U.S. Army soldiers take a break as they advance through a field during Operation Swarmer in the Salah Ad Din province of Iraq on March 16, 2006. Operation Swarmer is a combined air assault operation to clear the area northeast of Samarra of suspected insurgents. The soldiers are from the Armyís 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood, U.S. Navy. (Released)
Army Pfc. Jonathan Dixon (foreground) provides perimeter security while Staff Sgt. Gabriel Monreal and his translator conduct an interview with a local Iraqi man during a routine patrol near Camp Taji, Iraq, on March 13, 2006. Dixon and Monreal are attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Larson, U.S. Navy. (Released)
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ricky Bryant is last in line to board a C-130H2 Hercules aircraft at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, for a flight to Forward Operations Base Salearno, Afghanistan, on March 8, 2006. The aircraft and crew are assigned to the 185th Airlift Squadron, Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma Air National Guard and are deployed to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Bagram Air Base. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung, U.S. Air Force. (Released)