Lt. Greg Early, a platoon leader assigned to C Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, talks to a local Sheik north of Baghdad on Nov. 17. Paratroopers with C Co. traveled from Camp Taji to gather in...

Sgt. Eric Janson, an infantryman assigned to D Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security along a route in Baghdad on Nov. 18. Paratroopers with D Co. are responsible for securing the rou...

Pfc. Kane Briggs, an infantryman assigned to C Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, takes a knee to pull security in a village north of Baghdad on Nov. 17. Paratroopers with C Co. traveled to the ...

Two Iraqi children hug each other and giggle in front of an armored vehicle in a village north of Baghdad on Nov. 17. With the U.S. Army's mission spanning the last eight years in Iraq, the sight of Soldiers and military equipment is commonplace for ...

Lt. Greg Early, a platoon leader assigned to C Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, talks to a local Sheik north of Baghdad on Nov. 17. Paratroopers with C Co. traveled from Camp Taji to gather in...

Three Iraqi children hug each other and giggle as a Paratrooper pulls security in the background in a village north of Baghdad on Nov. 17. With the U.S. Army's mission spanning the last eight years in Iraq, the sight of American Soldiers is commonpla...

Staff Sgt. Christopher King, a section leader assigned to D Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, talks on the radio and pulls security with his Paratroopers along a route in Baghdad on Nov. 18. Pa...

Sgt. Eric Janson, an infantryman assigned to D Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security along a route in Baghdad on Nov. 18. Paratroopers with D Co. are responsible for securing the rou...

Sgt. Eric Janson, an infantryman assigned to D Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, peers around from the cover of his armored vehicle toward a highway in Baghdad after hearing gunfire in the dist...

Paratroopers assigned to D Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, talk to an Iraqi Soldier on a highway in Baghdad on Nov. 18. Paratroopers with D Co. are responsible for securing the route for conv...

Infantrymen assigned to D Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, keep a watchful eye on a highway in Baghdad on Nov. 18. Paratroopers with D Co. are responsible for securing the route for convoys tr...