Fourth Bn., 6th Iraqi Army Regiment takes over at a transfer-of-authority in Mahmudiyah, Iraq.
A Soldier walks in the soft sand near the Sadr al-Yusufiyah water treatment facility.



The shadow of Pfc. Jonathan Williams kneels in honor of his friend, Spc. Thomas Hewett, at a memorial. Hewett was killed by an IED in October.
An Iraqi washes at a water pumping station outside Sadr al-Yusufiyah.