U.S Solders assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, take notes prior to training Iraqi soldiers on the responsibilities of tank gunners, at the Shiba Training Facility, Basra, Iraq, July 7, 2009. The 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, conducts the 10-day Comanche Emergency Response Brigade Academy with Iraqi ERBs, ending with a training exercise incorporating all material taught during the course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best/Released) 090707-F-2575B-104
U.S Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to move a container of computer equipment with a forklift to the landing zone at Joint Security Station Loyalty, near Baghdad, Iraq, July 8, 2009. The container is sling-loaded and transported by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick/Released) 090708-A-4676S-501
A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter approaches the landing zone at Joint Security Station Loyalty, near Baghdad, Iraq, July 8, 2009. U.S Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to sling-load a container of computer equipment for transport. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick/Released) 090708-A-4676S-571
Iraqi Army Maj. Gen. Huwaidi Mohamed, Commander of Basra Operations Command, leads the Key Leadership Engagement (KLE) meeting, at Basra, Iraq, July, 8, 2009. The KLE is a weekly meeting between Iraqi key leadership and U.S. Army Col. Butch Kievenaar, Commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discussing the security status of Basra. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best/Released) 090708-F-2575B-111
Iraqi soldiers from 20th Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, secure a mock prisoner during a demonstration, showcasing their combat skills on a live fire range in the Diyala Province, Iraq, July 8, 2009. U.S. Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, train Iraqi soldiers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ali E. Flisek/Released) 090708-F-8757F-081
An Iraqi boy stands outside a produce market along the street of Mujamma, Iraq, July 9, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke P. Thelen/Released) 090709-F-3803T-116
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Terrance Hanley, from Upper Marlboro, Md., a Combat Camera videographer from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, plays ping pong with an Iraqi teen during a visit to the Mujamma Youth Center for site assessment and to hand out school supplies to local children in Mujamma, Iraq, July 9, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke P. Thelen/Released) 090709-F-3803T-262
U.S. Army Pvt. David Harris with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, walks down the street after a visit to Mujamma Fire Station and Mujamma Youth Center for site assessments and to hand out school supplies to local children in Mujamma, Iraq, July 9, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Luke P. Thelen/Released) 090709-F-3803T-299
U.S. Army Sgt. Tracy Syndab reaches for a pass as he is chased by Spc. David Sharp, while playing touch football at Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq, July 10, 2009. Both are members of the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), attached to Joint Combat Camera Iraq. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Edwin L. Wriston/Released) 090710-N-9797W-104
Civilian defense contractor, Peter Hobson, 25, of St. Petersburg, Fla. (left), observes as Andre Ramsey, 34, of Carson, Calif., burns rubber with his remote control (RC) truck during their downtime at an RC track at Forward Operating Base Diamond Back, Mosul, Iraq, July 12, 2009. Hobson and Ramsey are firefighters with the FOB Diamond Back fire department. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Carmichael Yepez/Released) 090712-N-0775Y-054