Apache Blanket Covers Iraqi Palm Groves

Pfc. Jack Hansbro, of Hernado, Miss., and a radio telephone operator for 3rd Platoon, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, takes a knee and waits for other Soldiers to get on line before continuing on to clear palm groves near Mahudiya, Iraq, April 23. Operation Apache Blanket was a clearing operation conducted to rid these palm groves of weapons caches.
Photo by Pfc. Adrian Muehe