Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Pvt. 1st Class Bottoff looks for the sniper that fired on Lightning Troop

If you haven't checked out the photos at the DVIDS site, you are missing some of the best photos from Iraq.

There is a ton of stuff on the DVIDS - news stories by military press writers, plus videos and photographs by military photographers. If you can wade through the boring items about units celebrating Women's History Month and the PR pieces about certificates handed out, you can find a gem here and there.

Today I found one of the gems that tells a story. Here is the caption with the above photo:
Pvt. 1st Class Jared Bottoff of Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, moves from room to room while clearing a structure during the pursuit of sniper that has just fired on his squad.

(photo Capt. Richard Ybarra, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)