Rick Kozak / Military Times
A gunner with 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion,
130th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 48th Brigade
Combat Team, scans the land for activity as the sun
sets on the evening patrol on Thursday.
Rick Kozak / Military Times 1st Lt. Josh Westenkirchner, 24, of Marysville, Ill,.
The commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion,
130th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 48th Brigade
Combat Team, displays an information card that Iraqi
citizens can call if they see terrorist activity in
the area on Thursday.
Rick Kozak / Military Times
About 200 local Sunnis marched to the U.S. military
base on Mahmudiya, Iraq’s outskirts on Friday and
presented Iraqi and U.S. military officials with a list
of names of relatives they believed were abducted
by Shiites posing as Iraqi security troops.
Rick Kozak / Military Times
SSgt. Larry Hulett, 41, of Cordele, Ga., assigned
to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 121 Infantry Regiment,
48th Brigade Combat Team, takes time on Wednesday
afternoon to play his guitar before heading
to dinner on Camp Striker
Sgt. Ryan S. Scranton / U.S. Army / AP Photo
Capt. Raymond Mattox, commanding officer of Bravo Company,
3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division, removes a sign posted by
suspected insurgents warning local Iraqis not to
cooperate with U.S. forces in Hakliniya, Iraq, on
Sunday. Soldiers from the unit removed dozens
of insurgents from the city during the first few
days of Operation River Gate.
Spc. Ben Brody / U.S. Army / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images Soldiers from B Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery,
search outside a Baghdad home during a raid that
netted several wanted insurgents on Monday.
Spc. Ben Brody / U.S. Army / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images
Spc. Milton Gonzales of B Battery, 1st Battalion,
9th Field Artillery, smashes a gate during a raid
in Baghdad that netted several wanted
insurgents on Monday.
Brennan Linsley / AP Photo
Sgt. 1st Class Lance Classen, a Chinook helicopter
crew chief, watches for people straying near the
helicopter rotors as the aircraft prepares for departure
during a humanitarian mission in San Marcos, Guatemala,
in the aftermath of Hurricane Stan on Sunday, Classen
and other Army aviators delivered a load of food aid and
rescue workers to Guatemala despite bad weather
conditions that made flying nearly impossible.
A C-130 airdrops soldiers during the Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.,
50th Anniversary Air Show on Sunday
Michael Probst / AP Photo
Gail Halvorsen, 84, gives thumbs up in front of a C17
Globemaster before a ceremony marking the end of
U.S. stewardship of Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany,
on Monday. A hub of U.S. military activity for decades,
Rhein-Main is being given back to Germany and its
logistical functions taken over by bases at Ramstein
and Spangdahlem. Halvorsen, an Air Force pilot during
the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift, gained fame for dropping
packages of candy to German children as his aircraft
was landing. He now lives in Spanish Fork, Utah.
Great to see you, too! We're doin' great. Going to Lubbock tomorrow to pick up a car for hubby that our preacher is giving him! Isn't that sweet? Now we need to get rid of this wrecked junker sitting out in front of our house!
