Two Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 36th Commando Battalion (CDO BN), Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade (ISOP BDE), pose with 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles while preparing to conduct a joint Iraqi and Coalition Forces combat operation at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Duke, An Najaf Province, Iraq. Originally named the 36th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) and under the control of the 1st Armored Division (1 AD), the battalion is composed of experienced Soldiers who have conducted numerous raids, have found dozens of weapons caches and have been working together since Dec. 2003.  ID: 040812-M-0095Z-068
Gunnery Sgt. Chago Zapata
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