NEWS - May 16, 2008



CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Lt. Col. Richard "Flip" Wilson, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native, discusses safety and essential services with local sheiks and community leaders during a meeting in the East Anbar Province, northwest of Baghdad, May 8. Wilson is the commander for 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B)

 

CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Pvt. Christian Diaz, a Miami native, takes time to talk with children while pulling security at a meeting between military and local leaders in the East Anbar region, northwest of Baghdad, May 8. Diaz serves as an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B)
 

 

CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Spc. Timothy Russell, a native of Yardley, Pa.; 1st Lt. Ryan Clay, a native of Durham, N.C.; and Spc. Eric Waddle, a native of Bedford, Ind., enjoy Iraqi cuisine provided by a local sheik during a meeting where military and local leadership discussed security of the East Anbar province, northwest of Baghdad, May 8. Russell and Waddle are mortarmen assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. Clay is a mortar platoon leader assigned to HHC, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B)
 

CAMP TAJI, Iraq - First Lt. Ryan Clay, a native of Durham, N.C., does magic tricks and jokes with local residents while visiting a sheik’s home in the East Anbar province, northwest of Baghdad, May 8. Clay is a mortar platoon leader assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B)
 

CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Spc Eric Waddle, a native of Bedford, Ind., pulls security at a meeting where military and Iraqi leadership discuss security and essential services needed in the East Anbar province, northwest of Baghdad, May 8. Waddle is a mortarman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III, 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B)


 

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