U.S. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and
Iraqi National Guard members conduct a foot patrol search of the Udaim River Valley for enemy weapons caches and transport routes on December 12, 2008, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians from EOD Mobile Unit 1 destroying a cave suspected of being a frequent cache storage site. This joint operation called Hammer Pursuit III
was intended to stop the trafficking of weapons in the Diyala
Province, Iraq.
