From left) LTC John Chadbourne, PFC Heidi Gregory, SPC Ernesto Garcia and CSM Harry Jeffries pose in front of the newly-painted sign in front of the 703rd Brigade Support Battalion headquarters at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq. Picture courtesy of SGT James Hunter
Airman 1st Class Christopher Hunter, one of the 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and heavy equipment flight's Dirt Boyz, spreads concrete with a modified rake on the flightline. Spreading out the concrete helps to prevent waste and over flow onto the existing pad. Airman Hunter is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Germany . Picture courtesy of Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
CPL Kristina Andersen, a military police Soldier with the 401st Military Police Company, 716th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, and native of Orlando, Fla., helps an Iraqi policeman disassemble an SA-58 rifle during Day 2 of the two week on the job training at the Jamia IP Station. The training consisted of weapons familiarization, how to clear the SA-58, how to assemble and disassemble the SA-58 and how to do a functions check on the weapon. Picture courtesy of SGT Daniel Blottenberger
Joint force service members who volunteered their time to help with the United Service Organizations grand opening event pose in front of the first USO in Iraq . The grand opening event was attended by Army Gen. David Petraeus, commanding general of Multi-National Force-Iraq, as well as the USO Board of Governors. Picture courtesy of Senior Airman Julianne Showalter
Pfc. Kevin Smith of Los Angeles , with 2nd Platoon, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), talks with Iraqi children at their home in Iskandariyah , Iraq . Picture courtesy of SGT James Hunter
SPC Mark Parrish, left, an unmanned aerial systems mechanic, and SSG Terry Rust, maintenance noncommissioned officer in charge, both with the 4th Infantry Division's UAS Platoon, Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, attached to Company G, Task Force 12, prepare an RQ7B Shadow 200 to be launched at the launch and recovery site at Camp Taji, Iraq. ( Picture courtesy of PFC April Campbell
SSG Roberson, from C Company, 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion, surveys the Al-Ghazaly Electrical Service Station which provides power to the 143 residents of Muhallah , Iraq , in east Baghdad , Iraq , during an area patrol. Routine patrols and checkups on utility stations such as this help provide consistently reliable services to Iraqis. Picture courtesy of SPC Nicholas Hernandez
