photos by Maj. Kirk Luedeke, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
Capt. Aaron Brown, foreground, a native of Red Oak, Texas, and commander of Eagle Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, recently deployed to Iraq from Vilseck, Germany, keeps a close eye out for potential targets. Spc. James Lynch, background, a member of the 4th Brigade Commander’s Personal Security Detachment, and a native of Providence, R.I. The 2-2 SCR is attached to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, and operates out of Combat Outpost Blackfoot in the southern Baghdad’s Rashid District.
Pvt. Thomas Morris, a rifleman with Eagle Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment and a native of Philadelphia, secures the area while on a foot patrol in southeast Baghdad in support of Operation Dragon Talon II.
