U.S. Army Spc. Miguel Contreras provides security while on a dismounted patrol in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2006. Contreras is assigned to Headquarters Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika


U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jessie Bryand and an Iraqi police officer pause on the streets of Kirkuk, Iraq, while on a patrol in the village marketplace, Feb. 28, 2006. Bryand is assigned to Headquarters Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika


A young Iraqi girl peers out from a door as she watches U.S. soldiers on a dismounted patrol in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika


U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Ellingsworth stands in a doorway as he provides security while on a dismounted patrol in the marketplace in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2006. Ellingsworth is assigned to Headquarters Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika


U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Ellingsworth and Spc. Miguel Contreras provide rear security for Headquarters Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, as they conduct a dismounted patrol in Kirkuk, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika


Iraqis continue their daily routine as U.S. soldiers assigned to the 324th Tactical Psychological Operations Company conduct business with local shop owners in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 1, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika



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