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Saturday, September 09, 2006

Raid Near Tafaria, Iraq

Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Company, 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division scan the area after departing a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an air assault mission near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt


U.S. Army Pfc. Ian Dautman, from 1st Batallion, 68th Combined Arms Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, stands guard during a raid near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt


A woman pleads to an Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Company, 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division to allow a suspected insurgent to go free during a raid near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt


An Iraqi army soldier from the 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division looks for weapons on the rooftop of a house while a fellow soldier questions a woman during a raid in Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt


A U.S. Army soldier from 1st Batallion, 68th Combined Arms Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division searches the home of a known insurgent during a raid on a village near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt


An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Company, 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division looks for weapons caches inside a shed near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt


An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Company, 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division collects evidence of a weapons cache during a raid near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt


A young girl hands her fathers shoes to an Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Company, 5th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division as coalition forces raid a suspected insurgent's home near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt


U.S. Army Lt. Daniel Rullo prepares to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after a raid near Tafaria, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2006. Rullo is assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Combined Arms Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt

Wow, what a picture

SOLDIERS PAUSE — U.S. Army soldiers from Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, pause at the end of a patrol near Wynot, Iraq. U.S. Army courtesy photo

Hi Res version is here

Sammy

Thanks to all of you who have left your comments on my post about Sammy.

We have him on some medication now that will give him a little time; not much. I did make it home in time to be able to say good-bye though, and for that, I'm grateful.

I will have a news post up later, but for this morning, we're concentrating on spoiling Sam as much as possible.

Please keep us in your thoughts / prayers.

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