U.S. Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and Soldiers with the 3rd Federal Police Transition Team, pull security during a cordon and search mission, at a farm house on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2009. U.S. Soldiers and Iraqi Federal Police conducted a search of an area suspected of being used as a vehicle borne explosive device factory.