OIF Deployment Photos

The uniform of a Soldier from Co. A, TF 1-27 INF, reflects off a mirror as he searches a closet for illegal contraband as part of Operation Wolfhound Fury in the town of Hegneh on Oct. 5. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

Pfc. Jeff Helon, an infantryman with Co. A, TF 1-27 INF, searches through a backpack during a cordon and search of the entire town of Hegneh on Oct. 5. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

Spc. Robert Chapman, a team leader with Co. A, TF 1-27 INF, apprehends a suspected terrorist as Spc. Rodriquez Cruell, an infantrman also with Co. A, provides security during Operation Wolfhound Fury. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

Staff Sgt. Andrew Gregory, a squad leader with Co. A, TF 1-27 INF, looks at a photo of Saddam Hussein confiscated from a home in Hegneh on Oct. 5. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

Eric (left), an interperter with Co. A, TF 1-27 INF, looks through documents belonging to a suspected terrorist in the town of Hegneh on Oct. 5. A Jihad terrorist group certificate with the face of Saddam Hussein lies in the foreground. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

Pvt. 2 Andrew Lambright, an infantryman with Co. A, TF 1-27 INF, overwatches an Arab man as he rumages for his identification card in the town of Hegneh on Oct. 5. TF 1-27 INF Soldiers searched every structure within the town as part of Operation Wolfhound Fury. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

Spc. Joe Bergen (left) and Sgt. Wayne Pitroff (right), a driver and squad leader with the mortar platoon, compile ammunition left from the old Iraqi Army in abandoned bunkers at the Al Fattah airfield. Insurgents in the area use these types of ammunition in their Improvised Explosive Devices. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

Maj. Mario Diaz, the S-3 for TF 1-27 INF, goes over Operation Wolfhound Fury plans in a rehearsal on FOB McHenry Oct. 3. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

An Arab man prepares to open the rear door for Sgt. Shaun Mittler, a squad leader with the mortar platoon, as he searches the vehicle for illegal contraband at a Bayji checkpoint Oct. 7. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

Mortar platoon Soldiers search for potential weapon caches near the town of Bayji on Oct. 7. The last time mortar platoon Soldiers searched this area, they found a 15-foot SA-3 missile. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

Spc. Cody Ford, a .50 cal gunner for the mortar platoon, attempts to destroy the enemy RPG launchers with his M4 rifle while at the abandoned Al Fattah airfield on Oct. 7. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

TF 1-27 INF Soldiers get situated onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter before commencing Operation Wolfhound Fury on Oct. 4. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

An enemy RPG launcher (right to the building) soars through the air after a direct hit from a MK-19 grenade launcher. The mortar platoon used the launchers as target practice and at the same time rendered them useless. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)