The Yusufiyah, Iraq, thermal power plant, a Russian project abandoned in 1982, is now secured and maintained by various elements of 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division as a key tactical element in the process ending a long standing history of insurgent activities in Yusufiyah, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac B. Scruggs

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Grant, assigned to the Distribution Platoon, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, guides a pallet of dry goods off a truck during a supply delivery to the thermal power plant in Yusufiyah, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac B. Scruggs

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the Distribution Platoon, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division guide a pallet of dry goods off a truck during a supply delivery to the thermal power plant in Yusufiyah, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2006. U.S. and coalition forces maintain the plant as a key element in controlling a long-standing history of insurgent activities in Yusufiyah. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac B. Scruggs

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Grant, assigned to the Distribution Platoon, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, directs a crane operator in offloading a pallet of dry goods off a truck during a supply delivery to the thermal power plant in Yusufiyah, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac B. Scruggs

A U.S. Army soldier assigned to the Distribution Platoon, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division operates a crane to unload pallets of dry goods during a supply delivery to the thermal power plant in Yusufiyah, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac B. Scruggs

U.S. Army soldiers mechanically breech a structure at the thermal power plant in Yusufiyah, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2006, after securing it as a key element to subdue a long standing history of insurgent activities. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac B. Scruggs

U.S. Army soldiers mechanically breech a welded steel door at the thermal power plant in Yusufiyah, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac B. Scruggs

U.S. Army Pvt. Eban Stillwell, assigned to the 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, walks back to an administrative building after securing the thermal power plant in Yusufiyah, Iraq, Oct. 23, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Isaac B. Scruggs