Five cheerleaders with the St. Louis Rams of St. Louis, Miss. toured the Ninewah province Feb. 18, making appearances at combat outposts and forward operating bases throughout the region. "We went to some small COPs today, which is really special bec...

The St. Louis Rams cheerleaders of St. Louis, Miss. visited combat outpost Apache and it's Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team in Ninewah province, Iraq Feb. 18 as part of their tour of the region. Beside...

Three cheerleaders with the St. Louis Rams of St. Louis, Miss. take pictures of combat outpost Courage's main building, a palace that was at one time inhabited by one of Saddam Hussein's daughters in Mosul, Iraq. The grounds are now used by assets of...

Danielle Hogan, one of five St. Louis Rams cheerleaders of St. Louis, Miss. that visited Ninewah province Feb. 18, smiles big for the camera among the hustle and bustle of a meet and greet session at combat outpost Courage in Mosul, Iraq. The cheerle...

Cheerleaders with the St. Louis Rams of St. Louis, Miss. are a stark contrast to the neutral colored fatigues that are normally seen at forward operating base Sykes near Taji, Iraq. The girls stopped here for lunch after a long morning of touring the...

Spc. Garry Beals, with D Troop, 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment from McPherson, Kan., has posters signed by five cheerleaders with the St. Louis Rams. The cheerleaders ate lunch at the dining facility on forward operating base Sykes near Taji, Ira...

Despite a chilly wind blowing across the forward operating base Sykes airfield, the five cheerleaders with the St. Louis Rams that visited Ninewah province, Iraq bit the nail in belly baring uniforms for a photo with their flight crew. The girls stop...

MOSUL, Iraq - Five cheerleaders with the St. Louis Rams traveled to the Ninewah province, Iraq Feb. 18 to visit Soldiers deployed there. Besides visiting two major forward operating bases in the area, the focus of the trip was to reach out to the servicemembers embedded within cities or in remote areas that aren't in contact with major FOBs and the commodities that they boast.

"I didn't know what to expect coming over here, so it's a lot of nerves and we're all anxious and really excited to come over here, so it's been amazing," said Christa Marx, one of the five cheerleaders. "It's definitely the opportunity of a lifetime. We're seeing a lot of things that the people at home aren't able to see."