TAJI, Iraq - A child somersaults into a canal June 12 in a village just north of Baghdad. While on patrol in the village, Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team watched as the boy jumped into the ca...

TAJI, Iraq -Sgt William Emerich of Hermitage, Pa., a Soldier with Company A, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, greets a small child outside Nahalla Elementary School, north of...

AL-AWAD, Iraq - Maj. Scott North (right), a native of Punxsutawney, Pa. and 1st Lt. Matthew Ploskunak, of Pittsburgh, both with 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, climb the stairs of a new school building June 1...