An Iraqi policeman looks forward as does Spc. Michael McQueen, of Dunn, N.C., and an automatic rifleman for 3rd Platoon, Apache Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, while taking cover behind a palm tree in Mahudiya, Iraq, April 23. This was part of Operation Apache Blanket which was a clearing operations conducted in palm groves where recent suspicious activity has been reported.