An Iraqi Army soldier discusses tactics with U.S. Army Maj. Donny Yates.
An Iraqi Army soldier (center) with the 9th Mechanized Brigade discusses tactics with U.S. Army Maj. Donny Yates (left) during a cordon and search mission in Hadem Mutleg, Iraq, on Jan. 18, 2006. Yates, and his fellow soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 66th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, are working jointly with the Iraqi Army to disrupt insurgent activity.