Two soldiers relax outside their tent city at Camp Striker [Image 6 of 283]

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

12.19.2004

Courtesy Photo

122nd Theater Public Affairs Support Element

1st Lt. William Mercucci, the Roughriders platoon leader, and Sgt. Jesse Montoya, the platoon leaders gunner, relax outside their tent city at Camp Striker near the Baghdad International Airport. The Roughriders platoon of Company A (Annihilators), 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, recently returned to Camp Striker Dec. 16, after working with the Marine Corps during operations in Fallujah. Prior to that, the platoon conducted combat operations in the Abu Ghraib neighborhood of Baghdad for 10 months. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andy Miller, 122nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

• Date Taken: 12.19.2004
• Date Posted: 01.06.2005 17:16
• Photo ID: 2642
• Resolution: 1500x776
• Size: 154.48 KB
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ