[Kathy in Alaska]

DOZER IN THE DIRT — Soldiers from the 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pull a bulldozer out of a hole after it got mired cleaning up a trash dump in Mosul, Iraq, May 23. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Derek Gaines

READY TO BLOW — Staff Sgt. Jason McClintock, 707th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, prepares to blow up unexploded ordnance found in As Salaam, a suburb of Baghdad, on May 21. Joint EOD in Task Force Neighborhood policed up or blew in place approximately 25 122mm and 125mm tank rounds, an assortment of rocket-propelled grenades, and also numerous 23mm rounds. The 707th EOD (Army) and MU6 EOD (Navy) were part of many assets in Task Force Neighborhood. TFN is designed to clean up Iraq and help show the people of Iraq that the United States is here to help. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremiah Lancaster

[Kathy in Alaska]

CHILD'S PLAY — Petty Officer 2nd Class Bruce Schmiderer, a U.S. Navy Seabee attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15 helps to build a playground at a school in Al Hillah, Iraq, May 23. NMCB-15 is forward deployed to Iraq in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and is involved in many humanitarian assistance building projects that are aimed at improving the lives of Iraqi citizens. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson

TASK FORCE NEIGHBORHOOD — Soldiers talk with translators and civilian group leaders to get the number of workers needed to help clean up the Baghdad suburb of As Salaam May 21. Task Force Neighborhood is designed to clean up Iraq and help show the people of Iraq that the United States is here to help. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremiah Lancaster