PHOTOS: ISF, MND-B Soldiers patrol western Baghdad neighborhood of Ameriyah

By Air Force Staff Sgt. Manuel Martinez

1st Combat Camera Sqdn., attached to 2nd BCT, 101st Abn. Div., MND-B

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi Army Soldier talks with two local Iraqi children during a joint patrol in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Ameriyah May 11. The IA patrolled the area with Soldiers from Troop C, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Army solders talk on a street in Ameriyah during a joint patrol with U.S. Solders in a local market May 11 while conducting a patrol with Soldiers from Troop C, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Local Iraqi children pose for a picture during a joint patrol with U.S. and Iraqi Army soldiers in a market in Ameriyah May 11 while conducting a patrol with Soldiers from Troop C, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - A member of the Sons of Iraq (Abna al-Iraq) shares information with an Iraqi Army soldier in Combat Outpost St. Paul in Ameriyah May 11. IA Soldiers conducted a joint patrol with Soldiers from Troop C, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - A Soldier with Troop C, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division - Baghdad, talks with two local Iraqi children during a joint patrol in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Ameriyah May 11.

BAGHDAD - An Iraqi Army soldier pulls security in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Ameriyah May 11. Life in Ameriyah has a sense of normalcy.

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