U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Fiorella provides security during an Iraqi police academy graduation in Muthana Zayuna District, Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 9, 2006. Fiorella is assigned to Bravo Company, 4th Regiment, 320th Field Artillery Battalion, 101st Division. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Teddy Wade


U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Blanca Horvath, assigned as a hospital corpsman with Seal Team One, provides routine medical check-ups for Iraqi construction workers at Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2006. Seal Team One is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryson K. Jones



U.S. Marine Cpl. James J. Creel, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, searches an Iraqi civilian at a vehicle checkpoint in Fallujah, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2006. The 2nd Marine Division is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. James M. Boutin, assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, builds a fire to make coffee near Fallujah, Iraq, Jan. 3, 2006. The 2nd Marine Division is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Robert R. Attebury


Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen reaffirms the oath of enlistment while promoting U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Bradley to petty officer 2nd class at Haditha Dam, Iraq, Jan 3, 2006. Bradley is assigned as a hospital corpsman with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, Battalion Aid Station. The 3rd Battalion is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Mullen visited the region to talk with servicemembers about U.S. progress in the Middle East and the future of the U.S. Navy in the 21st Century. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sheila M. Brooks


U.S. Navy Lt. Robert Marsh, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Moble Unit 11, Detatchment 11, Whidbey Island, Wash., attaches explosives to a detonation cord in a daisy-chain line before doing a test detonation at a range in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Timothy J. Villareal


U.S. Navy Seaman John Christofferson, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Moble Unit 11, Detatchment 11, Whidbey Island, Wash., shoots a .50 caliber sniper rifle at a range in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Timothy J. Villareal


U.S. Army Sgt. Leisa Walker, assigned as a medic with 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, takes an Iraqi boy's vital signs during a medical civil action program in Almeshahama, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Moses Sr.


U.S. Army Maj. Eric Elgin, assigned to A Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, examines a patient in the village of Almeshahama, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2006. U.S. Army soldiers of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, and Iraqis conducted a medical civic action program visit to the village. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin L. Moses Sr.


U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Cloud, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, repairs a humvee in Ba'Qubah, Iraq, Jan. 7, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Laura M. Buchta


U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Viktor Hancock checks the area behind an armor-modified vehicle before a debriefing with other airmen at Balad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 7, 2006. The airmen celebrated their return from a convoy security mission that made the four-million mile mark. Hancock, a gunner with the 732nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, is deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung


U.S. Army Capt. Tom Fournier (left) briefs Maj. Christopher Engen on the progress of the Iraqi army's 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, while they raid suspected insurgent homes in western Bayji, Iraq, Jan. 8, 2006. The soldiers are assigned to the 2-9th Cavalry, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jose Ferrufino