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Platoon sergeant, Staff Sgt. Jason Hellums, who hails from Fort Hood, Texas, and Section leader, Staff Sgt. Jessie Rickey, a native of Walnut Ridge, Ark., assigned to 2nd Platoon, Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, move concrete and debris, Oct. 13, 2008, to create improvised barriers for road blocks closing side entrances into the Abu T'shir Market Street. Working with national police of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Aburisha Bde., attached to the 7th Bde., 2nd NP Div., the U.S. Soldiers constructed hasty barriers to control access into the Market Street, secure the muhallahs and protect the Iraqi citizens from enemy attack. The Soldiers worked alongside the Iraqi Security Forces to provide security for the approximately 75,000 citizens of the Rashid District's Abu T'shir community after extremists detonated a car bomb, Oct. 10, 2008, killing innocent Iraqis in the marketplace.
| Date Taken: | 10.13.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 08.16.2011 12:40 |
| Photo ID: | 122995 |
| Resolution: | 1867x1250 |
| Size: | 380.42 KB |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 73 |
| Downloads: | 18 |
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