Spc. David Brown, a forward observer with Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Advise and Assist Brigade, launches a Raven unmanned aerial vehicle used for surveillance, near a bridge project along the Euphrates River north of Al Taqqadum, Al Anbar province, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2009. Brown's company is providing security backup to Iraqi police, who have primary responsibility for securing the work site of a new highway bridge.