CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -Staff Sgt. Kevin Brown, a truck commander from Hernando, Miss., says goodbye to the youngest children of a farmer who grows wheat and raises sheep near Al Qayarrah, during a security escort mission to the ...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -Capt. Drew Clark, a company commander from Madison, Miss., and 1st Sgt. John L. Beasely, a company senior noncommissioned officer from Hernando, Miss., chat while drinking chai tea at the home of a farmer ...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -Khalil Abrahim (hands clasped), a wheat and sheep farmer near Al Qayarrah, offers chai tea outside his home near Al Qayarrah, Feb. 5. The Soldiers - serving with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Ar...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -A puppy and future sheep dog owned by Khalil Abrahim, a wheat and sheep farmer near Al Qayarrah, is uninterested in his master's hospitality toward American guests, offering the Soldiers chai tea outside h...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -Shahad Abrahim (left foreground) and her older sister Shaima play with a puppy while their father, Khalil Abrahim, a wheat and sheep farmer, greets his American guests with chai tea outside his home near A...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -Muhammed Abrahim, the youngest child of Khalil Abrahim, a wheat and sheep farmer near Al Qayarrah, holds a toy purse, which was among the gifts bestowed by members of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combin...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -1st Sgt. John L. Beasely, of Hernando, Miss., poses with Muhammed Abrahim, the youngest child of Khalil Abrahim, a wheat and sheep farmer near Al Qayarrah, when Beasley and other members of his unit brough...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -Pfc. Michael J. Slemensky (right foreground), a medic from Hernando, Miss., Spc. Patrick Gannon (middle foreground), a driver and gunner from Enid, Miss., and Spc. Daniel Burke, a gun truck driver from Apa...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -Khalil Abrahim (left), a farmer who grows wheat and raises sheep near Al Qayarrah, shakes hands with Spc. Daniel Burke, a gun truck driver from Apalachicola, Fla., when Burke and other members of his unit ...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -Khalil Abrahim (left), a wheat and sheep farmer near Al Qayarrah, shakes hands with Sgt. Seth A. Bloodworth, a truck commander from Lake Cormorant, Miss., while Spc. Daniel Burke, a gun truck driver from A...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -Capt. Drew Clark (left), a resident of Madison, Miss., looks on as Khalil Abrahim hands his son Muhammed a plastic bag of pencils and crayons, at his farm near Al Qayarrah, during a security escort mission...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq -Soldiers with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss., give clothing and other items to Khalil Abrahim, and his family at his home near Al Qayarrah,...