Bonnie Lake, Wash., native, Sgt. Mark Brasel (l.) a team leader with the Vilseck, Germany-based 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, pries open a locked gate while Staff Sgt. Abraham Bitolas, of Los Angeles, Calif., watches his back during a late night raid on the homes of suspected improvised explosive device-makers in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, Oct. 28.