Combat Camera: Operation Arrowhead Ripper

A Soldier attached to 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides security during Operation Arrowhead Ripper, in Baqubah, Iraq, June 19. The operation is a joint effort between U.S. and Iraqi security forces to defeat al-Qaida terrorists and secure the city. The Soldier pictured is from 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from Fort Bragg, N.C. Photographer: Sgt. Armando Monroig, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Tikrit

Soldiers attached to 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, prepare to move to their next objective during Operation Arrowhead Ripper, in Baqubah, Iraq, June 19. The operation is a joint effort between U.S. and Iraqi security forces to defeat al-Qaida terrorists and secure the city. The Soldiers pictured are from 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from Fort Bragg, N.C. Photographer: Sgt. Armando Monroig, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Tikrit

Soldiers attached to 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, use a smoke grenade for concealment while moving to their next location during Operation Arrowhead Ripper, in Baqubah, Iraq, June 19. The operation is a joint effort between U.S. and Iraqi security forces to defeat al-Qaida terrorists and secure the city. The Soldiers pictured are from 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from Fort Bragg, N.C. Photographer: Sgt. Armando Monroig, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Tikrit

Soldiers attached to 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, use a smoke grenade for concealment while moving to their next location during Operation Arrowhead Ripper, in Baqubah, Iraq, June 19. The operation is a joint effort between U.S. and Iraqi security forces to defeat al-Qaida terrorists and secure the city. The Soldiers pictured are from 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from Fort Bragg, N.C. Photographer: Sgt. Armando Monroig, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Tikrit

Soldiers attached to 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, move down a neighborhood street in Baqubah, Iraq, during Operation Arrowhead Ripper, June 19. The operation is a joint effort between U.S. and Iraqi security forces to defeat al-Qaida terrorists and secure the city. The Soldiers pictured are from 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from Fort Bragg, N.C. Photographer: Sgt. Armando Monroig, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Tikrit

Soldiers attached to 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, halt temporarily during Operation Arrowhead Ripper, in Baqubah, Iraq, June 19. The operation is a joint effort between U.S. and Iraqi security forces to defeat al-Qaida terrorists and secure the city. The Soldiers pictured are from 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from Fort Bragg, N.C. Photographer: Sgt. Armando Monroig, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Tikrit

Soldiers attached to 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, move down a neighborhood street in Baqubah, Iraq, during Operation Arrowhead Ripper, June 19. The operation is a joint effort between U.S. and Iraqi security forces to defeat al-Qaida terrorists and secure the city. The Soldiers pictured are from 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from Fort Bragg, N.C. Photographer: Sgt. Armando Monroig, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Tikrit

A Soldier attached to 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides security during Operation Arrowhead Ripper, in Baqubah, Iraq, June 19. The operation is a joint effort between U.S. and Iraqi security forces to defeat al-Qaida terrorists and secure the city. The Soldier pictured is from 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from Fort Bragg, N.C. Photographer: Sgt. Armando Monroig, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Tikrit

MULTIMEDIA

Video: Operation Arrowhead Ripper
B-roll of Operation Arrowhead Ripper. Scenes include U.S. Soldiers using night vision, patrolling streets, entering buildings and roofs, and interviewing local Iraqis. Produced by Spc. Samantha Szesciorka.

Video: Lt. Col. Kuhn
Talks to a Pentagon Channel reporter in Washington, D.C., about Operation Arrowhead Ripper, other operations in progress throughout Iraq and how well Iraqi and U.S. forces are working together. 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, GA, US, Location: Baghdad

Video: Lt. Gen. Odierno
Talks to a CNN American Morning reporter in Atlanta, Ga., about a series of operations going on in Iraq, including Operation Arrowhead Ripper, the current status of the troop surge and progress in Baghdad.

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