Command Sgt. Maj. Jesus Ruiz (right), command sergeant major, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Wings, gives a box of school supplies to the son of a local muhktar in al Warda, near Tikrit, Iraq, Dec 30. Command Sgt. Maj. Ruiz and the Quick Re...

Specialist Rico White (left), a member of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF), Company A, 209th Aviation Support Battalion, Task Force Lobos, and Mike, an interpreter, greet children and line them up to hand out candy in a small village near Tikrit, Iraq,...

Specialist James Noble, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Wings, and an Iraqi policeman pass out candy to local children during a patrol near al Warda, Iraq, Dec. 30. Specialist Noble, and the TF Lobos Qu...

First Lieutenant Eric Baca (far left), Quick Reaction Force (QRF) platoon leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Jesus Ruiz (far right), command sergeant major, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Wings and representatives of a local muhktar in al Salaam, wa...

Command Sgt. Maj. Osvaldo Martell, command sergeant major, 209th Aviation Support Battalion, Task Force Lobos, talks to two young Iraqi males while he and his Quick Reaction Force team conduct visits to local schools and villages near Contingency Ope...

Staff Sgt. Juan Vizcarra (left), and Spc. Rico White, Quick Reaction Force (QRF), Company A, 209th Aviation Support Battalion, Task Force Lobos, greet children in a small village near Tikrit, Iraq, Dec. 30. The QRF, based at Contingency Operating Bas...

Command Sgt. Maj. Jesus Ruiz (far left), command sergeant major, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Wings, and members of the Quick Reaction Force team, Company A, 209th Aviation Support Battalion, TF Lobos, meet with Lt. Col. Ghazi Hamed Goma'...

Command Sgt. Maj. Jesus Ruiz (right), command sergeant major, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Wings, accompanied by members of the Quick Reaction Force team, Company A, 209th Aviation Support Battalion, Task Force Lobos, greet Lt. Col. Ghazi...

Specialist Govinda Shabazz, a Quick Reaction Force Soldier from Company A, 209th Aviation Support Battalion, Task Force Lobos, greets a group of young boys during a visit to local schools and villages near Tikrit, Iraq, Dec. 30.
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Command Sgt. Maj. Jesus Ruiz (center), command sergeant major, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Wings, passes out candy and small gifts to children in the al Sequora area, near Tikrit, Iraq, Dec 30. Command Sgt. Maj. Osvaldo Martell (far left...