OIF Deployment Photos

Spc. Dartagnan Baker, a cannon crewmember with Btry. C, 2nd Bn., 11th FA, uses binoculars to scan a neighborhood from a guard tower at a Dibis, Iraq safehouse Feb. 28. Btry. C, 2nd Bn., 11th FA helps secure the Dibis sector of 2nd Brigade Combat Team's area of operations.

Col. Lloyd Miles, 2nd BCT commander (far left), listens to an issue from Hussein Ali Salai, mayor of Hawija and former Baath Party member (far right), during the several-hour meeting in Rihad March 4.

Hassan Sha Ab, a former military intelligence officer for the Baath Party, expresses his concern about the negative view that the U.S. has for the Baath Party March 4. 

Former Baath Party members listen to Col. Lloyd Miles while he answers a question March 4.

Former Baath Party members drink Chai tea during the meeting March 4.

Former Baath Party members focus on Col. Lloyd Miles, 2nd BCT commander, as he speaks in front of more than 30 former Baathists from the Hawija area during a meeting in Rihad March 4. 

Seen from Night Vision Goggles, Spc. Jerad Csukker, an infantryman with HHC, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Rgt. performs night reconnaisance near FOB McHenry with an Improved Target Aquisition System ontop of a HMMWV March 3.

A HMMWV with Co. B, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Rgt. drives past a ZSU 23-4 anti-aircraft gun carriage that is being scorched by an incendiary grenade in the Lower Halawa village March 2. The grenade was used to disable the gun carriage.

Spc. Bruce Hillier, a M249 SAW gunner for Co. B, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Rgt. checks an ammunition bag inside an animal pen during a weapon cahce search in Lower Halawa village March 2.

Sgt. David Guiterrez, a team leader with Co. B, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Rgt. peers inside an enclosed animal pen during a weapon cache search in Lower Halawa village March 2.

Pfc. Brian Pracht, an infantryman with Co. B, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Rgt., pulls security in back of a five-ton truck as it rolls into the Lower Halawa village March 2.

CW2 Don Wadsworth, a Tactical Human Intelligence Team member from Co. B, 125th MI Bn. (far right) shows a photo of a ZSU 23-4 anti-aircraft gun to a Lower Halawa villager during a search for one in the village March 2.

An Iraqi girl smiles while running with a handful of clothing that she received from Soldiers of 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Rgt. and 2nd Bn., 11th FA. The Soldiers stopped along the roadside at a village near Rihad to hand out clothes, food and toys to the children March 5.

An Iraqi girl looks back while walking with a handful of clothing that she received from Soldiers of 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Rgt. and 2nd Bn., 11th FA. The Soldiers stopped along the roadside at a village near Rihad to hand out clothes, food and toys to the children March 5. 

Sgt. David Jackson, mess daddy for Btry. C, 2nd Bn., 11th FA, lays down a card in a spades match against Spc. Jason Coles, assistant mess daddy, during some off time at a Dibis safehouse Feb. 28.

SSG Griffin, 2nd Bn., 11th FA, hands out clothing to Iraqi children in a village near Rihad. Soldiers from 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Rgt. and 2nd Bn., 11th FA stopped alongside the road to donate clothing, food and toys to the children March 5.

Soldiers from HHC, 1st Bn.,. 27th Inf. Rgt. show off their Wolfhound pride with a battalion flag taped onto their HMMWV antenna after a night reconnaisance mission outside FOB McHenry March 3.