Combat Camera: Operation Rock Drill

Spcs. Rocke Moore and Melfort Yasu of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, negotiate a steep staircase during Operation Rock Drill, south of Baqubah in the village of Muradiyah, Iraq, Oct. 5. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Pfc. Mario Sevilla of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, smells the chamber of a Kalashnikov rifle he has disassembled for the smell of burned gunpowder, an indication of recent usage in Muradiyah, Iraq, Oct. 5. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment



Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, clear the village of Muradiyah during Operation Rock Drill. IA soldiers discovered a cache consisting of weapons and al-Qaida in Iraq propaganda materials in the village cemetery, south of Baqubah, Iraq, Oct. 5. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Spc. Adam Santos of 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, enters a barn though a hole in the wall as his squad works it way through Muradiyah, during Operation Rock Drill, south of Baqubah, Iraq, Oct. 5. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

U.S. Army Capt. Carlito Flores of the 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Division Military Transition Team offers his congratulations to Lt. Faris of the 4-2-5 IA on the capture of a cache consisting of weapons, ammunition and al-Qaida in Iraq propaganda materials in Muradiyah, Iraq, Oct. 5. Photographer: 1st Lt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

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