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UNCLASSIFIED Iraqi Boys Look at the Camera While U.S UNCLASSIFIED Iraqi boys look at the camera while U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1314th Civil Affairs Company, 17th Fires Brigade, conduct a joint mounted and foot patrol with Iraqi soldiers, to Al-Khalesa Junior High School for Girls, Martyr Salem Al-Khafajy Primary School and Hayal Risalah Primary/Secondary School for Boys and Girls, to conduct school project assessments, in Basra, Iraq, Oct. 27, 2009. The Iraqi Deputy Government and U.S Government are partnering to increase classroom capacity, by adding three classrooms to 10 schlithBhools in the Basra area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best/Released) 091027-F-2575B-006 UNCLASSIFIED Young girls watch as U.S. Solders from the 1314th Civil Affairs Company, 17th Fires Brigade, conduct a joint mounted and foot patrol with Iraqi soldiers, to the Institute of Fine Arts for Boys and the Five-Mile Market Primary School for Girls, to conduct school assessments, in Basra, Iraq, Oct. 29, 2009. The Iraqi Deputy Government and U.S Government are partnering to increase classroom capacity, by adding three classrooms to ten schools in the Basra area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best/Released) 091029-F-2575B-178 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Adam Vinglas from Concord, N.C., with Tactical Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Detachment 3050, 305th PSYOPS Company, 17th Fires Brigade, speaks with a local businessman at a barber shop about Iranian Influence in his community, during a joint patrol with Iraqi soldiers, to help offset Iranian influence, in Az Zubayr, Iraq, Oct. 31, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Samantha R. Ciaramitaro/Released) 091031-A-7879C-044 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 2-504th Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct a five-kilometer run with a Military Transition Team and Iraqi soldiers assigned to the 1st Iraqi Army Division on Camp Fallujah, in western Iraq, Nov. 3, 2009. The run encouraged Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers to compete and have fun in the joint physical training. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Holley Baker/Released) 091103-A-9810B-004 UNCLASSIFIED Members of 3rd Division, Iraqi Federal Police, pull security during a cordon and search at a farmhouse on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2009. U.S. Soldiers and Iraqi Federal Police executed a joint mission in an area suspected of being used as a factory for vehicle borne explosive devices. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Ali Hargis/Released) 091105-A-5617H-027 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brian Martino shows an Iraqi woman ,who is a member of the Daughters of Iraq, where to sign a form in an Iraqi Police station in order to be paid, in Ramadi, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2009. The Daughters of Iraq work with the Iraqi Police at checkpoints around Iraq searching other women. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre/Released) 091105-F-5646S-042 UNCLASSIFIED An Iraqi Federal Police officer with the 3rd Division, Iraqi Federal Police, pulls security during a joint cordon and search mission with U.S. Soldiers at a farm house on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2009. The area was suspected of being used as a factory for vehicle borne explosives. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Carmichael Yepez/Released) 091105-N-0775Y-052 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Army Spc. Jamie Parker a truck driver attached to the 2025th Transportation Company, 15th Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, waits for Mine Resistant Armored Personnel (MRAP) gun trucks to take the lead as they prepare to convoy from Contingency Operating Base Speicher to Forward Operating Base Warrior, in northern Iraq, Nov. 7, 2009. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven King/Released) 091107-N-0194K-049 UNCLASSIFIED A U.S. Soldier from Bravo Battery, 113th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, hands water filtration systems to an Iraqi soldier during a humanitarian-aid mission in Al Buaytha, near Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 8, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Wykes/Released) 091108-F-1134W-009 UNCLASSIFIED A member of Sheik Ali's family hands a new water filtration system to a local woman during a humanitarian-aid mission conducted by U.S. Soldiers from Bravo Battery, 113th Field Artillery Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, and Iraqi soldiers in Al Buaytha, near Bag hda d, Iraq, Nov. 8, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Wykes/Released) 091108-F-1134W-096 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED.
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