Securing Iraq by Stepping Aside

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Duane Farmer, from Las Vegas, Nev., fire support officer for Battle Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, watches for threats while waiting to cross an irrigation ditch. The Soldiers of Battle Company, 5/20 Inf., secured a palm grove and neighboring village during one of three clearing missions led by Iraqi police in northern Biritz, Diyala province, Iraq, May 3.
Photo by Pvt. Zach Zuber