Along with several tasks involved with helping to keep the Taji Qada free of terrorist activity, Spc. Michael Ortiz, a native of Riverhead, N.Y., continues to excel at taking college courses while deployed to Camp Taji, located northwest of Baghdad. Ortiz is an infantryman assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.