Photo by Sgt. David Strayer | United States Division-North | 07.19.2011
Sharing the plan: 1st Sgt. Steven Sierras, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, discusses plans with a member of the expanded combined security force prior to a patrol north of Kirkuk City, Iraq, July 19, 2011. U.S. forces assumed an advisory-only role as the eCSF began operations as a full-strength battalion following the......
Photo by Sgt. David Strayer | United States Division-North | 07.19.2011
Pulling security: A Kurdish Regional Guard soldier with the Kirkuk expanded combined security force provides security during a presence patrol in a village north of Kirkuk City, Iraq, July 19, 2011....
Photo by Sgt. David Strayer | United States Division-North | 07.19.2011
Kirkuk Provincial Director of Police Gen. Jamal acknowledges the significance of the Kirkuk expanded combined security force graduating its third company to become a fully operational battalion at the Kirkuk Training Center, Iraq, July 18, 2011. The newly expanded CSF will operate out of a new headquarters on a previously uninhabited portion of nearby Contingency Operating Site Warrior....
Photo by Sgt. David Strayer | United States Division-North | 07.19.2011
New members of the Kirkuk expanded combined security force march in formation for their official graduation from training and entry into the eCSF at the Kirkuk Training Center, Iraq, July 18, 2011. The most recent company of graduates is the last addition to the expanded CSF, which became a full-strength battalion of Iraqi army, Iraqi police, and Kurdish Regional Guard soldiers....
Photo by Sgt. David Strayer | United States Division-North | 07.19.2011
Pfc. Americo Hernandez, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, places the "Golden Lion."...
Photo by Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 07.14.2011
Pfc. Anthony Richardson, an infantryman serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, speaks with a Kurdish boy while on a combined security forces patrol in Kirkuk City, Iraq, March 8, 2011. Richardson, along with the rest of Company A, conduct combined operations with the Kirkuk expanded Combined Security Force, an......
Photo by Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division | 07.14.2011
Pfc. Anthony Richardson, an infantryman assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, walks with members of the Kirkuk expanded Combined Security Force during a patrol in Kirkuk City, Iraq, March 8, 2011. The eCSF is comprised of Iraqi army soldiers, Kurdish Regional Guard and Iraqi Policemen serving together to provide......
Photo by Sgt. David Strayer | United States Division-North | 03.08.2011
Pfc. Anthony Richardson, an infantryman serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, speaks with a Kurdish boy while on a combined security forces patrol in Kirkuk City, Iraq, March 8. Richardson, along with the rest of Company A, conduct combined operations with the Kirkuk expanded Combined Security Force, an Iraqi......
