Spc. Dustin Petty, of Nashville, Tenn., hammers out a chunk of metal while working on steel upgrades for an Iraqi pickup truck Aug. 18 at Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq, located in the Ma'dain region outside of east Baghdad. Thirty pick-up trucks are being up-armored in order to give Iraqi army and federal police commanders more protection while driving through the capital. Petty is a metal worker assigned to Company B, 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad. Airborne metal men armor Iraqi security forces trucks 196
Spc. Dustin Petty, of Nashville, Tenn., hammers out a chunk of metal while working on steel upgrades for an Iraqi pickup truck Aug. 18 at Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq, located in the Ma'dain region outside of east Baghdad. Thirty pick-up trucks are being up-armored in order to give Iraqi army and federal police commanders more protection while driving through the capital. Petty is a metal worker assigned to Company B, 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad. Airborne metal men armor Iraqi security forces trucks 196295
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