Operation Iraqi Freedom

My brother in law had been a long time military man when he was called up by the Texas National Guard to to Iraq in 2004.  His squad captured a couple of insurgents trying to sneak into their 'stronghold' (from the looks of the pictures, just some bunkers out in the middle of nowhere!).  We are all very proud of him.

For their efforts, they got to spend a week of R and R at one of Saddam's undamaged palaces.  Just came across these pictures a few weeks ago when I was trying to find some good pictures of US soldiers in Iraq.  We have several pictures, but Ive intentionally tried to get some of the more 'ambiguous' shots for public viewing!

Cant be positive, but the soldier on the right looks like my brother in law.

One of the insurgents - he is a very bad man

My BIL's squad

Firing a mortar