"I've never wanted to be anything but a Soldier," says Pfc. Casey Scalese, a Soldier with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from Pittsburgh, Pa., as he looks out the window of a military vehicle en route to an Observation Point mission in the province of Kirkuk, Iraq, March 29. "I wanted to do something more with my life then sit behind a desk." Scalese and other members of the Combined Security Force maintained their Observation Point for more than seven hours, monitoring the area for any signs of insurgent activity.