driver with the distribution platoon, D Troop, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, provides a ground guide for a mine-resistant ambush protected vehi More
U.S. Army Sgt. Bradley J. Ragle (left), and his younger brother, U.S. Army Spc. Brandon J. V. Ragle, both of Troop A, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, eat lunch together outside the dining facility Nov. 16 More
A McQueeney, Texas, native, U.S. Army Spc. Garrett Bartlett, Troop D, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, secures the load on his light medium tactical vehicle trailer with cargo straps Nov. 17 at Forward Oper More
Army Spc. Jason Pehle, Troop C, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, an infantryman from Union, Mo., shares memories of his friend, Army Spc. David C. Lutes, an infantryman from Westernport, Md., also of Troop More
U.S. Army Sgt. John Giasullo, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment from Billerica, Mass., applies the finishing touches to an 8-by-12-foot mural for the unit and More
U.S. Army Sgt. William Billett (right), an infantryman with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, eats Thanksgiving dinner with his son, U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Billett, a military policeman from He More
U.S. Army Pfc. Deana Hilburn, a medic from Atoka, Okla., Company C, 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, feels the feet of Abas, a 9-year-old Afghan boy who is bein More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Allan Hoskins, a combat engineer from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with the 832nd Engineer Company attached to 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Red Horse, screws in the barrel of a . More
U.S. Army Chad Cosens, a medic from Madrid, Iowa, with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 334th Brigade Support Brigade, looks at a ring in the jewelry shop at the bazaar on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, D More
Sulhaila Kohistani (left), U.S. Army Maj. Bobbie Mayes, woman’s empowerment coordinator with the Kentucky Agribusiness Development Team, from Lawrenceburg, Ky., and Saleha Zareen, stand in front of the women's More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jennifer Voegtlin, a combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, gives a doll to Kamela, a 3-year-old Afghan girl, after treating her bu More
U.S. Army Spc. Austin Dietzel, a truck driver from Dubuque, Iowa with Company E, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry “Red Bulls” Division, More
1st Sgt. Brian Nichols, of Boone, Iowa, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment first sergeant, cuts the ribbon outside the connex trailer which houses the new post exc More
U.S. Army Sgt. Seth VanSteenwyck, native of Sigourney, Iowa, and a forward observer with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, eats Christmas dinner Dec. 25 at Combat Outpost Najil.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Barr (right), an infantry squad leader from Centralia, Iowa, with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, talks with children of the village of Ghaziabad, Afghanistan, Dec. 26.
Pieces of a 60 mm mortar shell recovered from the mountainside behind Combat Outpost Najil after an attack, Dec. 29. The attack was the largest against the COP since the soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, More
U.S. Army Sgt. Clay Bolsinger, a fire team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, from Guttenberg, Iowa, pulls security along a road being built north of Combat Outpost Najil here, Dec. More
A soldier from Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment walks around a graveyard while on patrol on a mountainside near the village of Sigin Jan. 1. The soldiers discovered a command wire in a riverbed More
A boy pushes his toy wire scooter down the streets of Najil Jan. 3. For a child in Najil, a poor Afghan village, this is a fancy toy. The soldiers of Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Forc More
U.S. Army Sgt. Toby Hall, a team leader with Company A, 413th Civil Affairs Battalion out of Lubbock, Texas, stands in front of the mountains outside Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam holding a belt buckle from More
U.S. Army Spc. Derek Farrington (right), from Ames, Iowa, uses a pry bar to remove a tow bar from the hitch of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected - all terrain vehicle Jan. 8 at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam More
Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, out of Dubuque, Iowa, approach the spot of a previous improvised explosive device attack on Route Nebraska outside the villag More
Iowa National Guard soldiers from 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, awoke Jan. 14 to find the mountains outside Forward Operating Base Mehtar More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joe Contreras from San Antonio, Texas, 64th Military Police Company squad leader, 720th Military Police Battalion, talks with Alingar District Center Police Chief Adam Khan Jan. 15 in Aling More
U.S. Army Pfc. Corey Vanotegham, an infantry radio telephone operator from Victor, Iowa, with Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, looks over the side of the road outside the t More
U.S. Army Maj. Andrew DeJesse, a Civil Affairs officer from Amarillo, with Company A, 413th Civil Affairs Battalion, talks with Fazul Raheem, the education director for the Alingar District at the Alingar Distr More
A U.S. Army soldier from Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, works his way through some brush outside the village of Nengaresh, Afghanistan, Jan. 21. After seven hours of dismounted searching thr More
U.S. Army Spc. Michael Scarsbrook, an infantryman with Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, from Iowa Falls, Iowa, looks down on a spot in Tupac Jan. 21, where his unit had bee More
U.S. Army Cpl. Blake Jones (left) from Eldora, Iowa, and U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Sawyer from Davenport, Iowa, both infantry team leaders with Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, More
The Female Engagement Team for 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment Jan. 30 at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. The team members are (front row, left to right), U.S. Army Pfc. Shannyanne Adame, More
U.S. Army Spc. Richard Rawson, a field artillery soldier attached to the scout/sniper platoon of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Battalion, Task Force Ironman, from Sioux Ci More
U.S. Army Spc. Rene Girasek (left), a chemical equipment repair specialist with Company E, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Battalion, Task Force Ironman, from Postville, Iowa, teaches Afghan National Army soldier More
U.S. Army Sgt. Adam Nielsen, an infantry team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, from Cedar Falls, Iowa, front, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Neil Taylor, a joint terminal attack control More
U.S. Army Pfc. Frank Deierling, an infantry soldier from Buffalo, Iowa, with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, shows a group of children his 34th Infantry Division "Red Bulls" patch in the vill More
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Marcus Mittvalsky (foreground), Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, and the battalion command sergeant major from North Liberty, Iowa, pull More
Laghman Province Gov. Mohammed Iqbal Azizi, left, talks with U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, right, International Security Assistance Force commander, at the governor's compound in Mehtar Lam Feb. 7. The gene More
U.S. Army Spc. Chandra Hundley (standing left), a combat medic from Des Moines, Iowa, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Billy Habibi (standing right), a medical operations officer from Des Moines, Iowa, both with Headquart More
Afghan National Army soldiers from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 201st Infantry Regiment, extract people from the home of a high-value target in Parwai, Feb. 19 during Operation Brass Monkey. The ANA teamed w More
Two U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, look over the home of a high-value target outside Parwai, Afghanistan, Feb. 19 during Operation Brass Monkey. T More
Mahtab Farid, a native of Santa Monica, Calif., and a U.S. State Department public diplomacy officer, discusses the fundamentals of writing a solid news lead with Afghan journalists Feb. 22 during the first day More
Mahtab Farid, a native of Santa Monica, Calif., and a U.S. State Department public diplomacy officer who has worked as a journalist in the U.S., discusses the fundamentals of writing a solid news lead with Afgh More
U.S. Army Capt. Jodi Marti (left), from Knoxville, Iowa, and the commander of Company E, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division More
U.S. Army Pfc. Scott Suhr (right), a squad designated marksman from Iowa City, Iowa, and U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Vega (left), a forward observer from Mason City, Iowa, simulate reacting to enemy contact from behin More
U.S. Army Sgt. Dusty Rhoades, left, a mortarman from Stanley, Iowa, and Spc. Abraham Saleh, a mortarman from Williamsburg, Iowa, both of the 34th Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team in Company B, 1st Ba More
U.S. Army Sgt. Christian Kapler, an infantryman from Oelwein, Iowa, from Company B, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Battalion, talks on a cellphone with the interpreter of a crew of 44 Afghan local national worke More
U.S. Army Sgt. Christian Kapler, an infantryman from Oelwein, Iowa, in Company B, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Battalion, talks about one of his many projects he and his crew of Afghan local nationals have con More
U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Vega, left, a forward observer from Mason City, Iowa, with the 34th Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team in Company B, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, demonstrates proper sho More
An Afghan Border Patrol police officer looks through a bag in a boy's wheelbarrow on the pedestrian walkway March 7 at Torkham Gate on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.
A hitchhiker travels on the front of a "jingle truck" headed from Afghanistan into Pakistan March 7 at Torkham Gate on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.
U.S. Army Pfc. Scott Suhr, an infantryman from Olin, Iowa, with Company B, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, throws a combination punch at Forward Operatin More
U.S. Army Capt. Kevin Hrodey, center, the commander of Company B, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, from Pleasant Hill, Iowa, delivers the mission brief be More
U.S. Army Capt. Kevin Hrodey, right, the commander of the Company B, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, from Pleasant Hill, Iowa, snaps a picture of a large More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Lett, right, platoon leader of 3rd Platoon, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with the 832nd Engineer Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, addresses his More
U.S. Army Spc. Jeff Zimmerman, a combat engineer from Marion Iowa with the 832nd Engineer Company, part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry “Red Bulls” Division, drives a Buffalo mine-protected More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Kremer, left, the commander of 1st Battalion 133rd Infantry Regiment, from Cherokee, Iowa, greets U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell (D), right, from Iowa's 3rd Congressional District during Bos More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Tim E. Orr, center, the adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard, from Boone, Iowa, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Breitsprecker, right, the senior enlisted leader of the Iowa Natio More
An Afghan National Army soldier from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 201st ANA Infantry Corps, looks at a belt of ammunition discovered in a cache located in a locked building in the town of Hind Dor, here March 26 More
An Afghan National Army soldier, from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 201st ANA Infantry Corps, looks at a belt of ammunition from a cache located in a locked building outside the town of Hind Dor, March 26, during More
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops off some of the first troops of the main body of a massive air assault into the Galuch Valley outside the town of Hind Dor, here, March 26. The air assault, part of Operation Bu More
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Taylor Gingrich, the 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, pl More
U.S. Army Capt. Jason Merchant, the Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, commander of from D More
U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Lemoine, left, a petroleum supply specialist from Tulari, Calif., and U.S. Army Sgt. Christian Grabowski, a shift leader for the petroleum supply specialist team from Hinsdale, N.Y., More
U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Egger (left), from Coggin, Iowa, and U.S. Army Pfc. Alex Good, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, both infantry Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force More
Two Afghan boys carry a sheet of plywood delivered by Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, More
U.S. Army soldiers with Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, walk down a mountain path afte More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. William Hayes, left, platoon leader, 3rd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, from Moline, Ill., and U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Axtman, right, an infan More
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. David Sowers, front, a heavy equipment operator from Staples, Minn., and U.S. Air Force Airman 1st. Class Tyler D. Saulsgiver, a structural engineer specialist from Panama, N.Y More
U.S. Army Sgt. Nick Ziegenmeyer, a signal support systems specialist from Swisher, Iowa, with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, soldiers wires on More
U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Parker-Bellinger, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a truck driver with Company E, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the Iowa National Guard’s 2nd Brigade Combat More
The memorial stand of U.S. Army Sgt. Devin Snyder, a military police officers with the 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade from Cohockton, N.Y., June More
U.S. Army Chaplain (Capt.) Michael Willer, the battalion chaplain for 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, reads the benediction during a memorial ceremony for fallen soldiers from th More
U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Tobias, from Selma, Texas, a military policeman from the 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, pays respects at the memorial st More
U.S. Army Chaplain (Capt.) Michael Willer, from Webster City, Iowa, the battalion chaplain for 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, part of the Iowa National Guard’s 2nd Brigade Combat Te More
U.S. Army soldiers with Company A, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, from Fort Campbell, Ky., attached to the 3rd Brigade combat Tea More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Steve Kremer, left, the commander of 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, from Cherokee, Iowa, bids farewell to his fellow Afghan National More
U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. John R. Allen, right, the incoming commander for International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, from Oakton, Va., takes notes during a briefing from U.S. Army Maj. Gen More
Mohammed, right, a village doctor in eastern Afghanistan, helps his daughter, Fareeda, an 8-year-old Afghan girl, left, out of the seat belt for a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter seat. Fareeda had a severely-deforme More
A Scout Platoon convoy enters the city limits of Tikrit, Iraq, during a mission with the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade Police Transitional Province Team.
Felix Miguel Almonte, a Nashville Reservist with the 372nd Public Affairs Detachment from the Dominican Republic, competes during the opening rounds of the 2008 U.S. Army Combatives Tournament held Oct. 4-5, 20 More
Sgt. Rachel Wilson, drill sergeant, foreground, a combatives instructor with Regional Training Center East, Fort Dix, N.J., leads a group of Reserve soldiers in stretching in the RTC East combatives room Sept. 23.
Spc. Melissa Mariano, top, and Spc. Judith Sherwood, bottom, both of Company A, 533rd Battalion Support Battalion, fight for position during level one combatives certification training, Sept. 24, at Fort Dix, N.J.
Afghan police officer Javeed Hakmal, left, and Lt. Sherwali Hakmal, right, stand in front of one of the Afghan Police patrol vehicles Nov. 3 at the police headquarters in Mehtar Lam here. Javeed and his father More
U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Phillips (front), a cavalry scout from Irving, Texas, with Troop A, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, and U.S. Army Spc. Bjorn Goller Hagord, a cavalry scout from Haiti, also from Troop More
U.S. Army Capt. David Brown, of Woodstock, Conn., the company commander of Troop C, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, talks with students from the Computer English Education Center, Nov. 11, shortly before t More
From left, U.S. Army Spc. Chelo Zadzuro, of Chicago, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cody Sloat, of Farmer City, Ill., U.S. Army Sgt. John Giasullo, of Billerica, Mass., and U.S. Army Spc. John Jackson of Moravia, N.Y., a More
U.S. Army Spc. James Cowan of Beersheba Springs, Tenn., a truck driver with D Troop, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, peers out the window of a mine-resistant ambush protected guntruck as he backs the vehic More
Army Spc. Michael Swift, Troop C, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, an infantryman from Clark Mills, N.Y., shares memories of his friend, Army Spc. Anthony Vargas, a radio telephone operator from Reading, Pa More
U.S. Army Sgt. Bradley J. Ragle (left), and his younger brother, U.S. Army Spc. Brandon J. V. Ragle, both of Troop A, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, look at photos together on a computer outside their ten More