Iraqi children gather around U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Woodson, of Manassas, Va., assigned to Alpha Battery, Task Force 2-82nd Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, during a visit to the village of Wanah, north of Mosul, Iraq, to conduct a joint humanitarian-aid mission with Peshmurga soldiers, Sept. 27, 2009.