A soldier from the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion and his new friend in a small village near Najaf, Iraq on April 02, 2003. The unit is in the town providing humanitarian assistance. The 422nd is in Iraq in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. OIF is the multinational effort to liberate the people of Iraq, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. (Released) (U.S. Army photo by SSG Kevin P. Bell)