U.S. Army soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and Iraqi army soldiers with 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division patrol a rural road near Shalshabar Canal during a mission to prevent planning and execution of future improvised explosive devices in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie Corbett


U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and Iraqi army soldiers from the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division patrol a rural road near Shalshabar Canal, Dec. 16, 2006, in support of an operation to prevent planning and execution of future improvised explosive devices in Mahmudiyah, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie Corbett


U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provide security as fellow Soldiers search the backyard of a home in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie Corbett


U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and an Iraqi army soldier from the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division take defensive positions on a rural road near the Shalshabar Canal during an operation in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie Corbett


An Iraqi army soldier with 1st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division provides security during an operation in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Dec.16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie Corbett


U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and Iraqi army soldiers from the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division search a rural field for weapons caches in support of an operation in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Dec.16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie Corbett


U.S. Army 1st Lt. David Stone, from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, reports the status of his squad via radio during an operation in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie Corbett


U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and Iraqi army soldiers from the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division provide security as fellow soldiers search the backyard of a home in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie Corbett


U.S. Army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and Iraqi army soldiers from the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division provide security as fellow soldiers search the backyard of a home in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie Corbett


U.S. Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and Iraqi army soldiers from the 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division patrol a rural road near Shalshabar Canal in support of an operation to prevent planning and execution of future improvised explosive device in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie Corbett