 Border Team 3 Soldiers enjoy a traditional Kurdish dinner during their stay at the Halabja DBE headquarters on Jan. 11. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 While watching TV, Sgt. Nolan Heanu (second from left), a mechanic with HHS, TF 2-11 FA, shares a laugh with some Halabja DBE officers during his stay at the District headquarters on Jan. 11. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 The lead HMMWV from Border Team 3 follows an Iraqi DBE truck during a border patrol mission through the snow-covered Meshla Mts. on Jan. 11. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Sgt. Robin Neher (right), a senior scout observer, takes a photo of Staff Sgt. Jason Angelle, Border Team 3 NCOIC, both with HHS, TF 2-11 FA, while on a border patrol mission in the Meshla Mts. on Jan. 11. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Sgt. Nolan Heanu, a mechanic with HHS, TF 2-11 FA, stops to check out a display portraying the 1988 gas attack inside the memorial Jan. 12. The casing of the bomb sticking out of the ground came from an actual bomb used in the attack 16 years ago. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Sgt. Nolan Heanu (right), a mechanic with HHS, TF 2-11 FA, and Lt. Col. Majed Mohamed Mawlud, Halabja District DBE executive officer, look at graphic photos of victims from the 1988 gas attack in one of the memorial's rooms on Jan. 12. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 1st Lt. Matthew Chau, Border Team 3 OIC with HHS, TF 2-11 FA, stares out onto a mass grave site of the victims in the 1988 gas attack in Halabja on Jan. 12. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Sgt. Nolan Heanu (left), a mechanic with HHS, TF 2-11 FA, helps make Kurdish wheat bread for that night's dinner during his stay at the Darbandikhan DBE headquarters on Jan. 13. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Spc. Thomas Golden, a team leader with Co. C, TF 1-27 Inf., mans a M240B machine gun on top of a building while other Soldiers below begin day missions as part of Operation Wolfhound Fury II. TF 1-27 Inf. detained 32 suspected terrorists during the 72-hour operation. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Soldiers from Co. B, TF 1-27 Inf. rest inside a classroom of a vacant school in Sudayera that became the company's patrol base during Operation Wolfhound Fury II. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Sgt. Jason Reyes, a team leader with Co. C, TF 1-27 Inf., moves concerntina wire away from a sheep herd while pulling security in front of a TF 1-27 Inf. patrol base Jan. 21 in Heychel, Iraq. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Capt. Jeramy Hopkins (bottom right), civil military operations officer for TF 1-27 Inf., and Maj. David Ford (top center), a team leader with Provisional Co. A, 385th CA Bde., listen to the muqtar of Sudayera (to the left of Ford) during a meeting about future reconstruction projects in the area on Jan. 22. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Capt. Jeramy Hopkins (center), civil military operations officer for TF 1-27 Inf., discusses future reconstruction projects to the muqtar of the Sudayera area (left) over a traditional Arab meal on Jan. 22. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Spc. Mark Gunthrope (left), a radio transmission operator, and Spc. Michael Mucha, a M14 gunner, both with Co. B, TF 1-27 Inf., guard two detainees at their patrol base on Jan. 22 in Sudayera, Iraq. Throughout the 72-hour Operation Wolfhound Fury II, TF 1-27 Inf. detained 32 suspected terrorists. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Sgt. Jon Mhoon (left), a forward observer, and Pfc. Jon Dibblee, an assistant gunner, both with Co. B, TF 1-27 Inf., pass time around a Kerosene heater inside their patrol base in Sudayera, Iraq, on Jan. 22. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Soldiers from Co. B, TF 1-27 Inf. search through the belongings of a suspected terrorist who is laying on the ground Jan. 23 in Tagtag, Iraq. TF 1-27 Inf. detained 32 suspected terrorists during the 72-hour Operation Wolfhound Fury II. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Spc. Mark Gunthrope, a radio transmission operator with Co. B, TF 1-27 Inf., places flexi-cuffs onto a suspected terrorist following a raid Jan. 23 in Tagtag, Iraq. TF 1-27 Inf. detained 32 suspected terrorists during the 72-hour Operation Wolfhound Fury II. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 1st Lt. John Rudio (right), a platoon leader, and Staff Sgt. Joseph Zoellner, a FO team chief, both with Co. C, TF 1-27 Inf., purchase items at an Arab market Jan. 23 in Heychel, Iraq. TF 1-27 Inf. Soldiers bought hundreds of dollars worth of local items and donated them to needy Iraqi families as part of the 72-hour Operation Wolfhound Fury II. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Sgt. Napoleon Gonzalez, a team leader with Co. B, TF 1-27 Inf., holds up a photograph of an Iraqi man that he found during a raid inside the home of a suspected terrorist Jan. 23 in Tagtag, Iraq. Throughout the 72-hour Operation Wolfhound Fury II, TF 1-27 Inf. detained 32 suspected terrorists. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Soldiers from Co. B, TF 1-27 Inf. search through bags of sheep fur for illegal weapons during a raid on the home of a suspected terrorist Jan. 23 in Tagtag, Iraq. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Spc. Kevin Fryer, a M240B gunner with Co. B, TF 1-21 Inf., provides security on top of a HMMWV while IECI and ISF personnel unload ballots into a polling site Jan. 28 in Kirkuk, Iraq. There were 131 polling sites for the Iraqi elections in Kirkuk. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 An Iraqi Police officer questions a suspected terrorist on the weapons cache (right) found by Iraqi Police officers in the trunk of his car Jan 29 in Kirkuk, Iraq. An RPG launcher with two rounds and two AK-47s with ammunition were confiscated. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Iraqis load election ballots onto a truck heading to Iraqi polling sites Jan. 29 in Kirkuk, Iraq. About 583,000 Iraqis were registered to vote in the Kirkuk Province for Iraq's first democratic elections on Jan. 30. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Staff Sgt. Luis Parra, a NBC NCO with Co. B, TF 1-21 Inf., spreads out a weapons cache found by Iraqi Police during a traffic control point Jan. 28 in Kirkuk, Iraq. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Capt. William Hampton, commander of Co. B, TF 1-21 Inf., questions a detainee who is believed to be responsible for a firefight against Iraqi Police officers Jan. 29 in Kirkuk, Iraq. The man is also suspected of killing a 17-year-old girl from one of his stray bullets during the firefight. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 An Iraqi Police officer (right) guards a polling site while hundreds of anxious voters wait outside in Kirkuk on Jan. 30. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Men and women are body-searched outside an Iraqi polling site in Kirkuk. About 583,000 Iraqis were registered to vote in the Kirkuk Province for Iraq's first democratic elections on Jan. 30. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 A Kurdish boy celebrates Iraq's elections by waving a Kurdistan flag to oncoming cars in Kirkuk. About 583,000 Iraqis were registered to vote in the Kirkuk Province for Iraq's first democratic elections on Jan. 30. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Iraqi Police officers proudly display their ink-covered fingers after they casted their ballots at a polling site in Kirkuk. About 583,000 Iraqis were registered to vote in the Kirkuk Province for Iraq's first democratic elections on Jan. 30. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Sgt. Jamal Kennedy, a team leader with Co. B, TF 1-21 Inf., mans a .50 caliber machine gun outside the Rahemawa Iraqi Police station Jan. 30 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Soldiers provided secondary security, while Iraqi Security Forces provided the primary security for the elections. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Spc. Anthony Authier, a mortarman with Co. B, TF 1-21 Inf., prepares to search a vehicle on Jan. 30 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Designated vehicles were allowed to be on the road during the elections to lessen the chances for vehicle-borne IEDs. This vehicle was not one of those designated vehicles. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |
 Sgt. Aziz Atakuziev, a team leader with Co. B, TF 1-21 Inf., interacts with a group of Iraqi Police officers during a break from patrolling on Jan. 30 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Soldiers provided secondary security, while Iraqi Security Forces provided the primary security during the Iraqi elections. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) |