Combat Camera: Operation Rock Hammer

2nd Lt. James Cleary, Spc. Mark Pascual and Capt. Victor Satturlund of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division provide overwatch and coordination for U.S. and Iraqi forces at the start of Operation Rock Hammer south of Baqouba, Iraq, Sept. 7. Rock Hammer, conducted in farmland and palm groves on the Diyala River, resulted in the discovery of 11 al-Qaida in Iraq weapons caches. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Spc. Mark Pascual of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division pulls security during Operation Rock Hammer south of Baqouba, Iraq, Sept. 7. Rock Hammer, conducted in farmland and palm groves on the Diyala River, resulted in the discovery of 11 al-Qaida in Iraq weapons caches. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Sgt. Armando Gonzalez of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, assists a fellow soldier out of a ravine during Operation Rock Hammer, Sept. 7. Rock Hammer, conducted in farmland and palm groves on the Diyala River, resulted in the discovery of 11 al-Qaida in Iraq weapons caches. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

A 60mm mortar team, Spc. Carl Snow, Sgt. Matthew Gosselin and Sgt. Armando Gonzalez, from the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, in action during Operation Rock Hammer South of Baqouba, Iraq, Sept. 7. Rock Hammer, conducted in farmland and palm groves on the Diyala River, resulted in the discovery of 11 al-Qaida in Iraq weapons caches. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

A soldier from the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, destroys an insurgent cave containing a cache, with an AT-4 during Operation Rock Hammer, Sept. 7. Rock Hammer, conducted in farmland and palm groves on the Diyala River, resulted in the discovery of 11 al-Qaida in Iraq weapons caches. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, move past a burning weapons cache on the opposite bank of the Diyala River, Sept. 7. Rock Hammer, conducted in farmland and palm groves on the Diyala River, resulted in the discovery of 11 al-Qaida in Iraq weapons caches.

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