Spc. Summitt, 982nd Combat Camera Company, shows a group of young girls video footage at the Al Fahada school in the Bayaa district of Baghdad. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mike Buytas.
Cpl. Justin P. Wilson, a Dubuque, Iowa native and a motor-vehicle operator with Engineer Support Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), interacts with Iraqi children at a construction site in Habbaniyah Oct. 13. About 100 Marines from 9th ESB participated in a three-day construction project to install protective barriers and security posts around the compound, helping prevent attacks from vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices and small-arms fire. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ben Eberle.
Pvt. Shane Irwin and Pvt. Zachary McDaniel of Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, walk along a contaminated canal as they provide security for a U.S. hired forensics archaeology team searching for Saddam-era mass grave sites. The water color is due to years of contamination at the land fill. Official Department of Defense photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Klika.