Published: August 16, 2007
Operation Lightning Hammer Clears Diyala River Valley
by Sgt. Serena Hayden
Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, patrol Mukeisha, Iraq, a village within Diyala River Valley, after clearing the village in support of Operation Lightning Hammer, Aug. 14.
Staff Sgt. Donnie Dixon, a Soldier on the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division commander's personal security detachment, pulls security while conducting a patrol in support of Operation Lightning Hammer in Mukeisha, Iraq, Aug. 14.
Sgt. Nic Root, a Soldier from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, watches a family walk by while pulling security during a foot patrol in support of Operation Lightning Hammer in Mukeisha, Iraq, Aug. 14.
A family from Mukeisha, Iraq, a village in the Diyala River Valley, poses for a picture as Soldiers from 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conduct a patrol after clearing the village, Aug. 14.
Capt. Stephen Dobbins, commander of Troop B, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, talks to a citizen from Mukeisha, a village in the Diyala River Valley, while conducting a patrol in support of Operation Lightning Hammer, Aug. 14.
While conducting a foot patrol in support of Operation Lightning Hammer in Mukeisha, Iraq, Sgt. Nic Root, a Soldier from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, holds the door open for a local woman returning from the canal, Aug. 14.
Col. David W. Sutherland, commander of Coalition Forces in Diyala province, Iraq, speaks with Sheik Sammi, a tribal leader in Sheik Sa'ad Village, to ensure the local citizens feel secure and are being treated with respect during operations in support of Operation Lightning Hammer, Aug. 15.
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