82nd Airborne Division patrol across Bayji, Iraq, July 2007

US paratroopers with Charlie Company, 1st/505th Parachute Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, patrol the city in Bayji, Iraq during post-"surge" operations in July 2007. The soldiers were assigned to a Joint Security Station in Bayji, established after Charlie Company's 12-month tour was extended to 15 months as part of 2007's "surge" of 30,000 troops to Iraq. Iraqi policemen accompany the men, as part of the "joint" operations the soldier's presence within the Bayji city limits would now facilitate..