U.S. Army Soldier Pvt. Samuel Glanzer conducts security as the pick-up zone is established along the Zaghytun Chay river, about 50 miles southeast of Kirkuk, Iraq. Glanzer is a designated marksman from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet


A U.S. Army Soldier from Alpha Company, 2-23 Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides cover as his teammate opens the front gate in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2007. (U.S. Army Photo/Spc. Shawn M. Cassatt)


U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 2-23 Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, take control of a bridge before bounding forward to their next objective in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2007. (U.S. Army Photo/Spc. Shawn M. Cassatt)


U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Allison from Alpha Company, 2-23 Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, takes cover while surveying the area in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2007. (U.S. Army Photo/Spc. Shawn M. Cassatt)


Iraqi swat team clears the perimeter of a target house in Al Alam, Iraq, Dec 23, 2007.

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U.S Army Pvt. Samuel Glanzer, designated marksman, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, conducts security as fellow Soldiers search a village during a 10-mile air assault mission along the Zaghytun Chay River, about 50 miles southeast of Kirkuk, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet)

Nice pictures.

Good pics..thanks for sharing.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Sierra Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division return enemy fire in Arab Jabour, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angelica Golindano)


U.S. Army Pfc. Jason Myers, from Sierra Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, secures a sector in Al Zunbria, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. A ngelica Golindano)


U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Owens provides over-watch security while Soldiers with his squad speak with local businessmen in a street market in Al Rashid, Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2007. Owens is from 2nd Squadron, 2nd Striker Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade B rigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Greg Pierot)


A U.S. Army Soldier scans an alley during a patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 26, 2007. The Soldiers is from 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jeffery Sandstrum)


U.S. Army Soldiers, from Charlie Troop, 1st Battalion, 71st Cavalry Squadron, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, fire a machine gun at the range in Forward Operating Base Bernstein, south of Kirkuk, Iraq, Dec. 28, 2007.

Great Pics

A U.S. Army Soldier from Sierra Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division walks in Al Zunbria, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angelica Golindano)

BAGHDAD (Jan. 10, 2008) U.S. Army Sgt. Benjamin Biddle, assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, is making sure the path is safe during Operation NANNO II. U.S. Army Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division are working with the Iraqi Army to go after Al Qaeda operatives. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kim Smith (Released)


U.S. Army soldiers Sgt. Michael Harris, Pfc. Clay Adams and Sgt. Joseph McCoy with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment patrol the Tal al-Raman neighborhood market of Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2008.


U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph McCoy with 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment cautiously checks an alley while 2nd Lt. Thomas Blackburn distributes small gifts and lists of emergency phone numbers to children in the Tal al-Raman neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, Jan 10, 2008.

A U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment peers through the entrance of a cemetery in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008, during a patrol.


U.S. Army soldiers attached to 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, talk with local power station workers in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008.



U.S. Army soldiers attached to 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, take cover behind their vehicle after hearing small arms fire in the distance in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008.


U.S. Army soldiers from 52nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, hand out candy to Iraqi school children Jan. 20, 2008, in al Hakeem, Iraq.


U.S. Army Soldiers attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment talk with a local citizen about neighborhood concerns in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008

F'ing awesome pics man.

U.S. Army Soldiers, Pvts John Prosser and Samuel Glanzer, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, conduct security as fellow Soldiers search a village during a 10 mile air assault mission along the Zaghytun Chay river, about 50 miles southeast of Kirkuk, Nov. 18, 2007. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet)



U.S. Army Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, don their equipment to clear Arab Jabour, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2007. The battalion was expanding its area of operation with aid from the Concerned Local Citizens group. (U.S. Army Photo/Spc. Angelica Golindano)



A U.S. Army Soldier from 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, maintains security from a cleared house in Arab Jabour, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2007. The battalion was expanding its area of operation with aid from the Concerned Local Citizens. (U.S. Army Photo/Spc. Angelica Golindano)


Iraqi army soldiers load into a vehicle to patrol a neighborhood as part of a security detail during the Ashura celebration in Kadhamiyah, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008.


January 25, 2008 Soldiers from Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, fire a 105mm high explosive/time variable round from a howitzer during training at the Warrior Range in Kirkuk, Iraq.


Paratroopers from B Co, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division take a security halt while making a dismounted movement to conduct a raid in the Sha'ab neighborhood of northeast Baghdad, Jan. 22.

makes a man proud to see his fellow Americans in action

Thanks for sharing those Scotto and God bless our troops.

This one here that you post is truely an awesome pic. You can see the round leaving the muzzle.

Shortly after air assaulting into a farm field, Pfc. Kenneth Armbrister, an infantryman with Company A, 1-30th Infantry, scans for enemy activity during Operation Browning in southern Arab Jabour Jan 20.


A Soldier looks through the scope of a rocket-propelled grenade launcher discovered in a home in Muqdadiyah.


A Soldier displays an M-1 rifle discovered in a suspected insurgent's home


Staff Sgt. Michael Griffing provides security on the rooftop on an Iraqi compound.


Pfc. Matthew Workman (left), a forward observer, with Company A, 1-30th Infantry, pauses with his fellow Soldiers during a security halt while on patrol in southern Arab Jabour Jan. 20. Workman and Company A troops air assaulted into the region to track down insurgent cells.


Iraqi National Police Force members demonstrate tactical maneuvers during the opening of a police station in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Jan. 22, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michael Hendrickson


U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Sammy Rodriguez, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment assesses a damaged vehicle to determine how to best recover it to a forward operating base in the Kunar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 23. None of the vehicle's occupants were injured in the incident.


U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Sammy Rodriguez, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment makes quick work of preparing a damaged vehicle for recovery to a forward operating base in the Kunar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 23.

Two U.S. Army soldiers take cover behind a car as they return fire during a small arms engagement in Mosul, Iraq, on Jan. 23, 2008. The soldiers are from the military transition team assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division and work side-by-side with the Iraqi Army to provide assistance and advice.

A U.S. Army Soldier from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, Military Transition Team (2-2 MiTT) takes cover behind a wall during a small arms engagement in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 21, 2008. Soldiers with 2-2 MiTT work side-by-side with Iraqi army soldiers who are tasked with large scale operations to rid the surrounding areas of insurgency.


An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Iraqi Army Division smiles from the turret of a humvee following a firefight with insurgents in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 23, 2008.


U.S. Army Pfc. John Courson pauses at a breech in a berm as he takes part in a patrol in Samarah, Iraq, on Jan. 18, 2008. Courson is attached to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. DoD photo by Spc. Jordan Huettl, U.S. Army. (Released)

U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment brace themselves as a helicopter lands in Beijia village in Arab Jabour, south of Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008.


U.S. Army Sgt. Steve Stutzman, 32, from Nappanee, Ind. patrols with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment in Arab Jabour, south of Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008


U.S. Army Pfc. Charles Earls provides security during a patrol in the Al Risala neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2008. He is assigned to 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Amanda Davis


Chief Warrant Officer Pamela Howell follows instructions for the M249 squad automatic weapon during predeployment training, Jan. 25, 2008. All soldiers of the 34th Combat Aviation Brigade participated in weapons familiarization training at Camp Ripley, Minn., during their drill weekend, Jan. 24-27. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Lynette Hoke



A Paratrooper from 2nd Platoon, Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), walks next to a creek during a patrol to Omar in Kunar province in Afghanistan Jan. 11.


Soldiers from Bravo Comapny, Division Special Troops Battalion, Task Force Gladius dismount into a village in the vicinity of checkpoint 5 along the main supply route Vermont in the Tagab District, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, during Cold Mountain II on Jan. 12. The Afghan national army will push south through Landakhel village. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Johnny R. Aragon)

Spc. Raquel Martinez, a combat medic with the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, takes a knee and scans the area during an operation in al Duraiya, a small village near Salman Pak, Jan. 28. (Photo/Sgt. Timothy Kingston, 55th Combat Camera)


Maj. John Cushing (left), operations officer for the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, talks with Lt. Col. Jack Marr (right), commander of the 1-15 Inf. Regt., while keeping an eye out for enemy personnel during an operation in Al Duraiya, a small village near Salman Pak, Jan. 28. (Photo/Sgt. Timothy Kingston, 55th Combat Camera)


U.S. Army soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment patrol in Beijia village in Arab Jabour, south of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008



U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Pearce, from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, searches the village of Ja'ara, Iraq, for weapons caches during a clearing operation Jan. 17, 2008.


U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division clear an Iraqi rug factory during an assessment mission at the Hateen Industrial Park in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 21, 2008.



U.S. soldiers take cover behind a stone wall while providing security during an operation to clear enemies and weapons from the village of Ja'ara, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.