US troops from 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, are working the latest phase of the fight against Al Qaeda in Iraq by living among Iraqi citizens at Combat Outpost Knight in eastern Mosul. Read the full story here.
The above photo (credit Capt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) shows 1st Lt. Larry Gwinn, of Richmond, WV, meeting with a resident of the al-Kadra neighborhood of Mosul on March 15.