Dragons Quick to Assist in Taji, Iraq

Fort Myers, Fla., native, Spc. Matthew Medvecky, a medic from Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, scans his sector after hearing small arms fire in the distance in northern Baghdad Aug. 23. "We were prepared and began to take cover," said Crestview, Fla., native, Staff Sgt. Roree Anderson, a platoon sergeant for Btry. B. "Once we took cover, we started scanning our sectors." Photo by Pfc. Bailey A. Jester