IA, Paratroopers team up for Operation Sway Sway

By Staff Sgt. James Selesnick, 3rd BCT, 82nd Abn. Div., MND-BMarch 2, 2009

RASHEED, Iraq - Iraqi Army Soldiers take the lead in a combined operation with Paratroopers assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, during Operation Sway Sway Feb. 28. The operation...
1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – RASHEED, Iraq - Iraqi Army Soldiers take the lead in a combined operation with Paratroopers assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, during Operation Sway Sway Feb. 28. The operation partnered ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
RASHEED, Iraq - Paratroopers assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and Iraqi Army Soldiers check their surrounds inside an alleyway during Operation Sway Sway, a combined operation...
2 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – RASHEED, Iraq - Paratroopers assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division and Iraqi Army Soldiers check their surrounds inside an alleyway during Operation Sway Sway, a combined operation targeting ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
RASHEED, Iraq - A U.S. Paratrooper assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division provides security and checks his surrounds during Operation Sway Sway Feb. 28 in the Rusafa district of eastern...
3 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – RASHEED, Iraq - A U.S. Paratrooper assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division provides security and checks his surrounds during Operation Sway Sway Feb. 28 in the Rusafa district of eastern Baghda... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
RASHEED, Iraq - Capt. Frank Rodriguez, of Cameron, N.C., commander of  Troop A, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, looks at the top of a stairway while clearing a house during Operation Sway Sway...
4 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – RASHEED, Iraq - Capt. Frank Rodriguez, of Cameron, N.C., commander of Troop A, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, looks at the top of a stairway while clearing a house during Operation Sway Sway Feb... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
RASHEED, Iraq - 2nd Lt. James Kirby, of Williamsburg, Mich., a platoon leader with Troop A, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, walks down a flight of steps after clearing a building during...
5 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – RASHEED, Iraq - 2nd Lt. James Kirby, of Williamsburg, Mich., a platoon leader with Troop A, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, walks down a flight of steps after clearing a building during Operation ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
RASHEED, Iraq - Paratroopers assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, walk in an alley as they prepare to enter a home in search of weapons caches during Operation Sway Sway Feb. 28 in the...
6 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – RASHEED, Iraq - Paratroopers assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, walk in an alley as they prepare to enter a home in search of weapons caches during Operation Sway Sway Feb. 28 in the Rusa... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL