READY FOR FLIGHTS — U.S. Army Lt. Col. Olsen and Lt. Welsh, both civil affairs officers deployed from the 308th Civil Affairs Brigade, discuss getting Baghdad International Airport ready for civilian aircraft to land. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen
SWEETS — U.S. Army Lt. John Welsh, a civil affairs officer from 411th Civil Affairs Battalion deployed with the 308th Civil Affairs Brigade, hands out candy to Iraqi children. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen
MAKING FRIENDS — Iraqi children talk with a U.S. soldier from the 308th Civil Affairs Brigade. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen
RELGIOUS SERVICE — Father David Fitz-Patrick, U.S. Air Force Catholic chaplain, gives a sermon to a group of Army soldiers during a Catholic Mass service on May 13, 2003, at Convoy Supply Center in Scania, Iraq. Fitz-Patrick provided U.S. Army members deployed to CSC Scania with their first mass service since early March. Fitz-Patrick, a major deployed from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Va., to Tallil Air Base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton T. Burris