OIF Deployment Photos

Pfc. Perry Jenkins (bottom), a combat medic with Co. B, 65th Eng. Bn., wipes his eye during Spc. David Mahlenbrock's memorial ceremony on FOB McHenry Dec. 8. Mahlenbrock was killed in an IED explosion near Kirkuk on Dec. 3. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Soldiers from Co. B, 65th Eng. Bn. sit through Spc. David Mahlenbrock's memorial ceremony on FOB McHenry Dec. 8. Mahlenbrock was killed in an IED explosion near Kirkuk on Dec. 3. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Sgt. Moises Rameriz consoles Sgt. Stephen Fritz, both team leaders with Co. B, 65th Eng. Bn., in front of Spc. David Mahlenbrock's Soldier memorial following his memorial ceremony on FOB McHenry Dec. 8. Mahlenbrock was Fritz's Soldier who was killed in an IED explosion near Kirkuk on Dec. 3. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Smoke and dust rises after an IED explodes in front of a TF 1-27 Inf. convoy. The IED detonated onto the convoy after Soldiers were heading back to FOB McHenry following humantarian missions on Dec. 7. No one was injured in the explosion. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons) 

TF 1-27 Inf. Soldiers and Abassi regional leaders discuss concerns and issues during a city council meeting in Abassi Dec. 7. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

A shiek expresses his concern to Capt. Robert Bockholt, a fire support officer with TF 1-27 Inf., on an issue during a city council meeting in Abassi Dec. 7. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Sgt. James Scaggs, a combat medic with TF 1-27 Inf., puts donated medical supplies onto a shelf in the Shajarah hospital on Dec. 7. More than $500 worth of medical supplies were donated to the small hospital. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Sgt. James Scaggs, a combat medic with TF 1-27 Inf., shows Iraqi children a photograph of his wife and kids after donating $500 worth of medical supplies to the Shajarah hospital on Dec. 7. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

An IED crater lies on the shoulder of a road while Soldiers from HHC, TF 1-27 Inf. search for any suspects who detonated the IED minutes before. Soldiers in the convoy were on their way back to FOB McHenry from humanitarian missions when their convoy was hit by the IED. No one was injured in the explosion. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

A HMMWV from Mortar Plt., HHC, TF 1-27 Inf., drives toward a small village near the Tigris River called Shajarah as a mountain range dominates the background on Dec. 7. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Capt. Patrick Sherman, a physician assistant with TF 1-27 Inf., performs a courtesy examination of a sheik's eye following a city council meeting in Abassi on Dec. 7. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)