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U.S. Army soldiers, Air Force airmen and Iraqi army soldiers take a break.
U.S. Army soldiers, Air Force airmen and Iraqi army soldiers take a break from the heat in the shade of some rushes while searching for weapons caches and improvised explosive devices in Yusufiyah, Iraq, on June 1, 2006. The troops in Iraq have been working in temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.