SHAKKAT, Iraq – Spc. Corey Daniel, of Shelbyville, Ind., takes a knee on a ridge as he pulls security while his Iraqi Army partners search a nearby building during Operation Mufa-Ja’ah, a combined air assault mission, July 31 in the small town of Shakkat, Iraq, located in the Ma’dain region outside of eastern Baghdad. The operation was held in order to seize potential weapons caches in the region and deny enemy forces the ability to store or smuggle weapons into Baghdad. Daniel is a infantryman assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division– Baghdad.
(U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Jared Gehmann, 3rd BCT PAO, 82nd Abn. Div., MND-B)