YAASKHDIR, Iraq - Sgt. Christopher Maske (left), of Raleigh, N.C., and Staff Sgt. Jerad Luckhardt, of Bannister, Mich., both of Company D, 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, provide security in Yaaskhdir, in the Radwaniyah...

YAASKHDIR, Iraq - Second Lt. Travis Steiner, of Durham, N.C., asks questions of an Iraqi villager through an interpreter in Yaaskhdir, in the Radwaniyah district, south of Baghdad, during a joint Iraqi and U.S. patrol, Aug. 3. Steiner is a platoon le...

YAASKHDIR, Iraq - Second Lt. Travis Steiner, of Durham, N.C., watches village children at play as he walks to speak with adults in the Yaaskhdir village, in the Radwaniyah district during a joint Iraqi and U.S. patrol Aug. 3. Steiner is a platoon lea...

YAASKHDIR, Iraq - Sgt. Christopher Maske, of Raleigh, N.C., talks with villagers in Yaaskhdir, in the Radwaniyah district, south of Baghdad, during a joint Iraqi an U.S. patrol Aug. 3. Maske is with Company D, 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heav...

YAASKHDIR, Iraq - Staff Sgt. David Roberson, of Kinston, N.C., tries to cool in the shade during a joint Iraqi and U.S. patrol in Yaaskhdir, in the Radwaniyah District, south of Baghdad, August 3. Roberson and fellow Soldiers of Company D, 252nd Comb...