BAGHDAD - Sgt. 1st Class Cary Hathcock (left), a native of Albemarle, N.C., and the operations noncommissioned officer assigned to Company A, 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, talks with Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Grippe, th...

BAGHDAD - Charlotte, N.C., native, Staff Sgt. Derek Easley (left), a forward observer and an intelligence noncommissioned officer, assigned to Company A, 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, gives an intelligence briefing to...

BAGHDAD - While inspecting force protection and quality of life standards at Joint Security Station Doura, here, June 11, 1st Sgt. Michael Hatley (left), an infantryman from Hope Mills, N.C., assigned to Company A, 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th...