Captain John Gabriel, commander of Alpha Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, pulls security during Operation Himera, as two UH-60 Black Hawks prepare to land to pick up his Soldiers during a joint-air assault with Iraqi police in the Salah ad Din province, Iraq Aug. 21, 2008. Gabriel's Soldiers, combat engineers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, assaulted two al Qaida hideouts in separate locations during the operation. Bastogne Sappers conduct multi-faceted, counter-insurgency operations to secure the once restive cities of Tikrit and Owja 112381

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