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 AndersonMore photo essays at DefendAmerica
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Two Soldiers attached to 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment walk en route to a house in the outskirts of Baqouba to give medical attention to a baby June 23. Soldiers of 2-1 Cav., 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. Meanwhile, Soldiers with 4-2 SBCT are meeting with village leaders and rendering medical aid to people in the outlying villages. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)
Soldiers investigate a suspicious car in a village on the outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldiers are with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)
Soldiers patrol the outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldiers are with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)
Soldiers fire their weapons from a Mobile Gun System Stryker variant on the outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldiers are with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)
Soldiers patrol the outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldiers are with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)
Soldiers patrol the outskirts of Baqouba June 23 as an Apache helicopter provides air support over head. The Soldiers are with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)
A Soldier guards a door while clearing a building on the outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldiers is with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)
A Soldier walks through the hallways of a school after clearing the building in the western outskirts of Baqouba June 23. The Soldier is with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The Co. B Soldiers and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off the western side of Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)
Sgt. 1st Class Mark Roberts guards a gate in a village in the western outskirts of Baqouba June 23. Roberts was securing the site as a Civil Affairs team met with leaders of the village to discuss their civic needs. Soldiers with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash., and Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off the western side of Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. Meanwhile the civil affairs team is trying to gauge and mitigate any difficulties caused by the clearing operation on the local people. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)
A Soldier with Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment secures a house in the western outskirts of Baqouba June 23. Soldiers of 2-1 Cav., 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, from Fort Lewis, Wash., and Soldiers with Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, also with 4-2 SBCT, have sealed off the western side of Baqouba as their sister Stryker Brigade, 3-2 SBCT, also from Fort Lewis, Wash., continues to clear the city of Baqouba in a major offensive known as Arrowhead Ripper launched on the city and its outskirts on June 18. Arrowhead Ripper aims to kill or capture all insurgents in Baqouba by sealing off the city and any avenues of escape. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Antonieta Rico)
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