Senior Airman Kristian Robles Cruz, left, and Airman 1st Class Morgan Esguerra, right, who were both deployed with the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, weigh Cruz's bags at the Al Asad Air Base Passenger Terminal in Iraq prior to departing for the U.S., Nov. 1. Cruz is assigned to the 633rd Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. The airmen were deployed in support of Operation New Dawn and helped create a more stable, sovereign and self-reliant Iraq. The U.S. military is on track to honor its commitment to the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement and redeploy the remaining 33,000 troops by Dec. 31, 2011. At the height of the surge in 2007, there were 165,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. This drawdown is one of the largest military operations since World War II.
| Date Taken: | 11.01.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 11.06.2011 12:48 |
| Photo ID: | 484677 |
| VIRIN: | 111101-F-MJ260-310 |
| Resolution: | 2784x1848 |
| Size: | 1.79 MB |
| Location: | IQ |
| Web Views: | 24 |
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