Sgt. Michael Emmons, a native of Eureka, Calif., who

Sgt. Michael Emmons, a native of Eureka, Calif., who serves as a tank gunner with 1st platoon Company C (Team Steel), 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, and Pvt. William Dawson, a native of Dayton, Ohio, who serves as the driver of Emmons tank ready their tank at Combat Outpost Ford in Baghdad's Sadr City District before leaving on a route disruption patrol, a random patrol designed to make it harder for terrorists to have the time to plant an improvised explosive device or explosively formed projectile, Dec. 17.