A fleet of cargo trucks from Tarmiyah follow behind the security of U.S. Army Stryker vehicles assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division en route to a food warehouse located in Taji, Iraq, July 8, 2007. After six months without food rations, bags of rice were set aside by Coalition Forces to help feed the population of Tarmiyah, Al Mushahida, Sheik Hammad, and Al Abayachi in response to the increased insurgent violence in the area. U.S. military reserve, active duty and civilian contractor personnel are forward deployed with 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division to Central Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Summer Anderson


An Iraqi man from Tarmiyah stands atop piles of rice bags set aside for transportation with the security aid of U.S. Army Stryker vehicles assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, in Taji, Iraq, July 8, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Summer Anderson


U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, in Taji, Iraq, July 8, 2007, stand security next to Iraqi cargo trucks parked inside a warehouse being filled with bags of rice. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Summer Anderson


U.S. Army Spec. Juan Herrera, assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, helps load rice bags onto Iraqi cargo trucks being filled for transport in Taji, Iraq, July 8, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Summer Anderson


With security aid from the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Iraqi men from Tarmiyah converse around bags of rice while waiting for a cargo truck to pull into the warehouse in Taji, Iraq, July 8, 2007. Food rations were set aside by Coalition Forces to help feed the population of Tarmiyah, Al Mushahida, Sheik Hammad, and Al Abayachi in response to the increased insurgent violence in the area. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Summer Anderson


The 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides security for a fleet of Iraqi cargo trucks filled with rice bags delivering food to the people of Tarmiyah in Taji, Iraq, July 8, 2007. U.S. military reserve, active duty and civilian contractor personnel are forward deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Summer Anderson


With security aid from the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, a fleet of Iraqi cargo trucks, stretching out for miles, traveled down the road to deliver bags of rice to the people of Tarmiyah in Taji, Iraq, July 8, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Summer Anderson


The 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provided security for a fleet of Iraqi cargo trucks delivering bags of rice to the people of Tarmiyah in Taji, Iraq, July 8, 2007. Food rations were set aside by Coalition Forces to help feed the population of Tarmiyah, Al Mushahida, Sheik Hammad, and Al Abayachi in response to the increased insurgent violence in the area. U.S. military reserve, active duty and civilian contractor personnel are forward deployed with 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, to Central Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Summer Anderson



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