Paratroopers assigned to K Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, position themselves in order to provide support fire for their fellow Paratroopers and their Iraqi counterparts assigned to the 3rd National Police Brigade, 1st NP Division as they prepare to clear a nearby village during "Operation Winged Lion II." The Iraqi-led air assault clearance operation was in order to deny insurgent movement into the Iraqi capital.