Spc. Eddie A. Flores (left), a gunner from Anaheim, Calif., stands security as a shepherd walks his flock past one of his unit's Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected trucks mired in a sinkhole in Ninewa province, Jan. 18. Flores serves with 3rd Platoon, 204th Military Police Company, 519th MP Battalion, headquartered in Fort Polk, La. Members of the Q-West quick reaction force for recovering vehicles? manned by C Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Oxford and Indianola, Miss. - recovered the vehicle.