Published: March 03, 2008
Photos: Outlaws Visit Soi Check Points
By Sgt. Jerome Bishop
CAMP TAJI, Iraq - A Son of Iraq (Abna al-Iraq) member stands watch March 1 as Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, discuss their route while traveling along the Tigris River near the village of Abayachi, which is located north of Baghdad.
CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Pfc. Josh Vargez, a Byron Center, Mich., native, talks with several Sons of Iraq (Abna al-Iraq) members as they stand guard March 1 at an SoI check point on a road along the Tigris River near the village of Abayachi, which is located north of Baghdad. Vargez serves as an infantryman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
CAMP TAJI, Iraq - 1st Lt. Marc Dudek, a Midlothian, Texas, native, labels a Sons of Iraq (Abna al-Iraq) check point March 1 that needs rebuilding at the village of Abayachi, which is located north of Baghdad,. Dudek serves as the 2nd Platoon leader with the Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
CAMP TAJI, Iraq - 1st Lt. Marc Dudek, a Midlothian, Texas, native, confirms the location of several Sons of Iraq (Abna al-Iraq) check points March. 1 with the help of a local sheik near the village of Abayachi, which is located north of Baghdad, while on mission to assess and reconstruct SoI check points in the area. Dudek serves as the 2nd Platoon leader with the Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.
CAMP TAJI, Iraq - Sgt. 1st Class Horace Lovelace, a Pembrooke, N.C., native, exchanges a "high five" with a local boy March 1as Sons of Iraq (Abna al-Iraq), who are manning a check point, look on,. The check point is near the village of Abayachi, which is located north of Baghdad. Lovelace serves as the 2nd Platoon sergeant, Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad