| During a mission to ancient Babylon, SGT John "Doc" Actis stands in front of the historic location of the throne of the Biblical King Nebuchadnezzar. |
| One of our convoys on Baghdad's infamous airport road, "Route Irish". Note we were conducting this mission in unarmored civilian SUVs. |
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| At Camp Victory in Baghdad, SGT Chad "Higg" Higginbotham, a veteran of Somalia, stands outside the Australian military headquarters. |
| SSG Aaron Self in the Humvee turret before a convoy along Route Irish. |
| SFC Chuck Grist with some of the C.O.B.R.A. Team's next door neighbors in Baghdad's Green Zone - Shiite security guards. |
| Kurdish children in northern Iraq. |
| General Davidson (right) shares refreshments with the leaders of a village in Kurdistan. |
| Lieutenant R. Clarke Cooper kills some time reading "Roll Call" while waiting for his helicopter. |
| SFC Chuck Grist, a veteran of Vietnam, in the "cockpit" of a newly issued up-armored Humvee. |
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