The body of Army Pfc. Karina Lau is carried out of St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Livingston, Calif., on Nov. 12. Lau died Nov. 2, along with 15 other soldiers, when their helicopter was shot down over Iraq.
Capt. Kelly O’Lear, from Ottumwa, Iowa, chaplain for 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, performs a baptism Dec. 3 at Camp Udairi, Kuwait, for Spc. Derrick Wilkerson, from Lagrange, Ga., and several other soldiers as the brigade prepares to enter Iraq.
Soldiers from Charlie Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division relax July 1 in one of the buildings they are staying at in a compound in Balad, Iraq. The troop was involved with operation Sidewinder, a mission to clear the area of people fighting America’s presence in Iraq.
Capt. Jon Cecalupo and his 2-year-old son, Josh, spend some last minutes together Nov. 8 before he heads back to Iraq after two weeks leave. Cecalupo, visiting family in Virginia, flew out of Baltimore-Washington International Airport in Linthicum, Md.