A member of Special Operation Force's working with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade 25th Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), scans for enemy activity down a street in Mosul, Iraq. 1-24INF, Iraqi commandos, and the Iraqi National Guard are participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson)
041216-N-1438S-001 Fallujah, Iraq (Dec. 16, 2004) - Builder 1st Class Neil Reno, front, and Construction Electrician 3rd Class Scott Tyner of Navy Reserve Seabees assigned to the Tactical Movement Team (TMT) of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Three (NMCB-23), clear a building prior to an assessment team mission in Fallujah, Iraq. Teams attached to the I Marine Expeditionary Force Engineer Group (I MEG) began conducting assessments on the heels of some of the fiercest fighting since the war's onset. TMT is a mobile engineering and security force, designed to offer Seabee expertise with Marine tactical capabilities. TMT provide security escort formerly only offered by Marine forces. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Suzanne Speight (RELEASED)
041217-N-3236B-022 Houfallize, Belgium (Dec. 17, 2004) - A World War II U.S. Army veteran who fought in the Battle of the Bulge, salutes the American flag during the playing of the National Anthem by the Sixth Fleet marching band. Events serve to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the German offensive action in the Ardennes region of eastern Belgium and northern Luxembourg, where American forces suffered some of its largest casualties during WWII. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Ted Banks (RELEASED)