Headhunters Sweat it out on the Streets of BaghdadStory and photos by Spc. Jan Critchfield122nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Grab your body armor, lock and load, and come along for the ride. Jump in the back of a Bradley fighting vehicle, and join the men of Forward Operating Base Headhunter on one of their regular—and dangerous—foot patrols through the streets of Central Baghdad. Engaging the citizens of Baghdad in conversation and scanning every rooftop for threatening silhouettes, Soldiers of Task Force 1/9 “Headhunters” are on the prowl for insurgents who, hiding amongst the populace,...
