Photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Richardson | 11th Public Affairs Detachment | 07.31.2008
Pvt. Logan Allen with Grim Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, fires his M4 with a M203 grenade launcher at a canal to clear the thick brush in an attempt to find hidden weapons caches, July 25, 2008. Grim Troop cleared the village of al Fatah Miaya during an air assault mission....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Richardson | 11th Public Affairs Detachment | 07.31.2008
Soldiers with Grim Troop, 2nd Squardon, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 5th Iraqi Army Division sit on the helipad at Forward Operating Base Caldwell waiting to begin an air assault mission, July 25, 2008. The Soldiers will be inserted into the dangerous village of al Fatah Miaya to drive out the insurgents....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Richardson | 11th Public Affairs Detachment | 07.31.2008
Staff Sgt. Brian Webb, a squad leader assigned to Grim Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment prepares a team to move from an established control point to the next objective during an air assault mission, July 25, 2008. Grim Troop was inserted into the village of al Fatah Miaya in an attempt to force the insurgents out....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Richardson | 11th Public Affairs Detachment | 07.31.2008
Soldiers with Grim Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment and Soldiers with the 5th Iraqi Army Divisions, head out toward the next objective during and air assault mission, July 25, 2008. The air assault mission was geared toward forcing insurgents out of the village of al Fatah Miaya. Once the insurgents were removed from the village the villagers could return to rebuil their lives....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Richardson | 11th Public Affairs Detachment | 07.31.2008
Soldiers from Grim Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 5th Iraqi Army Division are insert into a villiage outside of Forward Operating Base Caldwell during an air assualt mission, July 25, 2008. The second team for Grim Troop walks toward the village of al Fatah Miaya through uneven terrain....
