OIF Deployment Photos

Soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team Fort Lewis), scan for anti-Iraqi forces during a combined operation with the Iraqi National Guard in Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 13, 2004. DoD photo by Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson, U.S. Army. (Released) Photo by: SGT. JEREMIAH JOHNSON, 55TH SIGNAL CO. (COMBAT CAMERA) Record ID No. (VIRIN): 041113-A-3978J-001

Soldiers of Co. B, TF 1-27 Inf. conduct a dismounted patrol in Hawija as part of Operation Wolfhound Power on Nov. 13. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Pfc. Ty Correll, an infantryman with Co. B, TF 1-27 Inf., provides rear security as his team prepares to move across a street in Hawija during Operation Wolfhound Power on Nov. 13. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

A Co. B, TF 1-27 Inf. HMMWV filled with Soldiers, rolls slowly through a Hawija road during a mounted patrol as part of Operation Wolfhound Power on Nov. 13. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Staff Sgt. Jesse Wyant, a squad leader with Co. B, TF 1-27 Inf., searches an Iraqi man in Hawija during Operation Wolfhound Power on Nov. 13. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Spc. Keith Thompson, an infantryman with Co. A, TF 1-27 Inf., watches over a suspected terrorist his squad just detained as part of Operation Wolfhound Power in Hawija on Nov. 14. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Pfc. Michael Hammer, a radio transmission operator with Co. A, TF 1-27 Inf., looks out for insurgent activity from a balcony in Hawija as part Operation Wolfhound Power on Nov. 14. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Sgt. Rick Abner, a tactical psychological team chief with the 350th Psyop Co., attached to TF 1-27 Inf., hands out coloring books to Hawija children during a slow part of Operation Wolfhound Power on Nov. 14. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Pfc. Josh Willis (lower right) and Pfc. Richard Krefft (top left), both with Co. C, TF 1-21 Inf. provide security outside Riyadh as part of Operation Wolfhound Power on Nov. 12. Earlier in the day, an Improvised Explosive Device detonated in front of their High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle, only damaging its windshield. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

The American and Army flags wave in the wind, while Soldiers and Airmen pay tribute to America's veterans in the background during a Veteran's Day ceremony held on Kirkuk Air Base on Nov. 11. (Sgt. Sean Kimmons)

Spc. Jinzhe Li, a paralegal specialist with HHC, 2nd BCT, enjoys a traditional Arabic meal as part of the Desert Safari trip near the Persian Gulf shoreline in Qatar on Oct. 25. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

Sgt. Jerum Madarang, a military policeman with 127th MP Co., 89th MP Bde., looks out into the Persian Gulf while on the Desert Safari trip on Oct. 25. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

A Soldier sand skis down a sand dune slope as part of the Desert Safari trip during his four-day Qatar pass on Oct. 25. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

Soldiers take in the sun at Camp As Sayliyah's Olympic-sized swimming pool on Oct. 24. Chili's restaurant is behind the pool. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

A sports utility vehicle drives vertically along a sand dune as Soldiers participating in the four-day Qatar pass program take photos on Oct. 25. (Spc. Sean Kimmons)

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq – With less than 20 seconds left and down by four points, Company B, 125th Signal Battalion needed a big play to put them ahead in the flag football championship game against Task Force 2-11 Field Artillery at Kirkuk Air Base on Nov. 8. A touchdown in closing seconds seals victory for Co. B, 125 Sig.US Army photos by Sgt. Sean Kimmons 25th ID (L) PAO

Capt Ryan Welch, 29, of Lebanon, N.H. an AH-64D Apache Longbow pilot sits strapped to the outside of his helicopter as CWO2 Justin Taylor, 28, of Lodi, Ca. looks out from his gunner position inside the aircraft. The two pilots are both with the 1st Battalion 227th Aviation Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and were recently involved in a Oct. 16 rescue mission where Welch strapped himself , as demonstrated, to his aircraft so that one of the injured pilots could sit in the front seat. After recovering the pilots they flew over 20 kilometers to the nearest Combat Support Hospital.(US Army Photo by Cpl Benjamin Cossel, 122nd MPAD)

Capt. Ryan Welch, apache pilot, 1st Battalion of the 227th Aviation Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division sits attached to the side of his AH-64D Apache Longbow. Welch was demonstrating the method he used to help extract two Kiowa pilots during a rescue operation Oct. 16.(US Army photo by Cpl. Benjamin Cossel, 122nd MPAD)