Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams | 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 01.29.2009
Staff Sgt. Aaron Meier, military policeman from Fairmont, Minn., assigned to the 40th Military Police Detachment, out of Fort Sill, Okla., attached to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, clears a polling site with his K-9 Kevin, Jan. 29, in the Abu T'shir community of the Rashid District in southern Baghdad. Meier......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams | 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 01.29.2009
Sgt. Michael Benoit, cavalry scout section leader from Monticello, Minn., assigned to Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, leads Soldiers from the 752nd Explosive Ordnance Company, to members of 1st Platoon, Jan. 28, in a field on the outskirts of the Abu T'shir community in the Rashid District of......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams | 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 01.29.2009
Staff Sgt. Cunningham, explosives ordnance disposal technician, assigned to 752nd Explosives Ordnance Disposal Company, inspects an OG-7 rocket propelled grenade on Jan. 28 in the Abu T'shir community of the Rashid District in southern Baghdad. The 752nd EOD is attached to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, in......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams | 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 01.29.2009
Soldiers of 1st Platoon, Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, search for hidden weapons and munitions caches during pre-election security operations Jan. 28 in the Abu T'shir community of the Rashid District in southern Baghdad. The Soldiers, part of the 1st "Raider" Brigade, have increased security......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams | 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 01.29.2009
Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Yaudas, a platoon sergeant from Austin, Texas, assigned to Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, leads his Soldiers during a cache search on Jan. 28 in the Abu T'shir community of the Rashid District in southern Baghdad. The Soldiers of "Comanche" Troop continue to search for......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams | 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 01.29.2009
Staff Sgt. David Pena, a cavalry scout squad leader from Grand Junction, Colo., briefs Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Yaudas, platoon sergeant from Austin, Texas, before searching for hidden weapons and munitions along the eastern outskirts of the Abu T'shir community, Jan. 28, in the Rashid District. The Soldiers of Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams | 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 01.29.2009
Staff Sgt. Arto Brown, a cavalry scout section leader, assigned to Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, walks through fields on the outskirts of the Abu T'shir community during security operations in the Rashid District of southern Baghdad. The Soldiers of the 1st "Raider" Brigade increased ongoing......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams | 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 01.29.2009
Soldiers of 1st Platoon, Troop C, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, spread out across the outskirts of the Abu T'shir community on Jan. 28 during a cache search in southern Baghdad. The Soldiers fill their days with combined security patrols, polling site assessments and security operations to ensure that......