Staff Sgt. Donnie Dixon, a soldier assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division commander's personal security detachment, pulls security while conducting a patrol in support of Operation Lightning Hammer in Mukeisha, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Serena Hayden


Sgt. Nic Root, a soldier from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, watches a family walk by while pulling security during a foot patrol in support of Operation Lightning Hammer in Mukeisha, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Serena Hayden


A family from Mukeisha, Iraq, a village in the Diyala River Valley, poses for a picture as soldiers from the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conduct a patrol after clearing the village, Aug. 14, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Serena Hayden


Capt. Stephen Dobbins, commander of Troop B, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, talks to a citizen from Mukeisha, a village in the Diyala River Valley, while conducting a patrol in support of Operation Lightning Hammer, Aug. 14, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Serena Hayden


While conducting a foot patrol in support of Operation Lightning Hammer in Mukeisha, Iraq, Sgt. Nic Root, a soldier from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, assists a local woman returning from the canal, Aug. 14, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Serena Hayden


Col. David W. Sutherland, commander of coalition forces in Diyala province, Iraq, speaks with Sheik Sammi, a tribal leader in Sheik Sa'ad Village, to ensure that the local citizens feel secure and are being treated with respect during operations in support of Operation Lightning Hammer, Aug. 14, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Serena Hayden



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