Battalion operation, aims to deter IDF, weapons trafficking and cashes in vicinity of Joint Base Balad Anaconda [Image 7 of 8]

BALAD, IRAQ

06.20.2008

Courtesy Photo

1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

Pfc. Casey Burkheen, an ammo team chief with the 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stops to chat with a young Iraqi girl during a patrol in the town of Al Zor, Iraq. Burkheen and the artillerymen from the 2-320th FAR have been conducting "Operation Balls DiMaggio" since June 18; the operation is a full-spectrum combat operation aimed at interdicting weapons trafficking, capturing munitions financiers, limiting indirect-fire attacks, and other insurgent activity, in vicinity of the Joint Base Balad Anaconda. During the course of the operation, the "Balls of the Eagle" Battalion has been conducting 24-hour combat patrols in an effort to provide a long lasting effect on an ever improving security situation in the area.

• Date Taken: 06.20.2008
• Date Posted: 06.22.2008 09:16
• Photo ID: 96117
• VIRIN: 080622-O-9999X-001
• Resolution: 1373x988
• Size: 896.03 KB
• Location: BALAD, IQ