While attending a class hosted by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit-12 of Task Force Troy, a Iraqi policeman, attached to the Salahad Din Bomb Detection Squad, learns investigation and evidence collection techniques from a vehicle blast sites at the Counter Improvised Explosive Device Training Complex (C-IED), COB Speicher, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Michael D. Heckman/Released) 091212-N-5386H-013
An Iraqi soldier, assigned to the 10th Iraqi Army Division, adjusts the angle on a mortar tube on Camp Ur, Dhi Qar, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2009. Iraqi soldiers are taught about IED components, and actions to take when encountering an IED. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ernest E. Sivia III/Released) 091221-A-9234S-058
A member of Multaka Abna Kirkuk, an Iraqi humanitarian organization, passes out supplies the Rashaad Sub-district Council, Rashaad Iraqi Police and Red Cross provided to a local citizen during a humanitarian mission just outside the Rashaad Sub-district Council Building in Rashaad, Iraq, Dec. 20, 2009. The mission marked the first time the council teamed up with the Iraqi Police for a humanitarian aide mission and worked with an international organization. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Matthew D. Leistikow/Released) 091220-N-5330L-072
U.S. Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, 218th Military Police (MP) Company, deliver a new generator to Maj. Mondher Jasem Talab, chief, Mahus Iraqi Police Station, in Mahus, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2009. The MP company delivered the generator and other items in response to needs of the Iraqi Police department, where Talab and his police force work daily. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Matthew D. Leistikow/Released) 091222-N-5330L-073
An Iraqi Army non-commissioned officer, assigned to the 10th Iraqi Army Division, conducts a class on improvised explosive device recognition on Camp Ur, Dhi Qar, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2009. Iraqi soldiers are taught about IED components, and actions to take when encountering an IED. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ernest E. Sivia III/Released) 091221-A-9234S-020
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Mark Manthorne, demonstrates a "rear naked choke" hold on a member of the 3rd Iraqi Federal Police Division, during Personal Security Detail training, on Spear Base, near Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2009. The training consisted of combatives, as well as mounted and dismounted patrols. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Ali Hargis/Released) 091222-A-5617H-016
Iraqi policemen, from Mahus Iraqi Police Station, pass out new shoes to children in Mahus, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2009. U.S. Soldiers from 3rd Platoon, 218th Military Police Company, and members of Mahus Iraqi Police Station delivered about 20 boxes of books to Ghamdan Secondary School and passed out supplies to children in the area. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Matthew D. Leistikow/Released) 091222-N-5330L-288
A student accesses his email account during a computer class for instructors at the Regional Training Center on Camp Ur, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2009. The class shows instructors how to use the computers in their classrooms. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gavriel Bar-Tzur/Released) 091221-A-5566B-006
An Iraqi policeman, 3rd Iraqi Federal Police Division, demonstrates ways to quickly disarm a gunman, during a demonstration for Personal Security Detail training, on Spear Base, near Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 22, 2009. The training consisted of combatives, as well as mounted and dismounted patrols. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Ali Hargis/Released) 091222-A-5617H-067
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Carolyn Sherratt, assigned to the 321st Tactical Psychological Operations Company, 16th Psychological Operations Battalion, presents motivational posters to Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Humadi Jasem Arif, Commander of the Tallil Training Center on Camp Ur, Dhi Qar, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2009. The posters were created from photographs of previous exercises at the training center. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ernest E. Sivia III/Released) 091221-A-9234S-068
A local Iraqi citizen cleans as U.S. Soldiers search around the former ammunition factory in Nassir Factory, Iraq, Dec. 20, 2009. The U.S. Soldiers were searching for Improvised Explosive Devices and other explosives. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. David C. Innes Jr./Released) 091220-A-9629I-020
Iraqi Army soldiers, assigned to the 10th Iraqi Army Division, prepare a radio pack on Camp Sparrow Hawk, Maysan, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2009. The soldiers were conducting some equipment checks to assure the operational capabilities of their equipment. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ernest E. Sivia III/Released) 091219-A-9234S-016