Despite dry well, Operation Mufa-Ja'ah yields strong partnership [Image 1 of 6]

SHAKKAT, IRAQ

07.31.2009

Photo by Pfc. Jared Gehmann 

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division

Sgt. Daniel Holden, of Largo, Fla., uses his scope to watch for anything suspicious as he pulls security while his Iraqi army partners search a nearby building during Operation Mufa-Ja'ah, a combined air assault mission, July 31, in the small town of Shakkat, Iraq, located in the Ma'dain region outside of eastern Baghdad. The operation was held in order to seize potential weapons caches in the region and deny enemy forces the ability to store or smuggle weapons into Baghdad. Holden is a team leader assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division– Baghdad.

• Date Taken: 07.31.2009
• Date Posted: 08.03.2009 10:42
• Photo ID: 192059
• VIRIN: 090731-A-4698G-001
• Resolution: 2250x1552
• Size: 484.81 KB
• Location: SHAKKAT, IQ