Archive photo of the day
From the archives: US and Iraqi soldiers talk with each other, 2006
Stars and Stripes
July 14, 2026
(Anita Powell/Stars and Stripes)
Iraqi Army Base Al Qudiss, Iraq, June 29, 2006: Staff Sgt. Cory Blackwell, left, of 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Division’s Company B, briefs Iraqi privates Hasien Rashid, 30, center, and Ali Asi, 21. Both Iraqi soldiers are members of the 3rd Battalion’s 4th Company, also known as the “Tiger Company.”