Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, Wash., climb a steep dike along a canal southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, while patrolling several small clusters of homes with the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Chris McCann, 2nd BCT PAO)