1st Lt. Andrew Schlaf, the fire support officer for Company B, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, Task Force 4-27 “Thunder”, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, directs a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle onto a temporary bridge in the Jabour area, south of Baghdad, Dec. 15. The bridge enabled all the vehicles involved in Operation Panda Garden to reach the staging area, by covering a canal that would have otherwise obstructed movement. Schlaf is from San Diego.

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