A Peshmurga soldier stands guard outside the Peshmurga command compound in the village of Wanah, north of Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2009. U.S. Soldiers assigned to Alpha Battery, Task Force 2-82nd Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, arrived to conduct a joint humanitarian-aid mission with the Peshmurga soldiers.