Published: February 28, 2008
PHOTOS: MND-B Soldiers Conduct cordon and search in Rathwaniyah
By Spc. Elvyn Nieves
BAGHDAD - Pfc. Robert Rushton, a Patterson, Calif., native, pulls security and calls by radio Feb. 19 during a cordon and search operation in Baghdad's neighborhood of Rathwaniyah. The Soldiers were responding to complaints from local citizens about people taking weapons into the neighborhood. Rushton serves as a radio/telephone operator with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

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BAGHDAD - Sgt. Matthew Hubbard, a Lancaster, Calif., native, searches with a metal detector for possible threats, such as buried fire arms, mortar, rockets and munitions, during a cordon and search operation Feb. 19 in Baghdad's neighborhood of Rathwaniyah. The Soldiers were responding to complaints from local citizens about people taking weapons into the neighborhood. Hubbard serves as a section chief with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

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BAGHDAD - Spc. Kerrie Howard, a Bridgetown, Barbados, native, carefully inspects papers in a house for possible security threats and illegal items Feb. 19 during a cordon and search operation in Baghdad's neighborhood of Rathwaniyah. The Soldiers were responding to complaints from local citizens about people taking weapons into the neighborhood. Howard serves as a truck driver with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

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BAGHDAD - Staff Sgt. Christopher Murray, a Gresham, Ore., native, searches a local national with a metal detector for weapons Feb. 19 during a cordon and search operation in Baghdad's neighborhood of Rathwaniyah. The Soldiers were responding to complaints from local citizens about people taking weapons into the neighborhood. Murray serves as section chief with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
BAGHDAD - Sgt. Heather Stephens, a Fresno, Calif., native, who serves as a dog handler with Multi-National Corps - Iraq, provost marshal office and her K-9, Fema, assists Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers during a cordon and search operation Feb. 19 in Baghdad's neighborhood of Rathwaniyah. The Soldiers were responding to complaints from local citizens about people taking weapons into the neighborhood.