DIRECTING TRAFFIC - U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jim Champagne guides a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle onto Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq, April 5, 2008. Champagne is assigned to Multinational Division – Baghdad’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Nathaniel Smith

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RASHID CHECKPOINT - U.S. Army Sgt. Difruscio provides security as a new Sons of Iraq checkpoint is established in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, March 6, 2008. Difruscio is assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michael Hendrickson

Labels: 1st ID, 2-2 Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Baghdad, Iraq, photos, Rashid, Sons of Iraq, US Army

CHATTING WITH TROOPS — An Iraqi civilian speaks with U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha Troop, 1st Battalion, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, during a mounted patrol in the Al Rashid Province of Baghdad, Sept. 5, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michael Hendrickson

Labels: 1-4 Cav, 1st ID, Al Rashid, Baghdad, Iraq, photos, US Army

COMMUNICATION — U.S. Army Capt. Brian McCall, left, with 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Meade, Md., talks to a local Iraqi man during a cordon and search mission in Baghdad, Sept. 25, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew M. Rodier

Labels: 1st ID, 2-32 FAR, Baghdad, cordon and search, Iraq, photos, US Army

Local Iraqis clean up trash dumped in their neighborhood in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007, during a clearing operation for weapons or suspicious items. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Pvt. Brian Terry, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, speaks with an Iraqi woman during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Ciurro, with 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, prepares to enter and search a house during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division run up stairs to begin searching a house during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Ciurro, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, breaches the door of a house during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


A U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division checks the chamber of an AK47 for any rounds while searching a house during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Sgt. Thomas Ciurro, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, looks around a rooftop of a house for weapons or suspicious items during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland


U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Theodore, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, speaks with an Iraqi man during a clearing operation in the Hateen district of Baghdad, Iraq, July 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland



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HOLDING ON — U.S. Army Spc. Jessica Bailey, a unit supply specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division from Dayton, Ohio, looks at a picture of her son, Caleb, at Forward Operating Base Falcon, May 2, 2007. Bailey said she sleeps with Caleb’s hoodie every night to keep a part of him close by. U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. Nathaniel Smith

Labels: 1st ID, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, photos, US Army