Spc. Ben Ashworth from Spokane, Wash., a tanker with Delta Company, 1-161st Infantry (Combined Arms Battalion), 81st Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, paints a mural outside his company headquarters Dec. 30, 2008 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Ashworth has spent six hours a day for eight days working on the mural depicting Ares, the God of War, and Spartan fighters. Ashworth, whose father is also deployed to Iraq, is on his first deployment. More than 900 members of the 1-161st Inf. (CAB) have been providing convoy security from Joint Base Balad since they deployed in late October.
Staff Sgt. Emily Suhr
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