U.S. Army 2nd Lt. James Cleary, Spc. Mark Pascual and Capt. Victor Satturlund, assigned to 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division provide overwatch and coordination for U.S. and Iraqi forces at the start of Operation Rock Hammer south of Baqouba, Iraq, Sept. 7, 2007. Operation Rock Hammer, conducted in farmland and palm groves on the Diyala River, resulted in the discovery of 11 al-Qaeda in Iraq weapons caches. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra


U.S. Army Spc. Mark Pascual, assigned to 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division pulls security during Operation Rock Hammer south of Baqouba, Iraq, Sept. 7, 2007. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra


U.S. Army Sgt. Armando Gonzalez, assigned to 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, assists a fellow soldier out of a ravine during Operation Rock Hammer, Sept. 7, 2007. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra


A 60mm mortar team, Spc. Carl Snow, Sgt. Matthew Gosselin and Sgt. Armando Gonzalez, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, in action during Operation Rock Hammer south of Baqouba, Iraq, Sept. 7, 2007. Operation Rock Hammer, conducted in farmland and palm groves on the Diyala River, resulted in the discovery of 11 al-Qaeda in Iraq weapons caches. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra


A soldier, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, destroys an insurgent cave containing a cache, with an AT-4 during Operation Rock Hammer, Sept. 7, 2007. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra


Soldiers, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, move past a burning weapons cache on the opposite bank of the Diyala River, Sept. 7, 2007. Operation Rock Hammer, conducted in farmland and palm groves on the Diyala River, resulted in the discovery of 11 al-Qaeda in Iraq weapons caches. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra




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