U.S. Army Spc. Marcus Waller from Newport News, Va., of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, a vehicle gunner, sits on a Humvee near his M-249 machine gun at Joint Security Station Suj, in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on March 8. Waller is waiting to depart on a joint operation with Iraqi national police to distribute supplies to local schools.