Sweeping...

SPC Noel Gaulard, SPC Chris Stevenson (kneeling, left to right), an unnamed warrior, SPC Brandon (Robo) Robertson, SPC Eric Strick, and SPC Shawn Derrick (standing, left to right), Dog Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment during a break in operations northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. (CDS Photos, Inc.)

Evening...

Tonight's blog will be short as I am on the move...enjoy the photos...

Chris...I love you buddy! You guys are well trained...take care of each other!

Be safe!

v/r,

- Collabman

U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Vanpay from Charlie Battery, Fires Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment monitors radio traffic as Iraqi Army officers confer at their joint headquarters during Operation Fires Festung in Qubah, north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. U.S. troops secured the outskirts of Qubah as Iraqi Army troops swept through the primarily Shiite town, which had been overrun by al-Qaida.

(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Battery, Fires Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment prepare to leave their outpost for Operation Fires Festung in Qubah, north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Battery, Fires Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment prepare to search a classroom as they occupy a school during Operation Fires Festung in Qubah, north of Baghdad in Iraq's volatile Diyala province on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)