A 155mm illumination flare burns over the city of Nasariyah on Oct. 14, 2008. Members of the Romanian 341st Infantry Battalion (The White Sharks) and 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division use illumination flares to deter crime and maintain security. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Stephens/Released) 081014-A-8552S-161
Members of the Combat Observation Lazing Team (COLT), 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and Coalition forces from the Romanian White Sharks of the 341st Infantry Battalion receive a blessing from a Romanian Army Chaplain before heading out on patrol on Oct. 14, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Stephens/Released) 081014-A-8552S-005
Coalition forces from the Romanian 341st Infantry Battalion, known as the White Sharks, patrol a village outside the city of Nasariyah, Iraq on Oct. 15, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Stephens/Released) 081014-A-8552S-223
Coalition forces from the Romanian 341st Infantry Battalion, known as the White Sharks, patrol a village outside the city of Nasariyah, Iraq on Oct. 15, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Stephens/Released) 081014-A-8552S-219
U.S. Army Sgt. Will Daniels, from Williamstown, Mass., and Major George Roman of the Romanian 341st Infantry Battalion (The White Sharks) mark a target for illumination near Nasariyah, Iraq. Daniels is a forward observer for the Combat Observation Lazing Team (COLT) of 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Oct. 14, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Stephens/Released) 081014-A-8552S-138
Iraqi soldiers present visitors with Chai upon completion of the tour of Combat Operation Post Nukhayb in the Anbar Province of Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl Justin L Wainscott/Released) 081014-M-5955W-026
A U.S. Army interpreter speaks with a group of Iraqi children while U.S. Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Division Military Transition Team, visit with local shopkeepers during a visit at Canal Market, in Domiz Somer, Mosul, Iraq on Oct. 9, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise/Released) 081009-A-1969D-305
A Sarkani Elementary School student works out a math problem, at her school in Qara Angeel, Iraq, Oct. 13, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kaimanaipulani Kalauli/Released) 081013-A-6851K-027
U.S. Army Sgt. Glenda Keller, attached to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Division Military Transition Team, high-fives a student of Sarkani Elementary School, in Qara Angeel, Iraq, Oct. 13, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kaimanaipulani Kalauli/Released) 081013-A-6851K-236
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Ricardo B. Medina, Coalition Army Advisory Training Team-Iraq (CAATT-I), hands out a pair of flip flops to a student of Sarkani Elementary School, in Qara Angeel, Iraq, Oct. 13, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kaimanaipulani Kalauli/Released) 081013-A-6851K-204
Students stand in line to receive a pair of flip-flops from U.S. Soldiers of the Coalition Army Advisory Training Team-Iraq (CAATT-I) and Logistics Military Advisory Team (LMAT), at Sarkani Elementary School, in Qara Angeel, Iraq, Oct. 13, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kaimanaipulani Kalauli/Released) 081013-A-6851K-214
An Iraqi boy works at his date stand at Canal Market, in Domiz Somer, Mosul, Iraq on Oct. 9, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sarah De Boise/Released) 081009-A-1969D-270
Maj. Gen. John F. Kelly, Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) (FWD) attends mission brief with Personal Security Detachment, Team 3, I MEF, in Fallujah, Iraq, Oct. 17, 2008. Maj. Gen. Kelly meets with local Iraqi military and police officials to discuss Iraqi rebuilding strategies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Lindsay L. Sayres/Released) 081017-M-0301S-030
U.S. Naval Officers with 1st Maintenance Battalion Rein (1st Maint. Bn.), Surgical Company, step off on a six-mile hike at Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq in the early morning of Oct. 13, 2008. The six-mile hike is required for Naval Officer completing their Fleet Marine Force (FMF) Qualified Officer Insignia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Wayne L. Bitselley Jr./Released) 081013-M-4521B-012
A Humvee sits parked at a guard post as storm clouds move over Combat Outpost Mudaysis, located in the Jazirah Desert, Iraq as the sun sets on Oct. 13, 2008. Marines are stationed at Combat Outpost Mudaysis in support of Operation Al Anbar Border Initiative. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Seth Maggard/Released) 081012-M-1391M-025