MOSUL GREETINGS - U.S. Army Capt. John Karcher shakes hands with an Iraqi civilian during a search for weapons and bomb paraphernalia in Mosul, Iraq, May 24, 2008. Karcher is assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise

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DIYALA PROVINCE OPS - A soldier assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division and his military working dog clear a building in Diyala Province, Jan. 10, 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Mulligan

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An American soldier who was seriously wounded during a bomb attack in Iraq on Nov. 13 re-enlisted just hours after the ambush, telling Army officers he still had a job to do, the Army reported Monday.

Spc. Christopher Hoyt, an infantryman from California with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, based out of Fort Lewis, Wash., was injured after an improvised explosive device — or IED — exploded near him while he was out on a foot patrol near Zaganiyah, Iraq...

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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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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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GIVE ME YOUR PAW
A U.S. Army soldier with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, plays with a dog at the national police station in the Daura section of Baghdad, Iraq, March 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi


SEARCH IN BAGHDAD
U.S. Army soldiers with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, search a suspected insurgent's home in the Al Daura section of Baghdad, Iraq, March 26, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi)

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