OIF Deployment Photos

A DBE officer checks out the interior of a 2004 Jeep Liberty given to a DBE unit within 2nd BCT's AO on Sept. 19.
Forty-four new vehicles were dispersed out to DBE units in an effort to improve their effectiveness along the Iraq-Iran border. US Army photo by SPC Sean Kimmons

Some of Choarta District's DBE border guards talk to 1st Lt. Drew Johnston (in IBA vest and helmet), a border team leader with HHS, TF 2-11 FA, about the seven new vehicles they have received to increase presence along the 60 miles of border in the district. US Army photo by SPC Sean Kimmons

Staff Sgt. Daniel McKim, Border Team 1 NCOIC, inspects a bag of tea at a smuggling village along the border of Iraq and Iran on Sept. 21.
Team 1 Soldiers and DBE guards were conducting a joint misison in search of illegal contraband in the area. US Army photo by SPC Sean Kimmons

Kurdish children greet a HMMWV from Team 1 during a joint border patrol mission within the Choarta District on Sept. 24, 2004. US Army photo by SPC Sean Kimmons

Rakout Nadir Aziz, a DBE border guard, checks the paperwork of an Iranian man entering Iraq at the Awi Curti border control point on Sept. 22. US Army photo by SPC Sean Kimmons

Sgt. Kofi Kyereme waves to village children, as Team 1 and DBE vehicles drive through a small mountain village in a joint border patrol mission on Sept. 24. Many of the villages along the northeastern Iraqi border are friendly and appreciate the U.S. presence within the area. US Army photo by SPC Sean Kimmons

HMMWVs from Team 1 travel along a dusty mountain road in a joint border patrol mission with the DBE on Sept. 21. US Army photo by SPC Sean Kimmons