1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Iraq Photos Page 12

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Lt.Col Steve Russell (L), 1st Battalion Commander, and Maj. Bryan Luke (R) 1st Battalion S-3, lead 1-22 soldiers during a search operation in Tikrit, September 10, 2003. Security in Tikrit, the hometown of the ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein , has been tightened on the eve of the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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An Iraqi child looks at a soldier from 1-22, standing guard during a search operation in Tikrit, September 10, 2003.
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A 1-22 soldier compares an Iraqi youth's face with a photo of a wanted person during a search operation in Tikrit, September 10, 2003.
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A Regular guards a street during a search operation in Tikrit, September 10, 2003.
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Two soldiers from 1-22 watch over suspected Saddam loyalists after raids were conducted Sept 10, 2003.
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Sgt. 1st Class Gilbert Nail of Clayton Okla. stands guard from the back of his vehicle during a night patrol in Tikrit, Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. Patrols are an ongoing exercise in Iraq as a show of force,
to attempt to reduce the activities of possible Saddam loyalists.
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Maj. Bryan Luke of Mobile, Ala., 22nd Infantry Regiment S-3,
keeps at the ready during a night patrol in Tikrit, Friday, Sept. 12, 2003.
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SSG. Jennie Olson of Milwaukee Wis., from 1-22 Infantry, keeps alert during a night patrol in Tikrit,
Friday, Sept. 12, 2003.
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SSG. Jennie Olson stands guard in a doorway while fellow soldiers search inside during a night patrol in Tikrit,
Friday, Sept. 12, 2003.
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SFC Gilbert Nail enjoys a light moment with a puppy on the roadside during a night patrol in Tikrit,
Friday, Sept. 12, 2003.
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Soldiers from 1-22 mortar platoon fire a mortar in Tikrit, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003,
Every evening the battalion mortar crew do a registration firing run as a show of force to any possible Saddam loyalists.
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As flames and sparks shoot out of the end of the barrel, soldiers from mortar platoon take cover
as they fire a mortar during the early hours of the morning in Tikrit, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003.
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