OIF Deployment Photos

Shadows from ICDC personnel show up against the dry dirt ground while they stand at parade rest March 9.

Sgt. Brian Earnhardt, a squad leader with HHC, TF 1-27 INF, coaches Riyad Esa as he shoots a 7.62 mm AK-47 bullet casing into the air during weapon marksmanship at FOB Gaines Mills March 9. Soldiers of Task Force 1-27 Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, are currently validating more than 40 Hawija ICDC Soldiers on basic infantry methods. 

Riyad Esa and Sami Mahjub apprehend a fellow ICDC Soldier, as Staff Sgt. Avant Pearson, a platoon sergeant with Co. C, TF 1-27 INF, watches during detainee training March 9.

ICDC personnel stand at attention in their second day of infantry training with the Task Force 1-27 Infantry Soldiers March 9.

1st Sgt. Fidelito Ordonio, first sergeant with Co. A, TF 1-27 INF, stands against a wall with Sahilia elementary school students during the dedication of the school March 3.

School children drink sodas during the visit.

Capt. Scott Carpenter, commander of Co. A, TF 1-27 INF, talks with his civil engineer, Fauaz Aziz, while he inspects the school March 3.

Pvt. 2 Gary Deremer, an infantryman with Co. A, TF 1-27 INF, waves goodbye to Sahilia villagers as they wave back outside their new school March 3.

Pfc. Hector Fuentes, a cannon crewmember with Btry. B, 2nd Bn., 11th FA (wearing PTs), battles for a rebound against Sgt. Eteru Patane, a medic with 225th FSB, during a basketball game behind Chemical Ali's old summer palace at FOB Gaines Mills March 8. A cousin of Saddam Hussein and a former Iraqi Army general, Chemical Ali was responsible for the gassing attacks on the Kurds in Northern Iraq in 1988.